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Keke Palmer attends Boss Featuring Keke Palmer terrace after party at The GRAMMY Museum on May 10, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.

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Keke Palmersays motherhood has helped her own her power.

Appearing on the cover of July’s issue ofThe Cut,the new mom, 29, says she’s “gotten so much more powerful” since welcomingLeodis “Leo” Andrellton, 4 months, withDarius Jackson.

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When asked to share advice with other moms in her position, Palmer urged, “Do you, new moms. Do you.”

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On Saturday, Jackson shared a photo of son Leo on his lap during a flight, one day after the actress mom posted a similar video from a plane, singing a rendition ofStevie Wonder’s “Isn’t She Lovely” to their son.

“One thing is certain and one thing is true, IM A MOTHA, through and through! 😍,” she commented her post.

In asecond tweetelaborating on his stance, he wrote, “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,” he added.

Jackson briefly deactivated his social media accounts on Thursday before returning Friday. Eagle-eyed followers noticed that posts including Palmer were missing from his Instagram account. The new parents are no longer following each other on that platform.

source: people.com