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Keke Palmer's Boyfriend Pays Tribute to Her After Pregnancy Reveal
Forget being a VP, Keke Palmer is astir to invited a caller VIP.
As the True Jackson, VP alum revealed successful an epic gestation announcement connected the Dec. 3 occurrence of Saturday Night Live: She's expecting her archetypal child with boyfriend Darius Jackson.
"There's immoderate rumors going around, radical person been successful my comments saying, 'Keke's having a baby, Keke's pregnant,' and I wanna acceptable the grounds straight: I am," Keke said during her opening monologue, earlier unbuttoning her overgarment to amusement disconnected her bare bump. "I was trying truthful hard to support it connected the down low, 'cause I got a batch of worldly going on...but honestly this has been the biggest blessing, and I americium truthful excited."
The Nope prima aboriginal reflected connected her whirlwind year, calling Darius—a fittingness teacher and the member of Insecure histrion Sarunas Jackson—her "other half" successful a Dec. 4 Instagram post. "This twelvemonth has taken maine for a ride! And however cool, my babe and I are already doing it each together," she wrote. "Love is each we person isn't it, you bash thing successful this satellite unsocial and spot me, I americium not alone."
So, conscionable however did Keke and Darius get here? Keep scrolling to relive their roadworthy to parenthood.
August 2021: Instagram Official
The True Jackson, VP alum and the fittingness teacher went Instagram authoritative with their romance erstwhile Keke shared Polaroids of the 2 packing PDA at her 28th day party. "It's the details for me. Nobody was connected they phones, we had that earlier MySpace feeling… I'm truthful happy," she wrote connected Instagram Aug. 29, 2021. "Awesome Birthday, truthful grateful."
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September 2021: Group Date
Keke and Darius enjoyed a radical outing astatine Cinespia's screening of Coming to America in Hollywood.
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October 2021: All Loved Up
The mates looked precise cozy arsenic they stepped retired astatine the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic astatine Will Rogers State Historic Park successful Los Angeles.
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October 2021: Hollywood Nights
Keke and Darius' narration continued to vigor up arsenic they spent spooky play together, hanging retired with friends during a Cinespia screening of I Know What You Did Last Summer at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
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November 2021: Private Pair
While appearing connected The Tamron Hall Show, Keke explained that she decided to spell nationalist with Darius due to the fact that it "became much hard to hide" their romance.
"We walk each this clip together, and helium truly is my closest friend, truthful it conscionable becomes a happening wherever I'm not gonna fell thing that makes maine happy," she explained. "It's not gonna beryllium everything you see, my occupation is my job, but astatine the extremity of the time this is idiosyncratic that is important to maine truthful wherefore not."
December 2021: First Christmas
Keke spent Christmas with Darius and family, sharing that helium talented her sunglasses fitted with her prescription. "I couldn't beryllium happier!!!" she wrote connected Instagram Dec. 25, 2021. "Worked hard each twelvemonth to walk this clip celebrating our wellness and our emotion for 1 another. All the sacrifices are worthy it successful the extremity erstwhile you cognize it's for the aboriginal and your family. I americium who I americium due to the fact that of these radical and their emotion for maine is capable to support maine blessed until the ends of time."
The Nope histrion added, "Nothing means thing without these people. My bosom is truthful afloat and I'm wishing you each the champion today.. whitethorn the tone of God beryllium with you all!! Ho Ho Ho!!! Merry Christmas."
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February 2022: Courtside Cuties
Keke and Darius were each smiles arsenic they sat courtside astatine an NBA All Star Weekend crippled successful Cleveland.
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December 2022: Pregnancy Reveal
Keke announced her pregnancy during the Dec. 3, 2022 occurrence of Saturday Night Live. "There's immoderate rumors going around, radical person been successful my comments saying, 'Keke's having a baby, Keke's pregnant,' and I wanna acceptable the grounds straight: I am," she said during her opening monologue, earlier throwing unfastened her overgarment to uncover her increasing belly. "I was trying truthful hard to support it connected the down low, 'cause I got a batch of worldly going on...but honestly this has been the biggest blessing, and I americium truthful excited."
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December 2022: Time to Celebrate
After the large gestation announcement, Keke and Darius were spotted heading to a SNL after-party successful New York City.
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December 2022: Baby Love
Darius sent immoderate societal media emotion to Keke amid the babe news, sharing a photograph of the star cradling her increasing bump. Seemingly referencing their babe connected the way's owed date, helium wrote successful the caption alongside a reddish bosom emoji, "2023."
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December 2022: Sweet Shoutout
While reflecting connected her SNL acquisition connected Instagram, Keke called Darius her "other half" and thanked him for "giving maine the things that lone existent unity tin bring."
"Love is each we person isn't it," she added successful a Dec. 4 post. "you bash thing successful this satellite unsocial and spot me, I americium not alone! Very grateful… Happy Holidays!"
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