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Keke Palmer Announces That She Ended Her Relationship With Ex-Partner Darius Jackson

Keke Palmer Announces That She Ended Her Relationship With Ex-Partner Darius Jackson

The actor will publish his memoirs in November My Lord, Details of her breakup with Jackson, against whom she obtained a temporary restraining order last year

Keke Palmer He was in the middle of a photo shoot when he suddenly felt the energy in the room shift. Before he even took a look, the people around him saw his former partner Darius Jackson in front of everyone. Criticizes him on social media For an outfit he wore at an Usher concert. Within six months Palmer and Jackson found themselves trading domestic violence allegations inside court documents and fighting for custody of their son, who was less than a year old at the time. In your upcoming memories My SirThe actress describes the tumultuous relationship and subsequent breakup as “the hardest thing I’ve ever had to go through.”

One report with PeoplePalmer explained that the relationship suffered from a number of pressures and problems behind the scenes before these problems became public. But once it happened, it became harder to move forward without polarizing speculation. “Things have gotten so out of control that the only way to know how to bring order or control to something is through the courts,” he said. “That’s what it’s really for. It gets difficult because I can’t control all the information. There are people like TMZ, they have friends in court. It’s not like this is for the public; This is for me to bring order to my family the only way I know how. But the public will still learn somehow.”

Palmer described the early stages of her relationship with Jackson as “very spiritual” and emphasized how they combined their “shared loneliness” and started a family in the space they created. Having their baby, Leo, increased the stress between them, but the actress notes that fame is already a complex factor that affects romantic, platonic and family relationships. “It’s always been a burden,” he said. “There’s a lot of noise coming in. This may cause everyone to distrust you. “It’s hard to explain.”

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When conflict in a relationship gets to the point it did for Palmer, accusing Jackson of physical and emotional abuse before she files a lawsuit alleging the same about him, she follows a simple mantra: “walking away is the only way.” It’s the only way he can regain control until he finds the center again. “I wish I could say that he was always terrible, or that I was… but it wasn’t that black-and-white, and that was the problem,” Palmer writes in his book. “I didn’t want my son to think his father was a monster, because I don’t think so.”

Since their separation, Jackson has joined the military and they have found a balance regarding custody that works for their family unit. “I’m so proud of him and happy for him,” Palmer said. “I feel very comfortable now knowing that everything is under control.” Don’t write My SirThis incident, which occurred on November 19, helped Palmer regain a sense of control within himself. “I am a more conscious person about how I want to be perceived and act in this world,” he said.