Keke Palmer and her son.Photo:KeKe Palmer/Instagram
KeKe Palmer/Instagram
Motherhood is everything toKeke Palmer.
The actress, 29, opened up about being a mom during her Keke Palmer: “Big Boss: Empowering Yourself to Create the Life You Want” event in Washington, D.C. on Thursday.
Speaking on stage at the Howard Theatre, Palmer revealed how becoming a mother to her4-month-old son Leo— whom she shares withDarius Jackson— gave her a “sense of freedom” and boosted her confidence.
Palmer continued, “I never would have imagined that my son would have given me such a deep confidence and empowerment to just really be like, ‘Yo, we about to do this.' "
TheScream Queensstar went on to reveal that she loves being a mother so much that she’s “probably going to have about 12 kids.”
“It’s so exceptional, she said. “I mean, for anybody that doesn’t want it your life is fabulous if that’s not what you want and if you do want it, get ready for a ride because it is a blessing beyond a blessing. I’m probably going to have about 12 kids, don’t play with it now.”
Keke Palmer and Darius Jackson.Juan Ocampo/NBAE via Getty
Palmer also shared how would “do anything” to make her son giggle.
“I’m goofy as hell,” she said. “I’m always doing jokes, making him laugh trying to see if he has a funny sense, you know, what’s his sense of humor like. He loves when I get goofy with him. I mean I will roll up on the floor and do anything to make him laugh.”
Calling the fitness instructor “the best dad ever”, Palmer wrote on Instagram, “Leodis and I are so very happy to have such a fun, kind, responsible, dependable and supportive man like you in our lives. It’s so wonderful to see the kind of loving father you are, but I’m not surprised.”
However, Jacksonreceived backlash onlinesoon after, when he called out theNopeactress for wearing a fitted, black bodysuit under a sheer dress to watch Usher perform during his Las Vegas Residency on July 5.
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After being hit with a series of negative responses to his comment, Jacksonwrote in a tweet, “We live in a generation where a man of the family doesn’t want the wife & mother to his kids to showcase booty cheeks to please others & he gets told how much of a hater he is. This is my family & my representation. I have standards & morals to what I believe. I rest my case.”
Palmer seeminglyrespondedto the public drama in a video with son Leo on Instagram. “One thing is certain and one thing is true, IM A MOTHA, through and through! 😍,” she captioned the post, which saw her singing Stevie Wonder’s “Isn’t She Lovely” and replacing the lyrics to suit her son, who she bounced on her knee.
source: people.com
