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Keke Palmer and Darius Jackson’s romance is on the rocks amid their public drama.
“It’s sophisticated. It’s their very own lives,” a supply solely tells Us Weekly concerning the pair’s relationship. “These near them hope they’ll work issues out for the sake of themselves and their little one.”
Palmer and Jackson, each 29, welcomed their son, Leodis, in February after two years of courting.
“They love one another,” the insider provides. “However they hold their life very non-public.”
Although the duo could hold the vast majority of their relationship out of the general public eye, Jackson introduced it to the forefront after mom-shaming Palmer for her outfit selection at an Usher live performance in July.
“It’s the outfit tho … you a mother,” Jackson tweeted alongside a video of Palmer — clad in a form-fitting black bodysuit — on stage with the singer, 44. Regardless of the backlash, Jackson solely doubled down on his phrases in a follow-up tweet.
“We stay 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 added. “That is my household & my illustration. I’ve requirements & morals to what I imagine. I relaxation my case.”
Whereas Palmer hasn’t instantly addressed Jackson’s remarks, she has definitely thrown her personal shade in response. She not solely seems on Usher’s new monitor, “Boyfriend,” however she additionally makes a reference to Jackson’s tweets within the music video.
“What time is it? Dammit, I missed the present. I’m so drained. I’m a mom in spite of everything,” Palmer says whereas speaking on the cellphone within the video.
The Nope star additionally launched a brand new merch line within the wake of the drama that appears to allude to Jackson’s remarks.
“One factor is definite and one factor is true, IM A MOTHA, by and thru! 😍,” she tweeted final month. “‘IM A MOTHA’ and ‘Stevie to the bulls–t’ shirts obtainable NOW!”
Since welcoming Leodis, Palmer has been candid about her journey as a mother, telling The Lower in July that she’s “simply gotten a lot extra highly effective” after giving delivery. “I’m simply so strengthened in a loopy manner. Strutting my stuff, having fun with,” she shared.
Within the interview — which was revealed a number of days after Jackson’s tweets — Palmer defined how she was studying to embrace her new physique.
“If there’s one particular person on this earth that loves [me] for positive, it’s that child,” she stated. “[I’m] blissful, as a result of there’s no love prefer it. Anyone loving you want that, hell, who cares [what I look like]?”
