Keke Palmer talks about having an ‘inappropriate’ relationship with an older man while filming the Nickelodeon show

Keke Palmer told about what was in attitude with an older man, bye on the set of her Nickelodeon show How teenager.

Promoting your upcoming book Master Me: The Secret to Controlling Your NarrativeThe 31-year-old man spoke candidly People about her experiences with toxic relationships, especially those early in her career when as a teenage fashion executive V Nickelodeon sitcom, True Jackson, Vice President.

“I had a great time doing True Jackson, Vice PresidentBut it was also a very stressful, difficult and depressing time,” Palmer recalled, noting that she was in an “inappropriate” relationship with an older man at the time.

“I was 15, he was 20,” Nope – the actor explained. “I tried to balance between being very young but feeling quite mature at the same time. If I thought it was inappropriate, I wouldn’t do it.”

“Obviously I shouldn’t have dated a 15-year-old who shouldn’t be 20,” she continued. “But in my mind it was, ‘I got a full-time job… No one can understand me except a grown man.’ But he knew that there were a lot of things that I couldn’t fucking understand at 15 years old.”

The relationship, which Palmer says she hid from her loved ones for years, continued until she was 20 years old. Looking back, the actor admitted that the five-year relationship had a long-term negative impact.

“I was unable to mentally process and understand the things that would make this relationship appropriate,” she admitted. “The power dynamic put me in a position that harmed me in ways I didn’t even know existed. I didn’t have the language or the strength to admit that the one he met was a child and not the woman I wanted to become.”

The Emmy winner admitted that it took her a while to figure out what a real, healthy relationship looks like.

“It wasn’t until I became a truly grown woman, and even then we know we still have time to grow. But by the age of 26, 27, 28, I finally experienced, I think, true love,” she said, giving credit where credit is due. her ex Darius Jackson with a change in her point of view. “It’s not that I didn’t love this (other) person, but it wasn’t until I felt what it was like to have someone love me back and really respect me that I realized the relationship was wrong. “

Palmer and Jackson began dating after meeting at a Memorial Day party in May 2021. In December 2022, Palmer announced that she was expecting her first child. She made an announcement during her opening monologue Saturday Night Live hosting debut. In February 2023, the couple welcomed their first child, son Leodis “Leo” Andrellton.

In July of that year, their relationship changed when Jackson publicly shamed Palmer for wearing a see-through dress to Usher’s show in Las Vegas. He expressed his disappointment in a post posted to X/Twitter, writing above a video of Palmer being serenaded by the R&B singer: “It’s an outfit though… you’re a mom.”

After receiving widespread negative reactionJackson amplified his comments by saying, “We live in a generation where a family man doesn’t want his wife and the mother of his children to show off her butt to please others and he’s told how much of a hater he is. is.”

“This is my family and my representation. I have standards and morals for what I believe in,” he said. “I’m leaving my business.”

Palmer later filed for a restraining order against Jackson in November 2023, alleging numerous incidents of physical abuse. She was granted a temporary restraining order against Jackson, as well as temporary sole custody of their son.

In December, Jackson filed his own restraining order against Palmer, alleging that she “engaged in abusive behavior during the two-and-a-half year relationship.” However, after court-ordered mediation, Palmer and Jackson reached a settlement agreement for joint custody of Leo.