Keke Palmer Debuts Darius Jackson Tribute Tattoo After Drama

As Keke Palmer heralds a new decade, she shows a tattoo that has been kept secret until now.

Palmer, 30, has uploaded a series of stunning portraits via Instagram on Saturday, August 26, when she posted in a black bodysuit. In the snaps, fans can spot a tattoo on the back of her leg, below her butt. The ink reads: “21. January 1994.”

While No Star didn’t further explain her tattoo inspiration, the numbers correspond to her boyfriend Darius JacksonBirth date. Instead, Palmer used her Instagram caption to acknowledge her Durrty Thirty celebration.

“Gratitude is KEY so showing gratitude is always important,” she wrote Saturday. “I am blessed and grateful to see another year. I am grateful that my family and I are healthy. I get through ’30’ by being myself and being better 😊.”

She added, “To all my fellow Virgos, continue to be bold, gentle and true.” This is about finding more balance between personal and professional self-expression. God bless 🙏🏾.”

Jackson, 29, has been with Palmer since 2021 and they have son Leodis together, who was born in February. The personal trainer acknowledged the birthday girl’s special day by treating her to lunch on Saturday.

“D, thanks for taking me to lunch on my birthday like you always do,” Palmer said in an Instagram live video on Jackson’s account. “I know it’s not always my birthday, but you always take me out. Just thank you for making it special and it’s so cute.”

Jackson – who gushed that Palmer was his “partner in crime” – also tweeted his birthday wishes for the Scream Queens Alum.

“Happy Birthday to a unique being. I hope your 30s bring you many joys and triumphs,” he wrote via X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday, sharing a home video of Palmer cuddling his 6-month-old baby boy.

Related: Timeline of the relationship between Keke Palmer and her boyfriend Darius Jackson

Courtesy of Keke Palmer/Instagram Keke Palmer found love with Darius Jackson almost two years before the birth of their first child. “You’ve been a blessing from above,” Jackson gushed on Instagram of the Nope star in August 2021. “I never expected the summer of 2021 to be like this, but here we are.” I’m glad we […]

Palmer and Jackson’s relationship has been rocky since July, when he publicly shamed her for wearing a see-through bodysuit usher‘s concert.

“It’s the outfit but… you’re a mom,” Jackson tweeted at the time. “We live in a generation where a man from the family doesn’t want his children’s wife and mother to show their butt cheeks to please others and is told how much he hates him. This is my family and my representation. I have standards and morals for what I believe in. I am letting my case rest.”

Palmer has not publicly commented on Jackson’s comments, but a source said so Us weekly that their relationship status is “complicated”.

“It’s her own life. “The people close to them are hoping they can work things out for the good of themselves and their child,” the insider said exclusively Us earlier this month. “You have to solve things yourself.”

According to the source, Palmer and Jackson “love each other” but “keep their lives very private.”