Halle Bailey: Motherhood has made me more confident

Halle Bailey has opened up about the impact of motherhood on her life.

Halle Bailey’s experience of motherhood has made her feel more “confident”.

The 26-year-old star has revealed how her two-year-old son Halo has influenced her approach to life.

Halle – who previously starred in the TV sitcom Grown-ish – told People: “I think after I had my baby I was like, ‘I’m grown-grown now’. He’s made me more sure of myself and confident in my voice. ‘Stronger’ is my word for this year.”

Halle confessed to being “obsessed” with her baby boy.

She said: “It’s very trippy to have a whole being grow inside you and now to see them run around and be their own person. I cry every day. I’m just obsessed.”

Halle is no longer with DDG, the father of her child. But the singer remains thankful for having such a strong support network in her life.

She explained: “You don’t do it alone. 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.

“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.”

In March, Halle admitted to feeling “even deeper” since becoming a mother.

Speaking to the Guardian, Halle explained: “When you have a child, you feel things even deeper. A whole new portal of universal love opens up — a love that I never expected. My love for my child is so big, it feels like the moon.

“I love that I feel like a different person. I would definitely say it’s made everything better for me — creatively, as a writer, as an artist and as a mom.”

Halle believes that her emotional depth as a musician has grown significantly since becoming a parent.

She said: “In music especially, I feel things very deeply. I think that’s when you’re at your best, when you can write clearly about the things you feel so deeply.”