
Regardless of ongoing drama, Darius Jackson has nothing however optimistic birthday needs for companion Keke Palmer.
“Comfortable Birthday to a one-of-a-kind being. Hoping your 30s brings you a lot joys & triumphs,” Jackson, 29, wrote through X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday, August 26, sharing a house video of Palmer, 30, cuddling their son, Leodis.
Hours earlier than the non-public coach’s social media tribute, he handled the Nope star to a particular meal collectively. “D, thanks for taking me out to lunch on my birthday as all the time,” Palmer gushed in a Saturday Instagram Dwell video that Jackson posted, per PopCrave. “I do know, it’s not all the time my birthday however you all the time do take me out. I simply thanks for making it particular and it’s so candy.”
Through the Instagram session, Jackson additionally threw in his two cents about Palmer’s astrological signal.
“Virgos don’t consider the hype [and] they’re one of many greatest spokesperson [sic] for themselves,” he mentioned earlier than Palmer famous that he’s “actually into the Virgos.”

Darius Jackson and Keke Palmer. Courtesy of Darius Jackson/Instagram
Jackson continued: “My mother’s a Virgo, my brother’s a Virgo, my greatest buddy’s a Virgo, my grandma’s a Virgo [and] my partner-in-crime’s a Virgo.”
Palmer has been relationship Jackson since August 2021, welcoming their 6-month-old son in February. Their bond seemingly hit a snag 5 months later after Jackson slammed Palmer for sporting a sheer outfit to an Usher live performance.
“It’s the outfit tho … you a mother,” Jackson tweeted in July, alongside footage of Palmer dancing onstage with Usher, 44, through the present in Las Vegas.
Palmer, who donned a black bodysuit to the live performance, didn’t publicly tackle Jackson’s criticism. Jackson, nonetheless, doubled down on his perspective. “We reside in a era the place a person of the household doesn’t need the spouse & mom to his youngsters to showcase booty cheeks to please others & he will get advised how a lot of a hater he’s,” he wrote on the time. “That is my household & my illustration. I’ve requirements & morals to what I consider. I relaxation my case.”
Palmer seemingly clapped again at his reasoning by launching “I’m a Motha” merch and teaming up with Usher for his “Boyfriend” music video, wherein she used the identical rationalization to element why she missed a part of the present.

Keke Palmer with son Leodis. Courtesy of Darius Jackson/X
The actress and Jackson have but to make clear their relationship standing, with a supply telling Us Weekly earlier this month that it’s “difficult.”
“It’s their very own lives. These near them hope they’ll work issues out for the sake of themselves and their little one,” the insider completely advised Us. “They need to resolve issues on their very own.”
The supply added that Palmer and Jackson “love one another” however “hold their life very personal.”