I genuinely hope no one watches Saturday Night Live anymore. The writers room has been overtaken by misogynists, antisemites and right-wing Elon Musk fanboys. Recently, Dave Chappelle guest-hosted and his monologue was despicable, and it should have marked a total overhaul of SNL’s producing and writing staff. It did not. That speaks volumes. Now, I realize that a lot of celebrities still dream of guest-hosting SNL and I’m sure that’s what happened with Keke Palmer. Keke is having another amazing year and of course she was thrilled about getting the SNL call. Instead of using her monologue to punch down on marginalized communities, she used her monologue to announce her pregnancy!
Keke Palmer is going to be a mom! The actress, 29, is pregnant and expecting her first baby with boyfriend Darius Jackson, she revealed while hosting Saturday Night Live this weekend for the first time.
“There’s some rumors going around, people have been in my comments saying, ‘Keke’s having a baby, Keke’s pregnant,’ and I wanna set the record straight — I am!” Palmer exclaimed, ripping open a long gray jacket to reveal her growing baby bump on the Studio 8H stage.
“I gotta say, though, it is 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?” she continued. “… But honestly this has been the biggest blessing, and I am so excited. Guys, I’m going to be a mom.”
Palmer added: “Even though some people feel a little weird about me having a baby cause I was a child actor, I just wanna say, look, I’m 29, I’m grown, I have sex, I own a home, I stormed the Capitol on January 6, you know? Things adults do.”
I honestly didn’t know that Keke had an official boyfriend, but she’s been with Darius Jackson for about a year and a half. He’s cute too. She’s right about not being able to hide it – her Instagram comments were littered with people bump-watching and noting how she was hiding her mid-section. Her boobs tell the story too – they look amazing!! Anyway, congrats to Keke!!
Photos courtesy of Getty, Avalon Red, screencap courtesy of NBC.
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- Keke Palmer attends the UK Special Screening of ‘Nope’ at Odeon Luxe, Leicester Square, London, England, UK on Thursday 28 July, 2022.,Image: 710532181, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: Please credit photographer and agency when publishing as Justin Ng/Retna/Avalon., Model Release: no, Credit line: Justin Ng / Avalon
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- Keke Palmer attends the UK Special Screening of ‘Nope’ at Odeon Luxe, Leicester Square, London, England, UK on Thursday 28 July, 2022.,Image: 710532185, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: Please credit photographer and agency when publishing as Justin Ng/Retna/Avalon., Model Release: no, Credit line: Justin Ng / Avalon
“Things adults do” LMAO. Congrats Keke and Darius!!!!
If you don’t know, everyone go watch a video of Keke’s Angela Bassett impersonation. It is spot on and hilarious.
The bump could not be disguised during a whole SNL show, so that’s a great time to announce it. Congrats to her 🙂
Idk if you’re talking about the Vanity Fair one, but she did the impersonation of Angela Basset with her! It was so good.
I saw that one! I loved when they *both* did the dialogue and there was dueling Angela Bassetts.
Congrats to her and her partner! I hope it doesn’t slow down her momentum though, she’s on a career high right now.
She’s so cute and charismatic. Congrats!
I take back any comments about the feather-peplum dress shown here (I can’t remember if I said I didn’t think it suited her or not, lol. The color was and is lovely) because I’m sure she chose it for midsection-obscuring purposes. Congratulations!! I wish her a happy and healthy nine months and beyond!
For anyone who watched Insecure, Darius is Dro’s little brother.
I love this announcement. Keke is my age and I’ve been watching her since we were both young! She’s so naturally hilarious and charming. Happy for her.
Love, love this story.
Congrats to Keke and Darius!!!
Ditto
Awww. Congratulations. Here’s to a happy, healthy baby. Honestly, she was amazing on SNL, it’s the first time I really LOL’d watching in forever. The vintage soap opera was hilarious, Keke can do it all.
I know she’s talked publicly about having PCOS. I’m a stone cold b!tch but when I read that she’s expecting, I damn near cried. So happy for her. I hope she has a safe, smooth remainder of pregnancy and an amazing baby meeting!!