Halle Bailey Tearfully Explains Secret Being pregnant: “I Had No Obligation To Expose Him” 

Halle Bailey is opening up about why she selected to maintain her being pregnant a secret regardless of the rampant social media rumors surrounding her all through. 

The Little Mermaid actress was honored on the 2024 ESSENCE Black Ladies in Hollywood Awards on Thursday (March 7).

at the moment i felt like a princess 💘it was an honor to obtain the essence black girl in hollywood award 🥹💘to be lifted up by so many ladies who’ve paved the way in which for me to be right here at the moment is an extremely particular feeling. thanks to my sister @ChloeBailey for presenting me with… pic.twitter.com/mCk13sRdGL

— Halle (@HalleBailey) March 8, 2024

She turned emotional throughout her acceptance speech whereas talking about her son, Halo. The little boy quietly arrived shortly earlier than Christmas final yr. 

After reflecting on her function within the Disney film, Halle continued, “it can’t examine to the largest pleasure of my life. And that was turning into a mother to my good little angel Halo.” 

She defined, “There was no method in hell I used to be going to share the largest pleasure of my world with anybody. Halo was my reward. He’s the best blessing, and I had no obligation to reveal him, me, or my household to that. 

“With the state of the world and the place it’s in with males attempting to pressure their will on our our bodies, nobody on social media, and for rattling certain, nobody on the planet, was going to inform me what to do with my physique or what to share with the world,” she stated. 

Halle referenced Lauryn Hill and Beyoncé, who each shied away from the general public eye throughout being pregnant. “We’ve that proper,” she stated. “Each girl on the earth has that proper to decide on what to do with their our bodies and what to share with anybody or everybody.” 

Halle Bailey’s acceptance speech on the Essence Black Ladies in Hollywood pic.twitter.com/Qjch6MLtey

— Chlöe x Halle Now (@cxhnow) March 7, 2024

Again in January, Halle Bailey’s accomplice and Halo’s father, DDG, additionally defined their option to hold the being pregnant non-public. 

“I feel it was extra so  like individuals have been already giving us unfavourable vibes,” he stated. “So it’s like, why allow them to know after which allow them to make her being pregnant nerve-racking?”