After months of being pregnant hypothesis, Halle Bailey introduced that she welcomed her first child with boyfriend DDG.
“Even though we’re a few days into the new year, the greatest thing that 2023 could have done for me, was bring me my son,” she captioned a photograph of her new child’s tiny hand through Instagram on Saturday, January 6. “Welcome to the world my halo 🥰👼🏽 ✨the world is desperate to know you 😉🤣♥️.”
In current months, the Little Mermaid star, 23, sparked rumors that she was anticipating after she was noticed in unfastened clothes on a number of events. In August, Bailey wore an outsized pink set to Beyoncé’s live performance in Atlanta. She was additionally photographed strolling within the background of a video posted by DDG, 26, by which she gave the impression to be holding a child bump.
Bailey fueled the hypothesis in September when she skipped the purple carpet on the MTV Video Music Awards and wore a billowing orange costume that hid her abdomen whereas introducing Måneskin’s efficiency.
Days earlier than her VMAs look, Bailey spoke solely to Us Weekly about her wardrobe, sharing that it was “so much fun to explore different” types amid all of the chatter surrounding her clothes decisions. She revealed that her private type is “bohemian, really chic and comfortable,” and whereas the ensembles she wore throughout her Little Mermaid press tour had been “fire,” she needed to “switch it up a little bit and get out of the princessy looks.” As such, she hinted that followers would see her in additional “baggy streetwear” for the “fall time,” noting that “most of the time [I like to] dress down.”
Someday prior, Bailey opened up about embracing her evolving determine by her type decisions. “My body is changing, I’m learning who I am,” she informed Cosmopolitan. “I want to be sexy. I want to feel good. I want to wear clothes that embrace where I am in life.”
Halle credited her sister, Chloe Bailey, for serving to her “find my footing in this whole adult-woman world,” including that her “confidence has gotten deeper and bigger” together with her older sibling’s encouragement.
As for Halle’s love life, she was first linked to DDG (actual title Darryl Dwayne Granberry Jr.) in January 2022 after the pair had been noticed at Usher’s Las Vegas residency. Two months later, they confirmed their relationship when the rapper shared a birthday tribute to the actress on Instagram.
Halle revealed to Cosmopolitan that her romance with DDG has impressed her musically. “All musical inspiration really just comes from life experiences,” she stated. “Love has been a really big one for me too because that’s something I’m experiencing for the first time, and it’s, like, ‘whoa’ in your brain. It’s just fireworks, a spark for creativity.”
Halle went on to reveal how her dynamic with DDG differed from her previous romantic encounters. “You know, you have puppy love experiences, you think that’s love,” she added. “But this is my first deep, deep, real love.”