Keke Palmer Is Pregnant With 1st Child, Debuts Baby Bump on ‘Saturday Night Live’: ‘I Am So Excited’

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There’s a new VP in town! Keke Palmer announced during her Saturday Night Live hosting debut that she is pregnant with her first child.“There’s some rumors going around, people have been in my comments saying, ‘Keke’s having a baby, Keke’s pregnant,’ and I wanna set the record straight — I am,” Palmer, 29, said during her Saturday, December 3, monologue on SNL, before opening up her beige trenchcoat to show off her bare baby bump.The True Jackson, VP alum further gushed about her “awesome year” and impending motherhood journey during her opening segment on the late-night show.“I mean, like, I was trying so hard to keep it on the down low, ‘cause I got a lot of stuff going on, you know?” Palmer joked on Saturday. “People kept coming up to me [and saying,] ‘Congratulations.’ I’m like, ‘Sssh, can y’all stop, I got a liquor sponsorship on the line.

Let the check clear and then we can get to the damn baby shower!’”She continued: “But, honestly this has been the biggest blessing, and I am so excited.

Guys, I’m going to be a mom! Even though some people feel a little weird about me having a baby ‘cause I was a child actor, I just wanna say, ‘Look, I’m 29, I’m grown, I have sex [and] I own a home. … You know, things adults do.’”The former Strahan, Sara and Keke host — who was joined on Saturday by musical guest SZA — rose to fame with her breakout role in 2006’s Akeelah and the Bee opposite Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett.

The Illinois native continued acting with starring roles in the likes of Jump In!, Nickelodeon’s True Jackson, VP, Joyful Noise, Scream Queens and Jordan Peele’s Nope.As the Hustlers actress grew from a child actress into a mega-star, she’s been candid about expanding her family in the future and passing