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Halle Bailey baby

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Halle Baileyhas a new bundle of joy becoming part of her world!

Bailey announced the birth of her little boy on Instagram, posting a photo of her manicured hand holding that of a tiny hand with a gold bracelet etched with the name “Halo.”

“Even though we’re a few days into the new year, the greatest thing that 2023 could have done for me, was bring me my son.. welcome to the world my halo 🥰👼🏽 ✨the world is desperate to know you 😉🤣♥️,” she captioned the photo.

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Bailey and boyfriendDDGhave been dating for more than a year. The pair went Instagram official in March 2022 when the Zooted Music record label founder posted on the R&B singer’s birthday.

In November, Baileyresponded to a fan on Snapchatwho alleged that she had “pregnancy nose” in a recent photo.

In response to the comment, Bailey shared a video saying, “Listen, if I see one more person say something about my nose one more time, it’s going to be hell to pay.”

“You know why? Because I’m Black. I love my nose,” she continued. “What are you concerned about my nose for? Leave me the hell alone.”

In May, Baileyopened up to PEOPLEabout how life has been since striking up a romance with DDG. When asked if she would call him a real Prince Charming, she said, “Yeah. I would say that.”

“I think the best thing about young love is that you’re able to continue to find yourself through this journey of loving somebody else,” the actress explained. “And you’re discovering new parts of yourself and maybe things that you didn’t notice before about your heart."

Halle Bailey and boyfriend DDG.Jon Kopaloff/Getty

DDG and Halle Bailey attend the 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party

Jon Kopaloff/Getty

“You know, you have puppy love experiences, you think that’s love. But this is my first deep, deep, real love,” the singer said of her relationship with DDG.

“This has been a really beautiful transformative time for me. I have all this new material to write about,” the R&B star continued. “It’s like,What the heck did I just experience and go through?A whirlwind of amazingness. You never know what you’re capable of until you’re put through it. I was very creatively inspired, and then from there, I fell in love. And so I really just played with those themes in my music.”

source: people.com