Halle Bailey gives birth to baby boy, shares first photo after secret pregnancy
Surprise! Halle Bailey has given birth to her first child.
The “Little Mermaid” star announced the arrival of her baby boy, named Halo, via an Instagram post Saturday evening in which she showed herself holding her baby boy’s hand.
A gold bracelet with “Halo” engraved around the newborn’s wrist confirmed his name.
“Even though we’re just days away from the new year, the greatest thing 2023 could have done for me was bring me my son… welcome to the world, my halo 🥰👼🏽 ✨”, she gushed in the caption.
“the world desperately needs to know you 😉🤣♥️.”
Page Six reached out to Bailey’s reps for comment.
Her longtime boyfriend, rapper DDG, also shared the exciting news on his Instagram page with the same photo.
“My biggest blessing by far 👶🏽❤️ son son.. I’ve never been more in love 🥹 baby halo,” he gushed in the caption.
The actress never confirmed her pregnancy despite months of speculation, hence her little joke at the end of her announcement.
She even told fans to “leave [her] alone” in a social media video she shared in November 2023 after someone commented that she had a “pregnancy nose.”
The predictions came to a head in September 2023 when Bailey, 23, attended the MTV VMAs in a flowy orange dress that hid her baby bump.
“Halle stayed away from the pink carpet so as not to be photographed, and when she was inside, she was very careful about how she gave hugs and who she gave them to,” a source said to Page Six at the time.
“The flow of the orange dress was an indicator that she was trying to hide,” the source continued. “She kept her distance when someone got too close and she gave more handshakes than she did. [usual] lasting hugs.
Social media users speculated about the outfit choice via Twitter.
“It’s none of our business but that dress… made it too obvious,” one said. a fan tweeted of the backless dress after the singer presented an award on stage with her sister Chloe Bailey.
Others criticized her for apparently editing Instagram photos from the set.
Halle continued to lurk on the platform in the weeks that followed, going from posing at creative angles on social media to wearing blazers.
Fans were begging her to announce her pregnancy as she walked the carpet at London’s Glamor Women of the Year Awards with her beau in an extra poufy dress in October 2023.
She wore an equally poufy maxi dress to the premiere of “The Color Purple” in early December 2023.
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The rumors began in August when she made a brief appearance in the background of DDG’s livestream with what many guessed was a baby bump.
Halle and the rapper, 26, made their romance Instagram official in March 2022 after DDG slid into her DMs.
The couple made their red carpet debut at the BET Awards three months later, with Halle later telling Essence how they met.
“I grew up on YouTube and I was always seeing the young black creators and was constantly inspired by them. He was one of them,” Halle said in the August interview. “Coincidentally, he messaged me – and the rest is history.”