Halle Bailey offers start to child boy, shares first photograph after secret being pregnant

Mother and father

By Riley Cardoza

Shock! Halle Bailey has given start to her first youngster.

The “Little Mermaid” star introduced the arrival of her child boy, named Halo, via an Instagram post Saturday evening that confirmed herself holding her little boy’s hand.

A gold bracelet with “Halo” etched on it across the new child’s wrist confirmed his identify.

“though we’re a number of days into the brand new yr, the best factor that 2023 might have carried out for me, was convey me my son.. welcome to the world my halo 🥰👼🏽 ✨,” she gushed within the caption.

“the world is determined to know you 😉🤣♥️.”

Web page Six has reached out to Bailey’s reps for remark.

Her longtime boyfriend, rapper DDG, additionally shared the thrilling information on his Instagram page with the identical image.

“my largest blessing by far 👶🏽❤️ son son.. by no means been so in love 🥹 child halo,” he gushed within the caption.

The actress by no means confirmed her being pregnant regardless of months of hypothesis, therefore her little joke on the finish of her announcement.

She even advised followers to “go away [her] alone” in a social media video she shared in November 2023 after somebody commented that she has “being pregnant nostril.”

The predictions got here to a head in September 2023 when Bailey, 23, attended the MTV VMAs in a flowing orange costume that hid her abdomen.

“Halle stayed away from the pink carpet so she wouldn’t be photographed, and when she was inside, she was very conscious in the way in which she gave hugs, and who she gave them to,” an insider advised Web page Six on the time.

“The orange costume stream was an indicator she was attempting to cover,” the supply continued. “She would preserve her distance when somebody bought too shut, and she or he gave out extra handshakes than her [usual] enduring embraces.”

Social media customers speculated in regards to the outfit alternative through Twitter.

“It’s none of our enterprise however that costume … made it too apparent,” one fan tweeted of the halter robe after the singer introduced an award onstage with sister Chloe Bailey.

Others referred to as her out for seemingly editing Instagram photos of the ensemble.

Halle continued to cowl up on the platform within the weeks that adopted, from posing in creative angles on social media to wearing blazers.

Followers had been begging her to announce her being pregnant by the point she walked the carpet at London’s Glamour Ladies of the 12 months Awards along with her beau in an additional poofy costume in October 2023.

She wore a equally poofy full-length robe at “The Colour Purple” premiere in early December 2023.

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The being pregnant rumors first kicked off in August when she made a short look within the background of DDG’s livestream with what many guessed to be a child bump.

Halle and the rapper, 26, made their romance Instagram-official in March 2022 after DDG slid into her DMs.

The couple made their purple carpet debut on the BET Awards three months later, with Halle occurring to tell Essence how they met.

“I grew up being on YouTube and would all the time see the younger Black creators and was consistently impressed by them. He was one in all them,” Halle stated within the August interview. “Coincidentally he messaged me — and the remaining is historical past.”