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Keke Palmer Breaks Her Silence on ‘Unhealthy’ Relationship with Ex Darius Jackson: ‘Hardest Thing I Ever Had to Go Through’ (Exclusive)

Ahead of her new book 'Master of Me', out Nov. 19, the young star gets candid with PEOPLE about fame, family and what really happened between her and her son's father

"Now that lady has a story to tell," she says of herself in a campy retro broadcast voice while all decked out in Old Hollywood glamour for her PEOPLE cover shoot at her Los Angeles home. In her request for a temporary restraining order granted by a court that November, she detailed multiple allegations of domestic violence, including when she says Jackson broke into her home and attempted to strangle her, an incident caught on video. Looking back on the relationship, she writes, “I wish I could say he was terrible the entire time or that I was ... but it wasn’t that black-and-white and that was the problem.” She continues, “I didn’t want my son to think his father is a monster, because I don’t."

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