“Little Mermaid” star Halle Bailey and her rapper ex-boyfriend DDG determined this week to briefly put their variations apart of their months-long custody battle over their 1-year-old son, Halo.
The pair of musicians, who dated from 2022 to 2024, agreed to drop their mutual home violence restraining order requests and settled on short-term custody phrases to co-parent their youngster, in keeping with a stipulation filed Monday in Los Angeles County Superior Courtroom. The stipulation, signed by each events, is a major improvement within the exes’ dispute, which got here to a head in the summertime.
When Bailey (of the “Do It” sister-singer duo Chloë x Halle) and DDG (born Darryl Dwayne Granberry Jr.) introduced their cut up in October 2024, the latter stated “we’re nonetheless finest mates and adore one another” and would work to co-parent their son. However rigidity between the exes surfaced in Might after Bailey secured a short lived restraining order alleging the daddy of her youngster was abusive all through their two-year relationship and had continued to behave badly since their breakup. “Darryl has been and continues to be bodily, verbally, emotionally, and financially abusive in direction of me,” she stated on the time, in keeping with court docket paperwork. Bailey, 25, requested that DDG, 28, be ordered to keep away from her and their son.
Influencer DDG, recognized for the 2016 single “Balenciaga,” fired again with allegations towards Bailey and a request for his personal home violence restraining order. He accused his ex-girlfriend of “emotional instability and coercive management,” raised concern about her “repeated threats of suicide and self-harm” and alleged cases the place she “endangered the kid’s security whereas in emotional misery.”
Although the stipulation states each Bailey and DDG should “instantly dismiss” their restraining order requests, they’ll every file new requests in case of future abuse.
Courtroom paperwork say that Bailey could have bodily custody over Halo besides on Wednesdays and sure weekends. The stipulation additionally outlines a custody settlement for birthdays and the upcoming holidays.
The newest court docket paperwork additionally handle every dad or mum’s social media use, which proved to be a level of competition after the breakup. Notably, DDG introduced child Halo with him for Twitch star Kai Cenat’s livestream in November 2024.
“Neither get together shall publish, add or disseminate on the web or any social media platforms, pictures, pictures, and or/info relating to the Minor Youngster,” court docket paperwork say. Family and friends of the 2 musicians are additionally barred from posting about Halo. Moreover, neither Bailey nor DDG can “disparage the get together publicly” or within the presence of their youngster, who turns 2 in December.
Bailey was a fan of DDG years earlier than they turned an merchandise. After sparking up a romance through social media DMs, the previous pair made their purple carpet debut on the 2022 BET Awards. The singer was vocal about how she was smitten with DDG, telling Essence the romance was her “first deep, deep, actual love.”
By their time collectively, the previous couple confronted their share of ups and downs — together with DDG’s diss observe about his ex’s starring function in “The Little Mermaid” and a few criticism from Bailey’s older sister Ski Bailey.
Halle Bailey at the moment has extra than simply household issues on her plate.
She launched her debut solo album, “Love?…or One thing Like It,” on Friday. Upon asserting the discharge earlier this month, she stated on Instagram that the mission is a “story of old flame, heartbreak, and every little thing that comes after.”
Occasions assistant editor Christie D’Zurilla and editorial library director Cary Schneider contributed to this report.
