Keke Palmer has been in the headlines lately after her then-boyfriend, Darius Jackson referred to as her out for her outfit at an Usher concert. "It's the outfit tho... you a mom," he tweeted in July 2023.
Fans had been fast to defend Palmer. By August, an insider stated that the new parents had damaged up. The Hustlers star reputedly showed it after teaming up with Usher for the song video of his new monitor, Nope.
A source later told People that Jackson has "moved on" and that "you don't have to be in the same household to be good parents." But just as Palmer used to be receiving so much strengthen, a video of her defending R. Kelly resurfaced — inflicting fans to turn on her.
Here's a closer take a look at the actress' dating with her former mentor.
How Close Were Keke Palmer And R. Kelly?
During a 2019 look on Watch What Happens Live, Palmer said that she did not experience the horrific claims towards R. Kelly. "That's not the side I knew," she informed Andy Cohen. "That's not the person that I worked with. That's not the experience I had. So, just imagine if you're having a great experience with someone and then you're hearing all this stuff it's like, 'Why didn't you show them what you showed me?' That's the feeling I had."
The Scream Queens alum didn't even know what to feel to start with. "I hated talking about it because I felt like, man, you were a friend to me but then I'm seeing you as a foe to others and I'm hurt for them," she said of the "eye-opening, painful, sad, disappointing and heartbreaking" revelations.
She added: "How do I feel about it? How do I put myself in this position now? It was very sad. I think that anybody that loved him as a person probably feels that way. That's not something you want to hear about somebody that you cared for."
In 2017, the Akeelah and the Bee superstar informed Billboard that she "spent a lot of time working with R. Kelly." At that time, she stated of the R&B artist: "And one thing that he told me, he was like, 'Keke, you don't need to shy away from your acting. You bring that to a part of your music. You make that take your music to the next level.'"
How Did Keke Palmer Defend R. Kelly Amid Accusations?
In 2018, Palmer defended R. Kelly on The Breakfast Club amid the piling allegations towards him. "Y'all gon' stop coming at my boy, Kellz, okay?" she told the hosts at the moment. Charlamagne tha God quipped: "R. Kelly [not] gon' stop coming at 13-year-old girls, allegedly."
The multi-performer went on to question the newest accusations against his former trainer back then. "The last people they were talking about were over the age of eighteen," she mentioned. When advised about the 14-year-old "grooming" sufferer, Palmer dismissively mentioned, "Stop with the grooming... I don't know this side of Kellz."
She added that "the side of Kellz that I know is the musical genius." When asked about her thoughts on claims that R. Kelly had given STDs to a victim, Palmer shrugged it off and said: "A lot of guys do this. It's not just Kellz."
Finally, when R. Kelly's marriage to a fifteen-year-old Aaliyah was introduced up, the Alice famous person laughingly mentioned: "You know what, I cannot speak on those things that I don't know."
What Did Keke Palmer Say About R. Kelly's Conviction?
Palmer ultimately slammed R. Kelly when the allegations changed into prison fees. In January 2019, she said in a lengthy Instagram publish that she cried after looking at the docuseries, Surviving R. Kelly.
"Just finished Surviving R. Kelly and I have spent the last hour crying," she wrote. "As a student of R. Kelly's for the time I was and having been around his light and understanding the obstacles he overcame as a child to actually be birthed into the musical genius he is today..."
She added mentioned that the incarcerated musician "slapped God in the face by his actions towards these women." The Nope big name concluded her put up via pronouncing that she helps the victims of R. Kelly. "I am hurt and saddened because he could have been a blessing to these women but instead he repeatedly took advantage and that I can not accept," she said.
"I will stand by my sisters because that's simply what's right and what I hope discontinues this behavior in anyone," she persevered. "We have to be good to each other, not all of us accept the light but those of us that do must be responsible!!!! We can not take advantage of each other or accept when someone else does."
In 2022, R. Kelly was convicted of three child pornography fees, along with three charges of engaging a minor. He's set to be launched on December 21, 2045.
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