Keke Palmer Breaks Down Nickelodeon Years, Navigating Her Sexuality & "NOPE" | Them

oh my gosh I hate massaging I hate the patriarchy you're done you're done you're done and that's always been my thing like I've always been like man I want to do stuff like what Will Smith does you know I want to be able to be that person that's like bring you the cool funny comedy and kicking some ass like let me get a chance let me in you know what I'm saying in the words of Taylor Swift if I was a man I'd be the man hey you guys it's Kiki I'm looking back at some moments that helped shape my career and my identity this is becoming Keke Palmer alright first clip go over there and read the quotation that's on the wall you're inadequate our deepest fear is that we're powerful beyond measure we ask ourselves who am I to be brilliant gorgeous talented and Fabulous actually okay so that was a clip of me and Akila and the v in the scene where I read the Miriam Williamson William Williamson quote it was so important for the director for it to be in the film and for Dr larabee to say it to Aquila because it speaks on how playing small does not nothing good in the world about how you have to let your light shine you have to fight against your insecurities because not only is it right for you to do so but it allows other people to see what's possible but I think for me personally which is why my parents were really so critical of the kind of roles that I played as a kid was that it was also teaching me the actress the same thing that the character was learning which was to continue to let my light shine I think it was hard for me as a kid to understand but really the impact I started to realize years later you know the influence of a movie like that existing I think it's something that you realize impacted you as you become an adult even now when I'm watching it it's that deep rooted in me that quote it's like a part of my world in my life and honestly a part of the foundation of who I am next clip oh this is so uncool my first album from 2007. first of all Mama's hair and Mama's look is eating okay mama was only 13 but she was still giving a look Harris Buffon said she's giving you body yada with the hair and she's giving you some with this with the little blouse and a shoe so many hits from this album especially Bottoms Up come on Bottoms Up Miss Kiki P so I was working with Toby Gad he's an incredible writer and a creative I really didn't realize just how dope Toby was again the music industry had really just was taking me through so much child that I was just kind of draining it it drained my belief in myself when my mom was always saying you should write your own music and you she was encouraging me and Toby was the same way and I was like okay fine and then me and my sister we sat down and my sister L'Oreal she like really put her pen to paper with this one right here it really just spilled it out and I started wrapping it I'm like okay Miss Kiki P look at and we just started playing around and it was what music making should be we're gonna look back on it now I think the reason why that song is so great and you know is because it was made in a scenario where I was encouraged you know all of those situations however hard they may have been really did contribute to me becoming the artist that I am today and that I was always meant to be [Applause] oh my gosh this is like the ending of the pilot episode of True Jackson VP and this is when my life changed honey when True Jackson VP hit the scene I will never forget I was at Universal Studios and I ended up with like hundreds of people surrounding me it was honestly a little bit dramatic because I was just like oh [ __ ] you know my life just changed the way people saw me it was just so different I mean obviously Nickelodeon is a huge brand having my own show on that Network it just really it was my real introduction into being famous you know and it was just like a whirlwind identity was a mess at this point because my identity was really made up of what everything everybody wanted me to be and so many of those things I actually am you know what I mean I I did want to be a good kid I did want to you know make sure I was respectful and polite I did want to be you know professional and discipline X Y and Z but there were just so many crazier Stakes to me being that way more than anybody else like I mean at the end of the day I was the breadwinner Financial bread one of my family by this point we had to turn into a family business because my career took up everybody's lifestyle all of that made me feel like I had to be what everybody else needed me to be there was not really any time for me to think about being anything else it felt too selfish said a lot more what's happening how many are you screaming help me good old scream Queens I would feel like scream Queens was before it's time a little bit you know Ryan Murphy has an incredible way of doing satire so much so to the point that I don't think people even always realize that it's like a high level of of humor in that way it knows what it is it's so interesting I just remember people saw me as a child Entertainer I know I think I was just figuring out what my new voice was for the next chapter of my career and I was like I wanna I wanna do more of Comedy so I started like doing improv when I started working on the show I feel like scream Queens is one of those shows that has like a cult you know fan base you know and when it was on I don't know if everybody got totally into the camp but scream Queens is peeling to the queer Community just because of the aesthetic I think we love a good aesthetic Honeys I think it's just one of those things that the girls that get it get it next clip [Music] this is the music video for I don't belong to you the outfits were very much doing that old school r b it was like really purposeful with this aesthetic because the verses of it were very bluesy you know I don't told you I don't show ya now you wanna act like I tricked you oh so I really wanted to tap into that old school Vibe Isley Brothers you know we riding in the Cadillac I got my fur coat on this is the vibe many different layers went into this right I don't belong to you the music industry right um I don't belong to the entertainment industry in terms of their ideas of me I'm gonna be my own person I'm gonna do my own thing I'm gonna make my own rules on the personal end of it that was me Kiki having been dating and you know always you know being attracted to women but also always