Keke Palmer has just given one of the most memorable Saturday Night Live monologues of all time – by revealing she’s pregnant with her first child.

In a gorgeous baby bump reveal, Nope star Keke took to the show to ‘set the record straight’ about some rumours.

‘There’s some rumours going around,’ she sighed. ‘People have been in my comments saying, “Keke’s having a baby, Keke’s pregnant,” and I wanna set the record straight.’

Ripping open her blazer to reveal her baby bump, she delightedly declared: ‘I am!’

So cute!

She went on: ‘I gotta say, it’s bad when people on the internet spread rumours about you, y’all, but it’s even worse when they’re correct! I mean, I was trying so hard to keep it on the down low because I’ve got a lot of stuff going on.

‘People kept coming up to me going, “Congratulations,” I’m like, “Shh, can y’all stop?! I’ve got a liquor sponsorship on the line. Let the cheque clear then we can get to the damn baby shower!”

Keke said she wanted to ‘set the record straight (Picture: NBC)

She delightedly showed off her bump (Picture: NBC)

‘But honestly, this has been the biggest blessing and I am so excited guys, I’m gonna be a mom! Even though some people feel a little weird about me having a baby because I was a child actor, I just wanna say look, I’m 29, I’m grown, I have sex, I own a home, I stormed the Capitol on January 6, you know, things adults do!

‘I’m kidding, y’all know I’m the same person I’ve always been and I’m proud of that. Matter of fact, when I first got into comedy and I dreamed of standing on this stage, I asked myself, “Keke, who will you be? Will you be like a Maya Rudoloh? Eddie Murphy? A Kristen Wiig type?”

‘And now that I’m here, I can tell you exactly who I am. Baby, I’m Keke Palmer.’

She kept her relationship with Darius Jackson largely out of the spotlight (Picture: Juan Ocampo/NBAE via Getty Images)

Fans are absolutely thrilled for her, with one tweeting: ‘MISS KEKE IS PREGNANT??? IM GONNA BE AN AUNTY.’

Another said: ‘Now baby THIS is Keke Palmer,’ while one more added: ‘Keke the people’s queen.’

Keke has kept her relationship with boyfriend Darius Jackson largely out of the spotlight, but went Instagram official in August 2021 after reportedly meeting through his brother, Insecure star Sarunas Jackson.

She previously told The Tamron Hall Show: ‘It became more difficult to hide.

‘We spend all this time together, and he really is my closest friend, so it just becomes a thing where I’m not gonna hide something that makes me happy.’

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