Keke Palmer Shades ‘Boyfriend’ Darius Jackson In Steamy Music Video With Usher: Watch

Keke Palmer stars successful the euphony video for Usher’s opus “Boyfriend.” The euphony video came retired August 16. The “Boyfriend” video shades Keke’s ex Darius Jackson.

It’s the Keke Palmer and Usher collab everyone’s been waiting for. Keke, 29, and Usher, 44, some prima successful the music video for his caller opus “Boyfriend” that was released August 16. In the video, Keke shades her presumed ex-boyfriend Darius Daulton Jackson, with a country that features her answering her telephone successful bed, and saying, “What clip is it? Dammit, I missed the show. S*** I’m truthful tired. I’m a parent aft all.” That’s a excavation towards Darius who publically shamed Keke for the outfit she wore to Usher’s performance successful Las Vegas successful July. “It’s the outfit tho..you a mom,” helium tweeted astatine the time.

Keke Palmer takes excavation astatine ex Darius Daulton successful Usher’s euphony video for caller single, “Boyfriend”:

“Dammit, I missed the show! Shit, I’m truthful tired… I’m a parent aft all.” https://t.co/N9CMZwYOot

— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) August 16, 2023

Keke and Usher teased their euphony video connected Tuesday, August 15 and confirmed it would beryllium released the pursuing day. The teaser video that they shared connected Instagram features Keke with bluish highlights successful her hair, staring astatine herself successful a mirror, portion Usher sings, “Somebody said that your boyfriend’s looking for me.” Usher wrote, “when fantasies go reality”, successful his caption erstwhile helium shared the teaser video.

Keke and Usher joining forces connected this caller euphony video comes implicit a period aft they made headlines for their rendezvous successful Las Vegas. Keke attended Usher’s residency amusement connected July 5 and helium serenaded her connected stage, portion she was dressed successful a achromatic bodysuit nether a sheer dress. Darius, who is the begetter of Keke’s babe lad she welcomed successful February, publically shamed her for her outfit choice. “It’s the outfit tho..you a mom,” helium tweeted. The remark faced an contiguous backlash, but Darius, 29, doubled down.

“We unrecorded successful a procreation wherever a antheral of the household doesn’t privation the woman [and] parent to his kids to showcase booty cheeks to delight others [and] helium gets told however overmuch of a hater helium is,” helium wrote successful a 2nd tweet. “This is my household [and] my representation,” helium added successful that 2nd tweet, “I person standards [and] morals to what I believe. I remainder my case.” However, the nationalist effect to Darius’ disapproval was excessively blistery to handle, and helium deleted the tweets.

Keke Palmer; Usher (Photo: Shutterstock)

Keke spoke astir the sermon surrounding her assemblage erstwhile chatting with The Cut. “I’ll beryllium honest, I deliberation earlier I adjacent had the baby, I was truly really rather self-conscious,” she told the publication. “After having my baby, I’ve gotten truthful overmuch much powerful. We’re going to thin into this caller body, and I deliberation that is the full aura of what’s happening with maine successful this large brag epoch arsenic I travel into my 30s, and I person my babe boy, and I’m conscionable continuing to dispersed my wings arsenic a young woman.”

“Do you, caller moms. Do you,” Keke added. “Girl, if there’s 1 idiosyncratic connected this world that loves you for sure, it’s that baby. Be blessed due to the fact that there’s nary emotion similar it. Somebody loving you similar that, hell, who cares?” Since the clash, Keke and Darius unfollowed each different connected Instagram and Twitter, but they haven’t confirmed that they broke up.

Usher besides weighed successful connected the Keke-Darius drama connected August 4. “I deliberation everybody’s imaginativeness oregon a mentation of what they felt happened determination conscionable leads you backmost to conscionable truly having a bully clip successful Las Vegas,” helium told People. “And that’s what I anticipation came retired of it. Rather, it was a speech of what was going connected with america having amusive successful beforehand of the assemblage oregon speech astir that song.” Usher added, “But it was a popular moment, and it was amusive to person astatine slightest speech going and we conscionable support it light.”