Keke Palmer
American actress and singer
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APPEARANCES
22
PODCASTS
Nov 2, 2026
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Keke Palmer Weighs in on Her Chemistry with Hot Ones Host Sean Evans ~ The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Nov 2 · 6m
Jimmy FallonHOST
And you guys hit it off, and everyone's like, you guys should date, you should date.
Keke PalmerGUEST
It's so funny because I feel like we knew that we had chemistry from the first hot ones.
Keke PalmerGUEST
Like, you know, you do interviews, and, you know, as a performer, you know, you're being present, but you don't always get that energy back.
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Reverse It Challenge with Keke Palmer Starring Jimmy Fallon ~ The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Nov 2 · 3m
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Lady Miss Jacqueline (Keke Palmer) Stand Up Taylor Swift’s Wedding, Living Through the Modern Ages ~ The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Nov 1 · 4m
Keke PalmerGUEST
How could I forget you? There's so few white male late-night hosts on what's left of television these days.
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Keke Palmer Talks Chemistry with Hot Ones Sean Evans, Plays Reverse It Challenge, Performs Stand Up ~ The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Oct 28 · 19m
Keke PalmerGUEST
And you feel like, you feel like, it ain't even like you feel like you have to choose.
Keke PalmerGUEST
I think I felt so satisfied, but also I knew that eventually this wouldn't make sense, like, for me, because I do have things that I care about, and then I do want ...
Keke PalmerGUEST
So I, I wanted to make sure that I allowed for my love and my satisfaction of, uh, being a mother to live alongside my dreams.
Keke PalmerGUEST
And so I was trying to, like, you know what I mean? I was trying to ride the bike, you know what I mean? But I already took the training wheels off, you know what I mean?
Keke PalmerGUEST
Then I asked my doctor about what's going on, how serious is this, could this be, you know, something that I need to know about, and that's when he spoke to me about RSV.
Keke PalmerGUEST
That's when he mentioned some preventative antibodies, and at that point I realized that that was the decision I wanted to make for Leo in order to make sure that he doesn't have problems down the line.
Keke PalmerGUEST
You know, because in the beginning, a lot of times with RSV it starts off as a cold and, you know, you know, you're thinking, "Oh, the baby has this," or it gets passed, or even obviously adults like you had mentioned when we had talked earlier.
Keke PalmerGUEST
But what can end up happening is they can get a serious lung infection, or they can get hospitalized-
8 MINS LATER
Keke PalmerGUEST
that time in my life, to plainly put it, you know, I became the sole breadwinner for my family financially at around 12 and 13.
Keke PalmerGUEST
I think on a deep spiritual and just like a parental level, they wanted us to know that our dreams matter in a way that they didn't feel their dreams had mattered.
Jenna Bush HagerHOST
So how has that played in to who you are now versus to maybe who you were as a young
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Keke PalmerGUEST
Okay, maybe do more strength training, but I wanna do something that feels more community." And so that's when I said, "Well, let me take ba- let me, let me see about Pilates again." So I started f- realizing, okay, that's something that's a little bit more than vinyasa flow, but it still is low impact, but you can still do some, like, real core activation work.
Keke PalmerGUEST
So I just started going, you know? After my son, I started going a lot every day.
Keke PalmerGUEST
But when I was in Australia, I was filming "Spaceballs," I was going every day, and obviously at this point I've had a community.
11 MINS LATER
Raven-SymonéHOST
You gotta restart, get that goal, and then come back again.
21 MINS LATER
Keke PalmerGUEST
And she said, "I knew how I felt then, that I had to be with this man for the rest of my life." So she goes back to Chicago.
Keke PalmerGUEST
They do theater in Chicago at the Black Ensemble Theater, started by Jackie Taylor.
11 MINS LATER
Keke PalmerGUEST
Because I remember when I'd worked with her, I started working with her a couple of different times and I was like, you know, one, on the, one of the last times, the director was like, "You know, it was hard to figure out who we wanted to give the role to," and we spoke to queen and we asked who sh- who she thought was the best person for the job, and she said, "You." And so I was thanking her-
Keke PalmerGUEST
But for him to say something like that about me, it means a lot, because I think you do w- Whoopi and I have talked about this many times, you do have to create a space for yourself.
Lainey LuiHOST
The shipping of Keke Palmer and Sean Evans from Hot Ones continues on Late Night.
Keke PalmerGUEST
It's so funny because I feel like we knew that we had chemistry from the first Hot Ones.
Keke PalmerGUEST
Like, we, you know, you do interviews and, you know, a- as a performer, you know, you're, you're being present, uh, but you don't always get that energy back.
