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By Paige Strout
Keke Palmer has navigated her personal life in the public eye for more than a decade.
“I’ve always had the same philosophy when it comes to dating. Not that I wouldn’t give someone a try. But trying to keep my private life outside of my work life, to me, it’s easiest when you don’t date someone with the same career,” the actress explained in an interview with Harper’s Bazaar in March 2020.
She continued: “I think a lot about, like, Does this person really like me for me? And it’s not just romantic relationships. It’s friends too. That wavering, that’s the most traumatic thing about fame. And that can really tear at your self-esteem if you let it.”
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Among Palmer’s famous exes are musicians Quincy Brown, Ty Dolla $ign and Styn. She welcomed her first child, son Leodis, with Darius Jackson in February 2023.
Keep scrolling for a look at Palmer’s dating history over the years:
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Keke Palmer's Dating History: Quincy Brown, Ty Dolla $ign, Darius Jackson and More
Keke Palmer has navigated her personal life in the public eye for more than a decade.“I’ve always had the same philosophy when it comes to dating. Not that I wouldn’t give someone a try. But trying to keep my private life outside of my work life, to me, it’s easiest when you don’t date someone with the same career,” the actress explained in an interview with Harper's Bazaar in March 2020.She continued: “I think a lot about, like, Does this person really like me for me? And it’s not just romantic relationships. It’s friends too. That wavering, that’s the most traumatic thing about fame. And that can really tear at your self-esteem if you let it.”Among Palmer’s famous exes are musicians Quincy Brown, Ty Dolla $ign and Styn. She welcomed her first child, son Leodis, with Darius Jackson in February 2023.Keep scrolling for a look at Palmer’s dating history over the years:
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Keke Palmer's Dating History: Quincy Brown, Ty Dolla $ign, Darius Jackson and More
Keke Palmer has navigated her personal life in the public eye for more than a decade.“I’ve always had the same philosophy when it comes to dating. Not that I wouldn’t give someone a try. But trying to keep my private life outside of my work life, to me, it’s easiest when you don’t date someone with the same career,” the actress explained in an interview with Harper's Bazaar in March 2020.She continued: “I think a lot about, like, Does this person really like me for me? And it’s not just romantic relationships. It’s friends too. That wavering, that’s the most traumatic thing about fame. And that can really tear at your self-esteem if you let it.”Among Palmer’s famous exes are musicians Quincy Brown, Ty Dolla $ign and Styn. She welcomed her first child, son Leodis, with Darius Jackson in February 2023.Keep scrolling for a look at Palmer’s dating history over the years:
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Earl “Ben J” Benjamin
Ben J, one half of the rap duo New Boyz, revealed that he dated Palmer when she was 16 years old and he was 19. “That was my girl,” he said in a January 2018 interview with Vlad TV. “I could have made it serious if I was serious about it, you know what I’m saying? I just felt like she was too young.”
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Rodney King
Palmer reportedly dated King from 2010 to 2013. The Nickelodeon alum addressed rumors that she was living with King in Atlanta during an October 2012 appearance on the radio show Sway In the Morning. “That was a crazy rumor,” she said at the time. “They tried to say, ‘Oh, word on the street is Keke Palmer and her producer boyfriend live in Atlanta together. She’s got a place together.’ I’m like, ‘No.’”
She clarified that she and King both lived in California and confirmed that they met through one of her former Jump In! costars. Host Sway Calloway went on to ask King how he felt about media attention surrounding their romance. “I don’t pay attention to it,” he stated. “I think it’s funny, yeah, but I don’t like it.”
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Quincy Brown
Palmer was rumored to have dated Brown — a.k.a Diddy’s eldest son — following her romance with King in 2013. The pair went on to play love interests in the 2015 film Brotherly Love. Neither publicly confirmed their relationship status.
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Ty Dolla $ign
Palmer and Ty Dolla $ign sparked romance rumors in 2016 after they were reportedly spotted kissing in a Los Angeles club. That same year, the two collaborated on a remixed version of Palmer’s 2015 track “I Don’t Belong to You.”
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Styn
Palmer was spotted packing on the PDA with the Dutch rapper during a February 2021 outing in Hollywood. The pair were photographed holding hands and sharing a kiss while grabbing coffee together. Two months prior, Palmer revealed to Page Six that she was spending the holidays with “someone special,” though not he did not confirm her new partner’s identity.
“You know, it’s not a love life if I share with you because it’s public,” she shared in December 2020. “So at the end of the day, just know your Kekes is not lonely — ever!”
The pair allegedly broke up sometime in 2021 before Palmer began dating Jackson.
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Darius Jackson
The former couple went public with their relationship three months after they reportedly met at a May 2021 party hosted by Issa Rae and Diddy. Palmer announced that she was pregnant with the pair’s child while hosting Saturday Night Live in December 2022 and they welcomed their baby boy two months later.
The duo made headlines in July 2023 when Jackson shamed Palmer for wearing a form-fitting dress to an Usher concert months after giving birth. “It’s the outfit tho … you a mom,” he captioned a since-deleted video of Palmer at the concert via X (formerly Twitter). He proceeded to deactivate and later reactivate his social media accounts and wiped pictures of Palmer from his profiles.
While the twosome appeared to try to work things out, Palmer confirmed they were over when she filed a restraining order against Jackson in November 2023. In court documents reviewed by Us Weekly, the Nope star accused Jackson of abusing her throughout their two-year relationship. She requested sole custody of Leodis, claiming that Jackson was “rough” with their child earlier that year.
“On September 26, 2023, I was concerned for Leo’s safety after Darius became very frustrated with him when Leo was crying while Darius changed his diaper,” Palmer claimed in her November 9 filing. “Darius started getting rough with Leo physically and I stepped in to make sure Darius would not hurt him.”
Following a “tug of war” match over Leodis, Palmer claimed that Jackson hit her on the head before “storming out of the room.”
Jackson didn’t publicly comment on the filing at the time, but instead shared a photo of himself and Leodis via X, which he captioned, “I love you, son. See you soon.” Palmer’s temporary restraining order was officially granted one day after her filing on November 10, 2023.
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