Hollywood star forced to ditch veganism during pregnancy because she was ‘craving meat so much’-Rebecca Sayce-Entertainment – Metro

Halle Bailey has not gone back to being fully vegan after welcoming her son (Pictures: Instagram)

Halle Bailey revealed that one of her pregnancy cravings led her to ditch veganism.

The Little Mermaid star, 24, had her first child – a son named Halo – with her rapper and vlogger husband DDG, 26, in January.

Opening up on her pregnancy, she told fans about the major change she made to her diet while expecting her boy and admitting she now hasn’t gone back to being fully vegan.

Her Instagram followers asked if she was still vegan during a live chat that showed The Color Purple actor eating with her eight-month-old baby in the background.

‘And the answer is: not anymore. And the reason being is, I think I told some of you guys that when I was pregnant, I had just, like, started craving meat,’ she said.

Halle, who had been vegan for 13 years and when she started craving meat, added: ‘I was just like, “Well, I’m gonna give my body what it wants right now because I’m doing a really hard job of growing a human, and I also wanted to make sure Halo was getting the proper nutrients and things he needed.”

Halle and DDG announced the birth of their son earlier this year (Picture: Presley Ann/Getty Images for Snap Inc.)

She had been vegan for more than 10 years when her pregnancy craving for meat kicked in (Picture: Noam Galai/Getty Images for MTV)

‘If I have an inkling or craving for chicken or something, I’ll eat it. But I don’t eat a lot of meat. But it’s like if I want it, I’m gonna have it and then that’s it.’

Halle also stressed it was not abnormal for vegans to break away from their diet habits while pregnant.

‘I was looking it up and I see so many women like me who were vegan for years and years,’ she continued. ‘Once they got pregnant, it was, like, out the window.’

It comes after Halle’s sister Chloe accidentally ate meat last year when servers at a burger restaurant got her order wrong.

In April, Halle admitted she had such ‘severe’ postpartum depression she felt like she was drowning and was disassociated from her body.

DDG supported Halle through her experience with postpartum depression (Picture: Unique Nicole/WireImage)

She said in a video posted on her Snapchat she was battling the condition even though she was delighted with her ‘perfect’ baby boy.

Halle admitted: ‘I have severe, severe postpartum (depression), and I don’t know if any new moms can relate, but it’s to the point where it’s really bad, and it’s hard for me to be separated from my baby for more than 30 minutes at a time before I start to kind of freak out.’

Halle also said her husband DDG – real name Darryl Dwayne Granberry Jr – is the ‘most amazing daddy in the world’ and had been supporting her through her struggle.

The actor announced her son had been born earlier this year with a simple Instagram post showing a tiny bracelet on the newborn’s wrist embossed with the word ‘Halo’.

In her caption, she wrote: ‘Even though we’re a few days into the new year, the greatest thing that 2023 could have done for me, was bring me my son..’

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