Keke Palmer Shares How She Decided to Reveal Her Pregnancy While Hosting “Saturday Night Live”

Keke Palmer wasn't judge really she was going to uncover her gestation erstwhile she was expecting boy Leo, now 2. That is, until she heard she was hosting Saturday Night Live.

The One of Them Days actress, 31, appeared connected nan Thursday, May 29 section of The Jennifer Hudson Show and said astir really she revealed her gestation news while hosting SNL backmost successful 2022. Palmer went connected to invited her boy Leodis "Leo" successful February 2023.

“It was crazy! Because first of each I mean, it was a awesome opportunity. SNL has been astir forever. I emotion doing sketch comedy," said Palmer. "And I conscionable retrieve being pregnant and being like, ‘Okay, I’m going to uncover it connected nan show tonight.’” 

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“So you saved it for that moment?” asked big Jennifer Hudson. 

“I did, because I kept reasoning to myself like, ‘When americium I going to opportunity that I’m pregnant?’ You don’t want to beryllium like, ‘I’m going to denote it.’ But you do gotta fto folks know," Palmer shared. "And truthful I was like, do I do it pinch pictures online? No, that doesn’t consciousness right. Do I opportunity it? And past I heard I was going to beryllium hosting and I said, ‘This is erstwhile I’ll do it.’” 

In December 2022, Palmer announced she was pregnant and expecting her first baby pinch her then-boyfriend Darius Jackson, revealing nan news while hosting nan sketch drama show for nan first time.

"There's immoderate rumors going around, group person been successful my comments saying, 'Keke's having a baby, Keke's pregnant,' and I wanna group nan grounds consecutive — I am!" Palmer exclaimed, ripping unfastened a agelong overgarment to reveal her increasing babe bump on nan Studio 8H stage.

"I gotta say, though, it is bad erstwhile group connected nan net dispersed rumors astir you y'all, but it's moreover worse erstwhile they're correct. I mean, like, I was trying truthful difficult to support it connected nan down low, origin I sewage a batch of worldly going on, you know?" she continued. "... But honestly, this has been nan biggest blessing, and I americium truthful excited. Guys, I'm going to beryllium a mom."

That February, Palmer welcomed her son, sharing immoderate of their first family photos connected Instagram. "Hey Son!!!!" nan proud mom wrote, adding: "Born during Black History Month, pinch a sanction to match! LEODIS ANDRELLTON JACKSON, invited to nan world babe Leo."

This past March, Palmer said pinch PEOPLE and shared that she owes her vibrance to motherhood and her toddler son.

“I property it to self-love, which has been ignited moreover much truthful by my son," she said. "You know, erstwhile you person a kid, you're ever trying to fig retired what you tin do better, really you tin beryllium amended for nan child, and loving yourself to maine is No. 1."

"I consciousness for illustration I've been pouring truthful overmuch much into myself truthful that I tin beryllium nan champion mom to him. And it has made my life moreover much fulfilling, to beryllium honorable pinch you,” added Palmer.