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WATCH: Keke Palmer Gets Emotional While Praising Single Parents: ‘Pull Out Your Cape’

<p><strong>Keke Palmer <&sol;strong>is feeling that parenthood pressure in a good way&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;keke-palmer-reveals-gender-of-unborn-baby&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Motherhood<&sol;a> seems to have made the <em>Nope<&sol;em> star appreciate her village&&num;8211&semi;and those parents that have done the job without one&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;If you are a single parent&comma; pull out your cape&period; Matter of fact&comma; clip off your angel wings because I don&&num;8217&semi;t know how you did it&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Palmer said&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Keke <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;keke-palmer-birth-annoucnement-baby-boy-with-darius-daulton&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">welcomed her first child<&sol;a> and son&comma; <strong>Leodis Andrellton Jackson<&sol;strong>&comma; with boyfriend <strong>Darius Daulton<&sol;strong> on February 25&period; The longtime actress shared her single parent praise over the weekend in a video post to her Instagram page&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CpLz6PWL-zB" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;keke-palmer-humorously-recalls-finding-out-she-was-pregnant&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Keke Palmer Humorously Recalls Finding Out She Was Pregnant<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<p>She clarified that her intent isn&&num;8217&semi;t to pander to or negate people who unintentionally become single parents or choose to be&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;&&num;8230&semi;I know there&&num;8217&semi;s a million and one reasons why somebody wants to be a single parent or has become a single parent&period; Maybe they don&&num;8217&semi;t want to deal with somebody&comma; maybe it&&num;8217&semi;s a choice&period; But when it comes to raising a kid&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;ve already learned in these short&comma; few days that it takes a village and sometimes that&&num;8217&semi;s a privilege&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>As the short clip continued&comma; the mother of one continued her praises while admitting the topic made her feel emotional&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;And I just want anybody out there that is a single parent that&&num;8217&semi;s been doing this&&num;8211&semi;friends of mine&comma; people that I don&&num;8217&semi;t know&comma; family members of mine&&num;8211&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m really in my heart&comma; it brings tears to my eyes&period; I am just truly profoundly impressed&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CpVx1ybrvnD" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the caption for the post&comma; Keke wrote&comma; <strong><em>&&num;8220&semi;I ain&&num;8217&semi;t gon lie&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;m getting COOKED&period;&&num;8221&semi; <&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Last week&comma; Darius also took to his Instagram with a parenthood update regarding sleep with a newborn&period; He humorously shut down the saying&comma; <em>&&num;8220&semi;slept like a baby&period;&&num;8221&semi; <&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;You know when people use that term&comma; &&num;8216&semi;I slept like a baby&&num;8217&semi;&quest; Yeah that&&num;8217&semi;s a myth because babies don&&num;8217&semi;t sleep&period; I slept like an old man&comma; that&&num;8217&semi;s more accurate&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CpQV6hwpQgg" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CpTnMY&lowbar;vN37" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Monday &lpar;March 6&rpar;&comma; the star gave fans a lighter take on her mommyhood adventures&period; She <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;photo-keke-palmer-stuns-in-maternity-shoot-with-darius-daulton-thanks-nicki-minaj-for-photographer-plug&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">shared footage<&sol;a> of her newborn in his bassinet&comma; then of her swaddling him in a blanket&comma; and used a trending TikTok audio to pull the lighthearted video together&period; During the short but sweet clip&comma; Palmer served new mommy realness&comma; including a messy hair bun and glimpses at her in-use breast pumps&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CpdTxK5Asej" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"114420" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;watch-keke-palmer-gets-emotional-while-praising-single-parents-pull-out-your-cape&sol;" data-secure&equals;"40a47892f0"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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