Child actress runed host, singer, entrepreneur and Hollywood star Keke Palmer's body has been in the news a lot lately. Not because her partner Darius Jackson are now raising their first child together since February and her body is getting back together.
No, it's because her bodyfriend tweeted his disapproval of an outfit she wore to see Usher in concert. Jackson shamed the risqué ensemble due to Palmer being a new mother.
After keeping silent about her son’s father’s remarks at first, the KeyTV creator finally responded by uploading even more shots of her sexy fit.
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“I wish I had taken more pictures but we were running late,” Palmer captioned a carousel of photos from the Las Vegas residency. “I am telling y’all right now, if you haven’t seen @usher YOU MUST GO!! HE WAS SO FABULOUS!!”
And even though Jackson faced backlash on social media for trying to dictate and control a women's body, he continued to double down on his thoughts.
“We live in a generation where a man of the family doesn’t want the wife & mother to his kids to showcase booty cheeks to please others & he gets told how much of a hater he is,” he tweeted. “This is my family & my representation. I have standards & morals to what I believe. I rest my case.”
Amid the debacle, fans and celebrities gave Keke an outpour of support and love. Even Usher wrote to the actress and singer, “The Big Boss!! Thank U for coming.”
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“LIVE YOUR DESTINY KEKE! We knew who you were before we knew that man,” one fan commented. “Respect to you but we still don’t really know that man. Please stay EXPANDING AND IN THIS JOYOUS, JUICY DIVINE FEMININE ENERGY. You need massive masculine energy to HOLD YOU BABY AND YOU DESERVE IT! We rooting for you.”
Another person added, “Don’t let baby daddy dictate what you wear! Put that sh*t on.”
Ever since then, the Emmy Award winner, 29, has been sharing just how having a baby not only has changed her mental and social state, but it's changed her body too--for the better! Palmer showed off her figure in a mirror video on Instagram recently, thanking her 6-week-old son Leodis "Leo" Andrellton for her curves before noting that she "never had" hips or boobs and "barely" had a butt before he was born.
"Last time I spoke to y'all, I was letting y'all know that my son cleared my skin up. My skin is still skinning. And now I'm about to let y'all know that he gave me something else," said Palmer. "B-b-b-body! Get into it, get into it. 'Cause period, period, period, period, period, period."
She added in the caption: "Hips? NEVER HAD EM'! Boobs? Never had em'! Booty? BARELY. Thanks son. 😭."
And she's right.
Pregnancy Changes Her Hips
Sure, you expect your stomach to grow significantly bigger during pregnancy. However, you may not realize that your ribcage has to expand to accommodate your growing uterus. In addition, your hips also need to widen to provide an easier exit down the birth canal during delivery. After pregnancy, however, your ribs and hips may not shift back to where they used to be. "Some women report that even after getting back to pre-baby weight, the shape of their body has changed," California-based ObGyn Pari Ghodsi, MD, FACOG, said.
After birth, when progesterone levels decline the laxity is reduced, most women will not see this subtle change visually but may feel it when walking or exercising. Some doctors have seen in very rare cases, the laxity leads to separation of the pubic bones either before or after delivery which can even change the way you walk, accomodating for the wider hips.
Pregnancy Changes Her Skin
Experts believe a combination of hormones, oil and a 40% increase in blood volume makes a pregnant woman’s skin seem luminous during pregnancy. In fact, pregnancy’s hormonal changes deliver more oxygen and nutrients to all organs.
Another reason for better-looking skin: Weight gain, which “fills out the skin and ‘tightens’ it, making it appear smooth,” she says.
Back in 2012, when Palmer was 19, she paired with Dove for their "Campaign for Real Beauty," which was all about promoting confidence. At the time, she told Teen Vogue she was inspired because she was "bullied a lot as a kid in school from kindergarten up to third grade."
"I know what it feels like to be left out and to want to be different—more so, to want to not be different and want to just fit in. As a teenager, you second-guess yourself," she said at the time. "On top of that, being in movies and on television can make me even more self-conscious because so many people are looking at me, and I don't know what they're thinking. People can be overly critical."
Palmer has also long spoken out about dealing with adult acne, which she says stem from her polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) diagnosis. Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is a health disorder in which a woman’s hormones are out of balance. There may be one or more causes for the hormone level changes. PCOS is a common disease of the reproductive system that affects teenage girls and adult women. According to the NIH, approximately 5 million women of reproductive-age in the United States are affected by this syndrome. It can cause skin issues as well as symptoms like weight gain, facial hair and irregular periods.
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“Hey you guys, for some of you this may be TMI, but for me my platform has always been used for things much greater than me. Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome has been attacking me from the inside out my entire life and I had no idea," wrote Palmer. "My acne has been so bad that people in my field offered to pay for me to get it fixed. I tried EVERYTHING.
"I did Accutane TWICE. People say drink water, have a better diet, but I did all that, I ate all the “right” things, my blood tests were fine. But it took ME taking a personal look into my family that has a history of diabetes and obesity, to understand what was ACTUALLY happening with me. And unfortunately doctors are people and if you don’t “look the part” they may not think that’s your problem. They may not even suggest it if you “look healthy” whatever that means! I came to a doctor in tears once and all they offered was a measles vaccine… Exactly.”
“I’m posting this to say that it’s okay and we can help ourselves. My skin has made me sad many nights but I do not give up on myself. I know this is not me and my body has been looking for help. I do not have a medical degree but I did the research and took what I learned to a doctor and that led them to a proper diagnosis. I’m not saying trust web md for everything haha but what I am saying is no one can help us like we can help ourselves.”
