Keke Palmer discovered love with Darius Jackson almost two years earlier than they welcomed their first youngster.
“You’ve been a blessing from above,” Jackson gushed of the Nope star through his Instagram in August 2021. “By no means would have anticipated summer season 2021 to prove the way in which it did, however right here we’re. I’m glad we had been in a position to assist one another all through our lowest of instances & present each other that what we’re bringing to the desk is all the pieces that we received.”
Lower than two years later, the couple introduced in December 2022 that they had been anticipating their first youngster. Their son, Leodis Andrellton Jackson, arrived in February 2023.
Shortly after welcoming child Leo, private coach Jackson publicly praised Palmer. “This may be the primary time I’ve seen you touched up post-child,” he quipped in a joint April 2023 Twitch video. “You look stunning.”
Preserve studying for a timeline of Palmer and Jackson’s relationship:
2021
The twosome linked in early 2021, shortly earlier than Jackson made an look at Palmer’s twenty eighth birthday bash. In get together snaps shared on the previous youngster star’s Instagram in August, the couple cuddled and kissed through the festivities.
March 2022
Throughout an interview with Bustle, Palmer issued her first feedback about their relationship.
“I simply suppose [this] was a second in time in my life the place I actually stepped into this sort of boss conduct [of doing] regardless of the hell I need to do,” she instructed the outlet of initially deciding to maintain their relationship personal. “That is the happiest I’ve ever felt with somebody. So why would I am going out of my technique to conceal this particular person? That’s much more work than simply dwelling in my life and being in my life. You understand what I’m saying?”
December 2022
After Palmer fueled hypothesis that she was pregnant along with her first youngster, she confirmed the rumors in her Saturday Evening Stay monologue.
“However, actually this has been the largest blessing, and I’m so excited. Guys, I’m going to be a mother,” she gushed on the 30 Rock stage whereas cradling her child bump. “Although some folks really feel slightly bizarre about me having a child ‘trigger I used to be a baby actor, I simply wanna say, ‘Look, I’m 29, I’m grown, I’ve intercourse [and] I personal a house. … You understand, issues adults do.’”
Jackson watched the sketch present from backstage, sharing behind-the-scene pics through his Instagram Story.
February 2023
Palmer introduced on February 27 that she had given beginning to son Leo earlier that month.
July 2023
The Scream Queens alum and her buddies went to see Usher’s Las Vegas live performance, the place Palmer surprised in a black, sheer robe. Jackson, nevertheless, didn’t approve of her look.
“We reside in a era the place a person of the household doesn’t need the spouse & mom to his children to showcase booty cheeks to please others & he will get instructed how a lot of a hater he’s,” he wrote through Twitter earlier than deleting his account. “That is my household & my illustration. I’ve requirements & morals to what I consider. I relaxation my case.”
Amid backlash, Palmer didn’t instantly handle his feedback. She did, nevertheless, gush over her night out and seemingly take a dig at his remarks. “I want I had taken extra photos however we had been operating late! I’m telling y’all proper now, if you happen to haven’t seen @usher YOU MUST GO!! HE WAS SO FABULOUS!!” she captioned Instagram pics from the present. “Giving theater, Atlanta downnn, ideas and methods and simply completely iconic. I used to be actually impressed as a performer. I whooped some ass in spades too!”
