Keke Palmer Dating History: Ex-Boyfriends, Rumored Flings

Nobody’s business! Keke Palmer has made a point of keeping her relationships and dating habits out of the spotlight, going as far as scrubbing any mention of dating off her social media.

That said, the Saturday Night Live guest host has spilled *some* tea about her love life in the past. “I’ve always had the same philosophy when it comes to dating,” the Hustlers actress told Harper’s Bazaar in March 2020. “Not that I wouldn’t give someone a try. But trying to keep my private life outside of my work life, to me, it’s easiest when you don’t date someone with the same career.”

Remember when Bachelor Nation stud Mike Johnson asked her out in public on Sara & Keke? Yeah, she wasn’t feeling that.

“Well, first of all, I get real spooked about entertainers or reality [stars] … I don’t know, it really scares me to date people in the industry. That’s number one,” she explained on Good Morning America. “Number two: He asked me in front of everybody. I felt totally, like, ambushed. I felt ambushed. I felt like it was a big ol’ gag. I’ve been doped.” Oops!

In summer 2020, rumors started swirling that the brunette babe was dating Styn from the music duo Mae Seven. Keke was spotted in a photo on his Instagram on August 15, and they got pretty flirty in the comments.

“You have to make a decision. Either your jacket is on or it’s off, sir,” she said with a laughing emoji. In response, the artist responded, “What can I say? Indecisiveness is a real thing, honey,” to which she replied, “Not with matters of the heart, clearly.” Hmm …

That said, the singer told Harper’s Bazaar that she doesn’t “really do relationship stuff online.” revealing that her Raya dating app experience wasn’t all that great. Giving it a shot, she shared that the one and *only* date she went on felt more akin to professional networking than romance. In fact, the only statement Keke has really made on social media about dating came in April 2021 when she emphatically declared, “I don’t believe in girlfriend and boyfriend. I’m single till we married.”

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However, in November 2022, the former Nickelodeon star opened up about the advice that Whoopi Goldberg once gave her that changed her life.

“I’ll never forget, I was on The View one time, and they were having a conversation about sex, a really great conversation, and Whoopi Goldberg said, ‘please just – start with pleasing yourself,’” she recalled during an episode of her “Baby, This Is Keke Palmer” podcast. “And I was like, ‘That rings true.’”

From YG to Quincy Brown, see who Keke has dated over the years as well as her rumored flings.

Keke reportedly began dating YG in 2014 but later split due to his alleged infidelity. She seemingly spoke about their split in her YouTube video, “Keke’s Journal Part 1: Adulting & Heartbreak.”

“Seen Keenon tonight … learned he has a baby on the way,” she said of her ex, whose real name is Keenon Daequan Ray Jackson. “So deeply heartbroken.”

Styn

Keke and the Mae Seven member sparked dating rumors when they got flirty on social media in December 2019. They were later spotted on a coffee date in Los Angeles, but the actress stayed true to her dating tactics and kept their connection private. “It’s not a love life if I share with you because it’s public,” she told Page Six in December 2020.

Darius Jackson

The Alice star and the brother of actor Sarunas Jackson became an item in 2021, with Darius gushing about Keke in a since-deleted social media post celebrating her 28th birthday the same year. “Never would’ve expected summer 2021 to turn out the way it did but here we are,” Darius wrote on Instagram. “You’ve been a blessing from above,” he continued, with Keke writing in the comments, “I love u thank you.” But by March 2022, she scrubbed her social media of any mention of Darius, and he did the same.

Nevertheless, it seems the two patched up whatever may have happened between them by the end of the year. In December 2022, Keke announced she was pregnant with her first child. Darius confirmed via his Instagram Stories afterward that he and Keke are expecting their baby in 2023.