Halle Bailey Claps Back At Claims She “Lied” About Her Pregnancy

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Halle Bailey is not allowing any slander about keeping her pregnancy private.

The Little Mermaid actor and musician revealed on January 6 that she and partner DDG welcomed their first child, a son named Halo, at the end of 2023 after months of speculation from fans. Bailey kept things private and didn’t publically acknowledge that she was pregnant — she even went as far as to wear baggy clothing in public to shield her baby bump.

But in a recent post on X, formerly Twitter, Bailey stood firm in her choice to keep her pregnancy under wraps and responded to negative commenters. One user wrote that people were “annoyed that she went out of her way to lie and gaslight” about her pregnancy. They also claimed she “shaded” those who speculated and “called them desperate.”

In response, Bailey very sweetly wrote, “i never lied or even said anything about it honey.”

“Making a joke about my nose was the farthest i went,” she continued, referring to her response that fans suspected she had “pregnancy nose.” At the time, Bailey said, “Leave me the hell alone!”

“I’ll never understand why you are mad i protected my own peace, wouldn’t you do the same?” Bailey continued on X. “I’m gonna share my pics now if i want to because my son is here safely, if u don’t wanna see it just keep scrolling baby lol God bless you.”

Several people commented underneath Bailey’s post, supporting her for standing up for herself. “People are so weird,” one user said. “Saying you lied and gaslit is crazy like privacy exists,” another wrote.

Bailey also responded to another user who claimed “we don’t care” if she posts her baby, writing “if u don’t care why are u responding then sweetheart ♥️just don’t care by living ur best life and not commenting on mine.” She followed it up with a separate post, writing, “lol my hormones have been on 10 recently so i’m gonna go back to staying off twitter.”

Last summer, many people speculated that Bailey could have started donning looser-fitting clothes to hide her growing belly. Halle Bailey and her sister Chlöe were spotted at Beyoncé’s Renaissance tour stop in Atlanta in August; while Chlöe donned a midriff-bearing ‘fit, Halle opted for a loose dress shirt from Valentino.

While she didn’t share her growing belly at the time of the pregnancy, Bailey did recently share footage from her underwater maternity shoot that looked straight out of The Little Mermaid. She wrote in the caption, “missing my belly already 💜but i obviously had to do underwater pics.” A true Ariel!

Originally Appeared on Teen Vogue

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