Keke Palmer Reveals Baby Bump During ‘SNL’ Monologue
“Saturday Night Live” returned after the holiday break with host Keke Palmer making a big announcement: She is having a baby as reported by Variety.
“People have been in my comments, saying, ‘Keke’s having a baby,’ ‘Keke’s pregnant,’ and I want to set the record straight,” Palmer said in her opening monologue. “I am!”
Palmer revealed the huge news by unveiling her baby bump during her animated and hysterical monologue talking about her big year starring in “Nope” and being nominated for an Academy Award –which she joked didn’t actually happen.
“I was trying so hard to keep it on the down-low ’cause I got a lot of stuff going on,” she said. “You know, people kept coming up to me, ‘Congratulations,’ and I’m like, ‘Shh, can y’all stop? I got a liquor sponsorship on the line.”
All joking aside, Palmer couldn’t contain her excitement.
“But honestly this is the biggest blessing, and I am so excited,” she said. “Guys, I am going to be a mom.”
She wrapped up on a reflective note.
“When I first got into comedy, and I dreamed of standing on this stage, I asked myself, ‘Keke, who will you be?,” she said. “Will you be like Maya Rudolph? Eddie Murphy? A Kristen Wiig-Type?’ And now I can tell you exactly who I am: Baby, I’m Keke Palmer.”
