After rumors swirled that Keke Palmer and Darius Jackson referred to as it quits in mild of his mom-shaming feedback, he’s seemingly setting the file straight.
“I haven’t spoken to anybody about something or gave permission to anybody to talk for me,” Jackson, 29, tweeted on Friday, August 18. “So all these websites & [posts] about me making any kind of assertion is fake.”
A number of experiences surfaced earlier this month, alleging that Palmer, 29, and Jackson had break up after practically two years collectively. Us Weekly beforehand confirmed on Wednesday, August 16, that their relationship standing is “difficult.”
“It’s their very own lives. These near them hope they will work issues out for the sake of themselves and their youngster,” the insider solely informed Us. “They must resolve issues on their very own.”
The supply added that the pair — who’ve been relationship since August 2021 — “love one another” however “preserve their life very personal.”
The Nope star and Jackson welcomed son Leodis in February, practically 5 months earlier than their romance made headlines after he referred to as out Palmer’s outfit selection when she went to an Usher live performance.
Darius Jackson and Keke Palmer. Gregg DeGuire/Getty Photos
“It’s the outfit tho … you a mother,” Jackson tweeted in July, alongside footage of Palmer dancing onstage with Usher, 44, in the course of the present.
Palmer, who wore a sheer black bodysuit to the live performance, didn’t publicly tackle her companion’s criticism whereas Jackson doubled down on his stance. “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 informed 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 took to Instagram to share extra images from Usher’s Sin Metropolis present following Jackson’s remarks. “I want I had taken extra footage however we had been operating late! I’m telling y’all proper now, should you haven’t seen @usher YOU MUST GO!! HE WAS SO FABULOUS!!” she gushed on the time. “Giving theater, Atlanta downnn, suggestions and tips and simply completely iconic. I used to be really impressed as a performer. I whooped some ass in spades too!”
Weeks later, she appeared to clap again at Jackson’s feedback by launching a brand new line of merch that alluded to the drama. “One factor is definite and one factor is true, IM A MOTHA, via and thru! 😍,” she tweeted later that month. “‘IM A MOTHA’ and ‘Stevie to the bulls–t’ shirts accessible NOW!”
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Palmer then teamed up with Usher for his new “Boyfriend” music video, which dropped earlier this week. “What time is it? Dammit, I missed the present. I’m so drained. I’m a mom in spite of everything,” the actress quipped within the video whereas talking on the telephone.
