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Keke Palmer reveals baby bump as part of her ‘Saturday Night Live’ opening monologue

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Keke Palmer reveals baby bump as part of her ‘Saturday Night Live’ opening monologue

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Keke Palmer confirmed pregnancy on ‘SNL’

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Keke Palmer confirmed pregnancy on ‘SNL’

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Keke Palmer confirmed pregnancy on ‘SNL’

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Keke Palmer confirmed pregnancy on ‘SNL’

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Tupac Shakur’s cousin reacts to day one of murder trial

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Actress Hayden Panettiere dies at 36

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Actress Hayden Panettiere dies at 36

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Blind since birth, meet the man using AI as his ‘eyes’

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Braving one of Europe’s tallest waterslides

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Braving one of Europe’s tallest waterslides

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Who belongs on the Mount Rushmore of athletes? These top sports journalists weigh in

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Jeff Daniels recounts agents telling him not to do ‘Dumb and Dumber’

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New CCTV video shows Italy art heist

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pleading guilty to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

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Inside the courtroom where Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty

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Inside the courtroom where Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty

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Some people like singing their good news from the rooftops, but in Keke Palmer’s case, it was done on live television in front of millions of viewers.

The actress and comedian hosted “Saturday Night Live” this weekend, and during her opening monologue, revealed she is pregnant with her first child.

The “Hustlers” star wore a trench coat with snap buttons and said she wanted “to set the record straight” about some “rumors going around” that she’s having a baby.

“I am!” she continued, whipping open her coat to reveal her bare baby bump underneath.

While closing the clasps on her coat, Palmer then added, “I gotta say, it is bad when people on the Internet spread rumors about you, but it’s even worse when they’re correct!”

She then joked how she had been trying to keep her pregnancy on the “down low” for fear of losing some sponsorship deals, including one with a liquor label.

“Let the check clear, and then we can get to the damn baby shower,” she joked.

Palmer hosted the long-running NBC comedy sketch show alongside musical guest Sza.

Bits from the show included a cold open mocking Herschel Walker, a PSA-style sketch for exes of Drake, and a short at the Hello Kitty store with Palmer and Bowen Yang as employees who can’t get over the fact that Hello Kitty isn’t a cat.

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