Keke Palmer finally gives the world insight into the meaning of her son’s name.
During a recent interview, the actress revealed that her ex-boyfriend, Darius Jackson, made up the name. “Darius actually made his name. He wanted both our names, which is so crazy,” she said. “So, yeah, that was him trying to put like Darius and Lauren, like Leodis, like it was just too much, but I said ‘Hey, let’s do it. It’s adorable.’”
Palmer continued, “I was pregnant, anything went. It’s adorable,… and then also it sounded like an old name. He sounded like he was marching with Martin Luther King Jr. It’s like Leodis Andrellton Jackson. He’s gonna be on somebody’s campaign.”
Keke Palmer and Darius Jackson dated from June 2021 to October 2023. They welcomed their son in February 2023; however, their relationship wasn’t the best, and it was described to be a “toxic dynamic.” Last month, she talked about her issues with Jackson in a song called “My Confession,” where she also addressed the drama that took place at Usher’s concert.
In the song she said, “Forty-eight hours later online/Made me a villain for sympathy but you lied/But the truth is in Vegas we was already over, boo.” She also emphasized that they were already broken up when the serenading at Usher’s concert took place.
She went on to address their relationship and the birth of their son. “You almost turned me into a cliché. Thought having your baby would make me wanna stay.” Palmer made it very clear that she was talking about her ex in the song and wrote on her Instagram account, “Sometimes the closure we need doesn’t come from a conversation- it comes from being honest with ourselves. That’s what this song is. My peace. My Clarity. My way of letting go… I’m not here to play perfect. I’m here to be honest. I’m just here to be KeKe.”