Keke Palmer Gives Birth, Welcomes First Baby With Darius Jackson

“This year has taken me for a ride!” she wrote on Dec. 4. “And how cool, my baby and I are already doing it all together. Thank you God! Thank you to my amazing parents and family who continuously support me.”

Keke also thanked Darius, who she called her “other half,” for “giving me the things that only true unity can bring.”

She concluded her note, “Love is all we have isn’t it, you do nothing in this world alone and trust me, I am not alone! Very grateful.”

Darius—a fitness instructor—shared the news in his own way on his Instagram Stories with a photo of Keke wearing a sweater and sitting at a restaurant as she cradled her baby bump. He captioned the pic, “2023” alongside a red heart emoji.

While she has kept her relationship with Darius private, Keke did open up about her love life during an appearance on The Tamron Hall Show in November 2021.

“It became more difficult to hide,” she said of her decision to go Instagram official with her boyfriend. “We spend all this time together, and he really is my closest friend, so it just becomes a thing where I’m not gonna hide something that makes me happy.”

She added, “It’s not gonna be everything you see, my job is my job, but at the end of the day this is somebody that is important to me so why not.”