On Tuesday, Could 13, Halle Bailey was granted a short lived restraining order towards her ex and father of her little one, rapper DDG, alleging bodily and verbal abuse.
Within the submitting with the Los Angeles County Superior Courtroom, the 25-year-old “Little Mermaid” star is claiming to have suffered a number of situations of abuse by the 27-year-old rapper and Twitch streamer, whose actual title is Darryl Dwayne Granberry. The non permanent restraining order additionally contains the previous couple’s son, Halo Saint Granberry, born in December 2023.
The non permanent order requires DDG to stay a minimum of 100 yards away from the singer and actress and Halo always, together with at Halo’s faculty and Bailey’s car. Bailey and DDG started their relationship in 2022 and parted methods in 2024.
So, how did we get right here? For some, we understand the main points across the origin of their relationship to its conclusion–and now rocky aftermath–could also be a bit fuzzy. There’s additionally, as there all the time tends to be with celeb {couples}, no matter standing, a variety of misinformation and rumors to sift by. Beneath, we map out the official timeline and weed by the discourse.
In March 2022, Halle and DDG go public
After sparking relationship rumors in January of that yr, when the 2 had been noticed at Usher’s buzzy Las Vegas residency, DDG seemingly confirmed the information when he wished Bailey a contented birthday. “Glad Birthday to the beautifulest, the flyest, the sweetest. Love you without end,” he captioned the since-deleted submit.
In June 2022, Halle and DDG make their crimson carpet debut
The pair made issues crimson carpet official on June 26, 2022, after they attended the BET Awards collectively. The couple arrived on the crimson carpet hand-in-hand, decked out in modern black ensembles.
In August 2022, Halle admits to being in love and seems in DDG’s music video
August kicked off with Bailey and DDG attending Selection’s Energy 100 occasion collectively. Then, on Aug. 22, whereas showing on the duvet of Essence along with her massive sister Chloe, the actress opened up about her romance, sharing that it truly began within the DMs. She additionally admitted to being in love. Lastly, that very same month, the singer appeared in DDG’s “If I Need You” music video as his love curiosity.
In October 2022, Halle celebrates DDG’s birthday, wears matching Halloween {couples} costumes
On Oct. 10, Bailey needs DDG a contented birthday in a submit of a video montage set to the “Married Life” track from Disney Pixar’s “Up.” Later that month, the couple wowed followers with their {couples} costume that Halloween.
In November 2022, DDG calls Halle his spouse
Throughout an look on “The Breakfast Membership,” DDG referred to Bailey as his “spouse” when gushing about their relationship. He shared extra perception into how they started, noting that he made the primary transfer.
In February 2023, Halle and DDG attend Milan Style Week
The pair had been noticed jet-setting and attending Milan Style Week, taking in reveals from the entrance row, all smiles, hand in hand.
In April 2023, Halle opens up about how a lot she loves DDG
The actress and singer opened up about her emotions for DDG and their relationship whereas in dialog with British Vogue. She instructed the publication, “Experiencing deep love for the primary time in my life is one thing I really feel has opened an entire new world for me creatively.”
In July 2023, DDG seems to shade Halle in track
In July, DDG dropped the track “Well-known” about him seemingly feeling insecure round a budding star and all of the pressures that include that, which led followers to imagine he was calling out Bailey.
In September 2023, Halle fires again musically
In September 2023, Bailey revealed to Cosmo journal that “love” had been one of many greatest inspirations for her debut solo album. She additionally instructed the outlet simply how severe issues had been getting between them.
“You realize, you will have pet love experiences, you assume that’s love. However that is my first deep, deep, actual love,” mentioned Bailey.
In October 2023, Halle and DDG give us extra {couples} costumes
The couple attended the Glamour Ladies of the Yr Awards collectively on Oct. 17 amid rising scrutiny into whether or not or not Bailey was pregnant, adopted by revealing a set of {couples} costumes on Halloween. This time round, they went as Janet Jackson and Tupac’s characters from “Poetic Justice,” and in a re-examination, Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown.
In November 2023, Halle addresses the being pregnant rumors
The “Colour Purple” star took to social media to name out those that had been discussing her “being pregnant nostril.”
“Pay attention, if I see yet another individual say one thing about my nostril yet another time, it’s going to be hell to pay,” she mentioned on the time.
In January 2024, Halle and DDG affirm the beginning of Halo
In early January, each Bailey and DDG confirmed the beginning of their son, Halo. Bailey revealed on Instagram that she gave beginning to her first little one with DDG someday in December. In the meantime, the rapper posted a YouTube video detailing how he was discovering fatherhood and referred to Bailey as a “nice mother.”
In October 2024, Halle and DDG cut up
On Oct. 3, 2024, DDG introduced his cut up from Bailey in a submit to his Instagram Tales. “I cherish the time we’ve spent collectively and the love we shared,” he wrote, including, “Regardless of the adjustments in our relationship, our love for one another stays deep and true. We’re nonetheless finest associates and adore one another.”
In a sequence of social media posts, the rapper complained overtly about ongoing challenges he alleged in with the ability to see his son.
“I don’t like placing y’all in my enterprise, however I don’t know what else to do. However I do know the web strikes individuals,” he instructed viewers in a stream posted on March 8. “I simply need to see my son, that’s it. I really like being a dad and I need to be a dad, plain and easy.”
