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Keke Palmer announces pregnancy in ‘SNL’ monologue

December 4, 2022

“Saturday Night Live” returned after the holidays with host Keke Palmer making a big announcement: She’s having a baby!

“People have been in my comments saying, ‘Keke is having a baby,’ ‘Keke is pregnant,’ and I want to set the record straight,” Palmer said in her opening monologue. “I am!”

Palmer revealed the huge news as she showed off her baby bump during her lively, hysterical monologue about her big year in ‘No’ and being nominated for an Oscar – which she says didn’t actually happen. product.

“I was trying so hard to keep a low profile because I had a lot to do,” she said. “You know, people kept coming up to me, ‘Congratulations,’ and I’m like, ‘Shh, can you all stop? I have an online booze sponsorship.

Joking aside, Palmer couldn’t contain his excitement.

“But honestly, it’s the biggest blessing, and I’m so excited,” she said. “Guys, I’m going to be a mom.”

She concluded on a thoughtful note.

“When I got into acting and dreamed of standing on that stage, I thought, ‘Keke, who will you be? “, She said. “Will you be like Maya Rudolph? Eddie Murphy? A Kristen Wiig type? And now I can tell you exactly who I am: baby, I’m Keke Palmer.

Also in the monologue, Palmer reflected on her stint on “Akeelah and the Bee” in 2006.

“It was such a great experience. I had so much fun, except when Laurence Fishburne yelled at me,” she said.

Palmer was very outgoing in an opening skit parodying the soap opera network, getting thrown into wrestling positions and thrown into furniture by Cecily Strong. It was revealed at the end of the sketch that stunt doubles were used. She also poked fun at Drake in a female-focused skit – “United Tingz of Aubrey” – who previously dated the singer. She later spoofed her pregnancy in an ultrasound with her babies rocking a door dash driver from the womb. She also appeared in a skit exploring the origins of “Hello, Kitty” (featuring a surprise appearance from “Russian Doll” star Natasha Lyonne) and showed off her musical chops in a video with SZA extolling the virtues of “Big Boys.” and rocked “O, Holy Night” in a chorus skit.

Palmer, 29, is waiting with her boyfriend Darius Daulton, the brother of “Insecure” star Sarunas Jackson.

The show opened with a sketch taking aim at Herschel Walker and the runoff election.

“My ex-wife says all I do is run away,” joked Kenan Thompson as Walker.

Asked about scandals from his past, the clock ticks down for an hour with yet more Walker gaffes.

“I feel very confident in this erection,” he said.

“Saturday Night Live” features Kenan Thompson, Cecily Strong, Mikey Day, Heidi Gardner, Ego Nwodim, Bowen Yang, Chloe Fineman, Punkie Johnson, Andrew Dismukes, and Michael Che and Colin Jost as Weekend Update hosts. The cast also includes James Austin Johnson, Sarah Sherman, Marcello Hernandez, Molly Kearney, Michael Longfellow and Devon Walker as star players. Kent Sublette, Alison Gates and Streeter Seidell are the main writers for the series, while Liz Patrick is directing.