Queen Latifah wears a long black coat as she and friend Eboni Nichols dine at Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica on Christmas Eve
Queen Latifah and her friend Eboni Nichols enjoyed dinner at Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica on Saturday night.
The duo were spotted after celebrating Christmas Eve with some friends at the fine dining restaurant.
The Newark, NJ native wore a long black coat with green and pink sleeves, black pants and chunky black boots adorned with gold hardware.
Christmas Dinner Date: Queen Latifah and her partner Eboni Nichols enjoyed dinner with friends at the Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica on Christmas Eve
The mother-of-one styled her long, thinly braided hair in a half-up, half-down hairstyle and was makeup-free.
Nichols showed up leggy in a short, glittery dress with pale pink heels.
In October, Latifah was first seen publicly with her three-year-old, who she shares with Nichols.
Toned: Nichols showed up leggy in a short, glittery dress with pale pink heels
Impressive three-year-old post-baby body: Eboni gave birth to a baby boy named Rebel in 2019
Latifah has been guarded over her personal life, but reports suggest Eboni did indeed give birth to a son in 2019 and his name is Rebel.
The Oscar-nominated star paid tribute to her son when she received the BET Lifetime Achievement Award in June 2021, saying: “Eboni my dear. Rebel, my dear.”
The veteran entertainer spoke to The New York Times about her personal life in 2008, saying, “I have no problem speaking about the subject of someone being gay, but I do have a problem speaking about my personal life.
She lives a private life: In 2008, she explained that she likes her privacy and said she wasn’t shy about speaking out about her sexuality, but said, “I have a problem talking about my private life.”
“I don’t feel like I have to share my private life and I don’t care if people think I’m gay or not. Assume what you want, you do it anyway.’
The End of the Road star reportedly crossed paths with Nichols, a former Los Angeles Lakers cheerleader and dance choreographer, on Dancing with the Stars in 2009, and they began dating four years later.
The multi-talented performer quit after appearing on The Drew Barrymore Show to promote the new season of her CBS series The Equalizer.
The Oscar-nominated star paid tribute to her son when she received the BET Lifetime Achievement Award in June 2021, saying: “Eboni my dear. rebel, my love’
She told Barrymore during the performance that she had contractual provisions in her projects that dictated that her character in the storyline must not be killed.
“You know what happened early in my career… my characters died in the movies and apparently I died dead,” she said. “I was like, ‘Wait a minute, if I keep dying in these movies, I can’t do a sequel.’
She said she later told her reps, “Yo, we need to put a no-death clause in my contracts … henceforth we kind of threw them in.”
Queen Latifah said: “I thought, ‘No more dying. No more getting shot by 300 bullets in that car.”‘