1 of 2 | Keshia Knight Pulliam holding her award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards on February 17, 2012. Pulliam announced on Instagram Monday that she has given birth to her first child. File Photo by Danny Moloshok/UPI |
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Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Keshia Knight Pulliam has given birth to her first child, a daughter named Ella Grace.
"Ella Grace has arrived!!!" the former Cosby Show star wrote on Instagram Monday to announce Ella Grace's arrival alongside a photo of herself holding up her daughter's feet in a pair of white socks.
Details surrounding the birth have yet to be disclosed.
Pulliam, 37, shares the child with estranged husband Ed Hartwell, 38, who filed for divorce and demanded a paternity test in July days after the actress announced she was pregnant.
"She wanted a baby really fast, and what I was trying to explain to her was that -- from my beliefs, from seeing other successful people -- that when you first get married, especially since we didn't have a long courtship, that we should actually focus on each other and not just have a baby," Hartwell, a former NFL star said of what led to the divorce.
The couple were married in January after four months of dating.
According to Pulliam, Hartwell had cheated on her and stated, "[The paternity test is] not an issue. There's no problem. I've never been unfaithful to my husband. This is his daughter."
Despite the drama, Pulliam has remained positive noting previously on her podcast Kandidly Keshia, "Despite what's been publicized, there's always funny, there's always love, there's always laughter, no matter what."