Halle Bailey Shares How Becoming a Mom to Son Halo, 2, Changed Her Creatively

The actress welcomed her son in December 2022

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• Halle Bailey is sharing how motherhood has inspired her creatively
• The You, Me and Tuscany star made an appearance on Live with Kelly and Mark, where she opened up about how her son Halo, 2, has changed her personally and creatively
• Bailey welcomed her son with ex-boyfriend DDG

Halle Bailey is sharing how motherhood has inspired her creatively.

During her appearance on Live with Kelly and Mark earlier this week, the You, Me and Tuscany star, 26, opened up about how welcoming her son Halo, 2, changed her both personally, professionally and creatively. Bailey welcomed her son in December 2022 with ex-boyfriend DDG.

"It changes you so much because I feel like I feel things so much deeper now, and it's a great recipe for creating and writing because you have so much more to talk about and a deeper sense of emotions, I think, to grasp on to," she said. "I've never felt any love like this. It's crazy."

During her appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show back in October 2025, the doting mom shared what her favorite thing about being a mother to her son is.

"I think my favorite thing is I feel like I'm learning so much from my child," she told host Jennifer Hudson. "I think that I'm learning so much and also he's bringing out the inner child in me every single day."

"I feel like I'm feeding the little girl in me, like painting or doing a fun activity," she added. "It's like, oh, I'm having fun. I'm a child again, too."

While speaking with PEOPLE, Bailey opened up about her motherhood journey, describing the loving community that supports her as she raises her son.

"I think after I had my baby, I was like, 'I’m grown-grown now,' ” she said, with a wink to her past role on TV's Grown-ish. “He’s made me more sure of myself and confident in my voice. ‘Stronger’ is my word for this year.”

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Elsewhere in the interview, Bailey credited her close-knit crew, including big sister Chlöe, for helping her raise Halo while she maintains a hectic Hollywood work schedule.

“You don’t do it alone," she said. "I feel grateful that I have beautiful women in my life that surround me and lift me up and that are my village. It’s a village job.”

She continued, "Especially when you're trying to work on so many different things. You're trying to do your career as well as balance [motherhood], but I feel like women, we can do it all. Like we really can. We need to give ourselves more credit as women sometimes, too, and know that we are amazing."

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