feeling like the respect that I was expecting in relationships with males it was just like I felt like the guys was always thinking that they had held all the damn cards where it was like okay if you want to date other people then I'm gonna date other people like but now that you know I'm not totally tied down to you now you want to play games with me well understand honey I don't have to deal with you I can go over here with her I got millions of buckets to choose from sweetheart so you ain't stopping what's going on with me so if you gonna act up I'm about to link up with her we out we're done and so that was the vibe I was in of just like not being bound uh in any aspect of my life I'm not bound in my sexuality I'm not gonna let nobody control me I'm not gonna let nobody stop me tell me who I gotta be with what I gotta do and I'm not gonna let anybody tell me what I gotta do with my career I don't belong to none of you and so that was kind of like what I was going through all around like I was I was spent your girl was fed up from her head to her toes it was all real and you know and ultimately what I was saying was I'm Gonna Be Happy period I'm going to be happy I'm going to go where the love goes if that makes me this if that makes me that I really don't give a [ __ ] because I really just want to do me and so that's what I remember so much after this video people kept saying so are you coming out are you saying this I'm like you [ __ ] still didn't get it I'm just doing me I'm doing me and I think that you know hopefully I think that people are coming around to that reality when it comes to the queer Community I'm not that person that's like this is the statement and blah blah blah blah it's more so like yeah get into it you know you see why the hell do I need to declare you who's laying in my bed that doesn't that sound crazy so who are you sleeping with unless you feel like doing it in a very bomb video that video ain't down still to this day next clip these are my sisters my sister's coming looking like vultures honey this is the beginning of the second act for Miss Kiki Palmer honey I know I was only like 22 or something there but at that point I've been in industry for like 10 years plus so for me this is like my second act really coming into gear honey this is a this is Hustlers baby this is after scream Queens this is my music career I've continued to evolve I was growing I was gaining more confidence and producing and doing my own stuff doing producing my own Dance videos my digital personality was growing because I started again being fearless and like what I wanted to put out there and being my own voice and not waiting for anybody to really tell me anything and through that I got a lot of opportunities like I mean the director of this she watched some of my interviews and I hate to say it I hope I don't sound ridiculous I don't know who this man is it really was like I you know saw your personality and wanted you for this so it was a point in my life where I was really seeing that being me and following my instincts and really like again being true to myself and not being brave and owning my identity and exploring my identity I think is is like what led me to to what this was which was a great opportunity and again connected me and put me in rooms and places that only pushed my career forward so this is me now this is me at the launch party for my network KTV which I launched last November I found so much freedom and digital and also like sponsorships and getting encouragement from Brands and I think I just wanted to create a space a community that allowed other people such as myself young Millennials gen Z's and particularly people of color to get the same kind of eyes on them and kind of bring those same kind of opportunities because there's so many amazing black content creators that aren't getting the same brand deals and opportunities or even just eyes I'm really looking forward to continuing to stretch in this industry but in different ways you know I loved my opportunity to direct I direct the edible always wins for key TV but my directorial debut was actually the movie big boss which is also my album visual I wrote it I directed it and it was just great because you know when you're in front of the camera as an Entertainer it's a lot of energy it's a lot of eyes on you when you're behind the scenes you get to kind of be I get to be that introverted aspect of myself and I get to give that extroverted person a bit of a break and I think that's good you got to switch gears in life you can't just keep beating the same drum next clip hey miss lady how y'all doing my name is Emerald that's OJ and we are your animal Wranglers today with Haywood Hollywood horses I mean this is the Pinnacle of what I mean is that next was that next chapter and it all started with which it started with digital but it started with Scream Queens green Queens all the way up through to you know Hustlers and all that and and just what I put into producing you know talk about key TV and just all these different things that I think brought me to this point of of this character where I got the opportunity to to just encapsulate so many different um I think skills of mine like that I've been that I've been sharpening for years and I think that it was just such a blessing opportunity that Jordan wrote a character that allowed me to do all the things like from drama comedy um identity character development and just everything that could be I mean I just feel like Emerald is one of the most amazing characters I've ever played because she has so much to give you know what I'm saying that was the thing about Jordan I said this is a character that only men get to play and that [ __ ] pissed me off so much oh my gosh I hate massaging I hate the patriarchy you're done you're done you're done I really love that Emerald she got to be badass you know she she did the stuff and that's always been my thing like I've always been like man I want to do stuff like what Will Smith does you know I want to be able to be that person that's like bring you the cool funny comedy and kicking some ass like let me get a chance let me in you know what I'm saying in the words of Taylor Swift if I was a man I'd be the man you understand so this movie right here baby uh thank you so much for hanging out with me and taking a walk down memory lane this has been becoming Kiki Palmer

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Length: 12min 43sec (763 seconds)

Published: Tue Jun 13 2023