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Keke Palmer had an thrilling announcement to make throughout her Saturday Night Live opening monologue on Dec. 3 — she’s pregnant! “There’s some rumors going around,” Keke mentioned. “People are in my comments saying Keke’s having a baby, Keke’s pregnant. And I want to set the record straight…I AM!” She then busted open her blazer and let her naked child bump come out, cradling her rising abdomen together with her arms. Keke has been courting her boyfriend, Darius Jackson, since 2021, though she didn’t point out who her child’s father is within the SNL monolgue.
Baby, that is @KekePalmer!!! pic.twitter.com/VCtXQh6Wqj
— Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) December 4, 2022
The actress continued, “I gotta say, though, it’s bad when people on the Internet spread rumors about you y’all, but it’s even worse when they’re correct. I mean, like, I was trying so hard to keep it on the down low cause I got a lot of stuff going on, you know? People kept coming up to me like, ‘Congratulations,’ and I’m like, ‘Stop! I got a liquor sponsorship on the line!’ But honestly, his has been the biggest blessing, and I’m so excited. Guys, I’m going to be a mom!”
Keke continued to debate her being pregnant, shutting down any critics who may really feel “weird” about her having a child as a result of she was a baby star. “I’m 29,” she identified, then went on to throw some jokes within the speech. “I’m grown. I have sex. I own a home. I stormed the Capitol on January 6. You know? Things adults do!”
Keke has been very low key about her relationship with Darius. The two went Instagram Official in 2021, however Keke has since deleted their pictures from her web page. However, in Nov. 2021, she briefly opened up in regards to the relationship on The Tamron Hall Show. “It became more difficult to hide,” she admitted. “We spend all this time together and he really is my closest friend, so it just becomes a thing where I’m not going to hide something that makes me happy. It’s not gonna be everything you see. My job is my job, but at the end of the day, this is somebody that is important to me, so why not?”