Keke Palmer couldn’t be extra excited to begin creating new vacation traditions with 9-month-old son Leo.
“I love the idea of doing ornaments for every year of [Leo’s] first, second, third, fifth, whatever Christmases,” Palmer, 30, solely informed Us Weekly whereas selling her partnership with HelloFresh. “But then also the idea that it’s something that can be a namesake within our family. That’s something I’m excited for.”
Palmer shared that she first bought the concept from a good friend who gave her a number of customized ornaments with Leo’s face printed on them.
“Maybe it can even become a tradition … each year, that you do a new custom one to mark his age and his growth and that it’s something that he can also pass down and do with his children,” she continued. “I think that that’s actually a tradition that we’ll probably continue.”
Palmer welcomed Leo with ex-boyfriend Darius Jackson in February after two years of courting. The pair have since known as it quits. Palmer was granted a short lived restraining order towards Jackson, 29, final month after she claimed he bodily abused her “multiple times” all through their relationship and filed for full custody of their son.
Now, Palmer is placing her give attention to celebrating Leo’s main milestones as he continues to develop. “He’s been rocking back and forth, so that’s a really cool thing,” she informed Us. “And he’s been kind of — not crawling, crawling, but sliding. So it’s like he’s just about to crawl. He also has a budding tooth at the bottom that’s getting ready to come. So I’m very excited about that.”
Palmer has been documenting her motherhood journey since asserting her being pregnant in December 2022. She has since been candid in regards to the ups and downs of parenting, from discovering a wholesome work-life steadiness to shutting down critics who choose her for breast-feeding in public.
“I think I carry a lot of shame sometimes when I’m in public spaces,” she shared throughout a September episode of her “Baby, This Is Keke Palmer” podcast. “I don’t want to make other people uncomfortable and I’ve had to really kind of come around to, like, not worrying about that.”
Being genuine about her lived expertise is one thing Palmer is understood for, whether or not she’s detailing her wrestle with pimples, slamming unrealistic physique requirements or opening up about her sexuality. Palmer strives to be as relatable as potential so she will encourage others to imagine “success is approachable,” she informed Us.
“It’s always like, in order to be successful, there’s this idea that it’s only for heartless people,” she defined. “And I think for me, it’s like, ‘No, success is for you. Success is out there for you as somebody that’s following their dreams and that’s believing themselves and that’s persistent.’”
Palmer famous that she needs others to see that the whole lot she’s achieved is “accessible” for them, too. “Because when people don’t feel relatable to you, then it becomes that harder, I think, for them to reach their own personal goals,” she stated. “So if I’m not doing my part in making sure that they can relate to me or that they feel connected to me, so that they can feel more inspired to accomplish their goals, then I don’t think I’m really doing my job.”
From nabbing a 2023 Daytime Emmy nomination for her present Password with Jimmy Fallon, to her new music, “Serious,” dropping final month alongside together with her vacation single, “Christmas Kisses,” there’s not a lot Palmer can’t do. She’s a quadruple menace and a mother who’s at all times on the go, which is precisely why she teamed up with HelloFresh.
“With the kind of schedule that I have, it’s always good to be able to know that you can just have easy meals ready,” she stated. “So when I got tapped for this amazing partnership, I was really excited because it’s a way to eat healthy, but also to make it fun and keep it exciting.”
Palmer added that now’s the “best time” to enroll in HelloFresh, as clients can get free breakfast included with each order for all times. “[It’s] just the perfect partnership, honestly,” she stated.