Keke Palmer announces she's welcomed a baby boy
Ali Condon
Featured Image Credit: Instagram/keke
Keke Palmer has announced that she and her boyfriend Darius Jackson have welcomed their first child together.
Announcing the thrilling news to her Instagram followers on Monday, Keke, 29, put together a gallery of what the past 48 hours of her life have looked like and revealed her baby boy's name.
"Hey Son!!!!" she began the post, before talking her followers through each slide.
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The first snap, which was a photo of a very tired-looking Keke and Darius, which the Nope star captioned: "Only 48hrs of being parents!"
Next, she shared a video of herself singing El Debarge's 'Someone' in the car while Darius drove and their son slept in the backseat.
She captioned that one: "Darius always made me playlists when we first started dating, 'Someone' by El Debarge was a favourite. We became each other’s someone and made a someone, look at God!"
As the slides went on, Keke shared some close-ups of her baby's face.
Sharing one snap of Keke and Darius cradling their baby boy, she wrote: "I’m not hiding the world from my son, I’m hiding my son from the world."
She then added: "I’m just playing, my baby face is on this slide... And this slide," adding some clearer photos of her son.
Concluding the adorable post, the former child star wrote: "Born during Black History Month, with a name to match! LEODIS ANDRELLTON JACKSON, welcome to the world baby Leo."
Keke was flooded with messages of love and support in the comment section, both from famous faces and fans.
Model Ashley Graham wrote: "Hey Leo! You are too cute!!!! Congrate mom and dad!!"
And rapper Big Sean commented: "Big Congrats!!! Welcome to the club."
Big Sean welcomed his first child with singer Jhené Aiko back in November.
Halle Bailey, Jimmy Fallon, Viola Davis, Lil Nas X, and Chelsea Handler also shared their congratulations with Keke.
Keke announced back in December that she was expecting her first baby - and while making her hosting debut on Saturday Night Live, no less.
During her opening monologue on the NBC show, Keke told viewers: "There's some rumorus 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!"
She then dramatically unbuttoned her jacket to reveal her baby bump, and the crowd went wild.
Just a month earlier, she had gone 'Insta official' with her boyfriend Darius, though the pair had reportedly been dating since 2021.
Speaking to The Tamron Hall Show, she explained: "It became more difficult to hide.
"We spend all this time together, and he really is my closest friend, so it just becomes a thing where I'm not gonna hide something that makes me happy."
Congratulations to the new parents!