The new addition to Keke Palmer and Darius Jackson’s household is a baby boy!
On Monday, the 29-year-old recipient of an Emmy Award and his partner announced the birth of their first child, a son whom they have called Leodis “Leo” Andrellton.
After just having their kid for forty-eight hours, the new mother couldn’t contain her excitement as she posted some of their first family photographs together on Instagram.
“What’s up, Son!!!!” In his writing, Palmer added: “The baby was born during Black History Month, and its name is appropriately themed. LEODIS ANDRELLTON JACKSON, please accept our warmest congratulations on the birth of your son, Leo.”
She published a photo of the pair with the caption, “just 48 hours of becoming parents!” on the opening slide of the presentation. She then moved on to the following slide, in which she uploaded a video of herself singing “Someone” by El Debarge to Jackson as they were driving together. She did this since Jackson had included the song in several playlists he had made for her when they first began dating.
“We created someone by being each other’s someone, and God, look at what we made!” Palmer was the author.
After the arrival of baby Leo, Palmer also released some images of her and her husband as a family of three in the hospital, including some up-close shots of the face of their new son.
“Hahaha,” she said, adding, “I’m just playing, my baby face is on this slide… I’m not concealing the world from my kid, I’m hiding my son from the world.” And, this slide here.”
The star of “Nope” made her hosting debut on “Saturday Night Live” in December, during which she broke the news that she is expecting her first child with her partner Jackson, who is a fitness instructor and a former college football player. At the time, she announced that she was expecting her first child with Jackson.
“There are some rumors circulating, and people have been in my comments saying, ‘Keke is having a kid, Keke is pregnant,’ and I want to put the record right by announcing that I am,” Keke said. Towards the beginning of her talk, Palmer shouted when she unbuttoned her long jacket to expose her growing baby bulge.
The Hustlers actress has, for the most part, been secretive about the specifics of her romantic connection with Jackson. During her appearance on The Tamron Hall Show in November of 2017, she discussed how she and Jackson had become “Instagram officials.” But, the images that she had posted on her profile with her boyfriend have since been removed.
When asked about her decision to publish images with Jackson at the time, she said that “it got increasingly difficult to conceal.” Since we spend so much time together, and because he is really my best friend, it has just evolved into a situation in which I am not going to conceal something that brings me joy.
After posting exclusive photographs from her “Once Once a Time” themed baby shower in January, Teresa Palmer expressed her excitement about the next stage by exclaiming, “I can’t wait to touch my little one.”
The conversation proceeded with Palmer saying, “I am counting the minutes till I get to meet him and start learning about this person that I helped make.”