Darius Jackson disabled his Twitter and Instagram accounts after hundreds of people mocked him for shaming his girlfriend, Keke Palmer, for wearing a seductive attire to an Usher event.
The fitness instructor had accounts on both social media sites with the username @dvulton, but as of Thursday, the pages claimed, “This account doesn’t exist” and “Sorry, this page isn’t available,” respectively.
Jackson was chastised after he criticised Palmer, 29, for dancing with Usher, 44, to his classic “There Goes My Baby,” while wearing a sheer stretch-tulle Givenchy gown that exposed her bum.
“It’s the outfit tho.. you a mom,” the irritated boyfriend, who has a 4-month-old baby with the “Hustlers” actress, added in the now-deleted post.
Some believed Jackson was out of line for calling out Palmer in public.
“Keke Palmer’s man stepped out there and made the mistake of putting an in-house dialogue out there on social media and #TwitterCSI done pulled every receipt but that man’s immunization records. Tough scene,” journalist Jemele Hill tweeted.
Another agreed, writing, “Keke Palmers baby daddy displayed clown behavior as soon as he decided to try to shame her online. It is completely okay to disagree with your S/O – IN PRIVATE, not for everyone to see.”
However, some thought Jackson’s viewpoint was problematic in general, regardless of the time or place.
“Horrible take I keep seeing. As if the issue with what Darius Jackson said to Keke Palmer is that he said it publicly and not that he said it at all,” one person pointed out.
“It was shaming, sexist, and controlling and I’m not here for a man telling a woman what she should not wear in any context.”
Despite the backlash, the father of one initially doubled down on his controversial remark.
“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,” he wrote in a since-deleted tweet Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Palmer has remained unconcerned throughout the ordeal and has not responded directly to her boyfriend’s remarks.
The “Nope” singer took to Instagram on Wednesday night to share even more photos from her enjoyable time at Usher’s concert, captioning a slideshow, “I wish I had taken more pictures but we were running late.”
Palmer and Jackson have been dating since 2021 and made their romance public later that year. Leo, their son, was born in February 2023.
