These days, among Halle Bailey’s gadgets and gizmos is love aplenty.
While the Little Mermaid star has recently undergone a lot of change—not only did she welcome her son Halo, 9 months, but she and Halo’s father DDG also parted ways less than a year later—she’s learned how to best navigate life’s ups and downs.
“I think this new chapter in my life is just all about self-love and giving all that love that I pour out of myself back into myself,” she told E! News in an exclusive interview. “I feel like you have to fill yourself up in order to be able to love other people and beings.”
As she explained, “My son, for example, I want to make sure I'm fully there for him. I think it's really essential to our self-worth.”
In fact, Halo has taught Halle a valuable lesson.
“I think the best part of motherhood is knowing that you are being loved unconditionally by this beautiful being that you were given,” she explained. “And he is a reminder to continue to love yourself, and that you're important and special because of how much he needs you.”
And when all else fails, the 24-year-old turns to traveling.
“Travel is so important to me because it's essential to my mental health,” she noted. “I work so much a lot of the time, and I'm a new mom—there's all these factors playing into my brain as a young woman now. And I feel like traveling really just helps me reset.”
As she put it, “Sometimes all you need is a new environment, some fresh air, some warm air on a beach somewhere just to make you go, ‘Ah, this is what life is about. This is worth living.’ I feel like it's so important for us to have a chance to rest ourselves sometimes.”
It’s exactly why she’s partnered with Marriott Bonvoy Bold Card and Chase to provide fans with the opportunity to win the trip of their dreams through the Bold Chat Court Contest.
“We're going to give away a total of 5 million Marriott Bonvoy points to 10 lucky travelers, which is 500,000 points each, which is so amazing,” Halle gushed of the contest. “All my supporters have to do is just state their case to get their group trips out of the group chat. They can make an Instagram reel describing their dream trip and tell me why it's been stuck in the group chat and how winning these points from the Marriott Bonvoy Bold Card will do something for you guys.”
And with the holidays just around the corner, now is the perfect time to plan time with friends and family.
“It's really just all about being with your loved ones,” Halle noted of the holiday season. “This is what life is about, especially at the end of the year. We all get to get together and remind each other how special and important it is that we are all here.”
As she put it, “I'm just looking forward to loving on my loved ones.”