Keke PalmerGUEST
So when we were doing that first Hot Ones together, it was like bing, bong, bing, bong.
Lainey LuiHOST
And really, does Keke even have time? From hosting Password With Jimmy, getting Oprah to spill her real name on her podcast, and taking her character Lady Miss Jacqueline to new heights on Audible, our girl is a little busy.
Keke PalmerGUEST
We came up with this character first from the sketch Southern Belle Insults, and then we started seeing, you know, that people really loved the character.
Keke PalmerGUEST
It's so funny because I feel like we knew that we had chemistry from the first Hot Ones.
Keke PalmerGUEST
Like, we, you know, you do interviews and, you know, a- as a performer, you know, you, you're being present, uh, but you don't always get that energy back, and I think he felt the s- he feels the same.
Keke PalmerGUEST
So when we were doing that first Hot Ones together, it was like bing-bong, bing-bong.
Keke PalmerGUEST
We came up with this character first from the sketch Southern Belle Insults, and then we started seeing, you know, that people really love the character.
Keke PalmerGUEST
And so we were like, "We gotta give her a name." So we just sat down one day and started spitballing, and for whatever reason, we felt Lady Miss Jacqueline was what it should be.
speaker_2HOST
... for Queen O?
Keke PalmerGUEST
How did I prepare? I think I thought less about, and I think I do this a little bit with all my, my interviews.
speaker_2HOST
Mm-hmm.
Keke PalmerGUEST
At this point in my life, I really wanna share, I really wanna create community.
Keke PalmerGUEST
Um, that's really what makes me the most excited, is to share what I've been able to demonstrate all these years through my career.
Keke PalmerGUEST
That was one of the best things that I felt that was said, because my question was, you know, and as always, I never want to, I'm not a gotcha person.
Keke PalmerGUEST
So I really want to make sure that she knew like, this isn't me trying to get into your personal life.
Keke PalmerGUEST
This is me trying to understand how you got where you are to have what you have.
Keke PalmerGUEST
And so it was really, awesome I think for any young person man or woman she said it cost me a lot to get there and I think so so often we think that relationships that didn't work out were failures but they might be they're actually successes for where you're headed and for what's right for you because imagine if that relationship worked quote-unquote what worked for her imagine if it was a quote-unquote success and it didn't quote-unquote fail yes who the hell would excuse me who would she be know what I mean? So it's actually a success.
Keke PalmerGUEST
And so I really thought that was important because so many times, especially as women, are we defined by what worked for us in love? When it's actually sometimes what worked is that it didn't continue.
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KEKE PALMER: "At 17, I Had a Midlife Crisis”
Jul 22 · 1h 16m
Jay ShettyHOST
What, what even took you on that journey? Why did you wanna pursue the path of understanding your thoughts and mindfulness and even going on that silent journey? Like, I get that that wasn't even your path, but why did you even wanna go on that path? What were you looking for? What was, what was life like that you were asking those bigger questions?
Keke PalmerGUEST
So I think what started me to get into these kinds of conversations was deep depression.
Keke PalmerGUEST
I suffered from like a lot of depression and anxiety, a lot of fainting spells and panic attacks and stuff like that.
Keke PalmerGUEST
Like I would go sometimes and like my period would disappear because I would be so stressed, and this started when I was like 12.
Jay ShettyHOST
Like, how much would you dedicate and say, because of that work I did when I was 18, when I was coming out of a dark period, when I went through this midlife crisis at 17 years old, and I refocused myself, how much of your success today would you owe to that part?
Jay ShettyHOST
What even took you on that journey? Why did you want to pursue the path of understanding your thoughts and mindfulness and even going on that silent journey? I get that that wasn't even your path, but why did you even want to go on that path? What were you looking for? What was life like that you were asking those bigger questions?
Keke PalmerGUEST
So I think what started me to get into these kinds of conversations was deep depression.
Keke PalmerGUEST
I suffered from like a lot of depression and anxiety, a lot of feigning spells and panic attacks and stuff like that.
Keke PalmerGUEST
Like I would go sometimes and like my period would disappear because I would be so stressed.
Keke PalmerGUEST
My journals, I think one of my earliest rituals and practices, Brandy gave me my first journal.
40 MINS LATER
Jay ShettyHOST
What do you look for in a partner today with everything you've achieved, everything that you are, all the inner work that you've done? What do you look for?
Keke PalmerGUEST
And it's interesting when we see what is represented on television or in music, what's actually possible for us, um, in our day-to-day life, especially when we're thinking about m- people of that are a minority.
Keke PalmerGUEST
Um, people might think, oh, the White House is your first experience dealing with big institutions, but obviously it's not.
Keke PalmerGUEST
Being in predominantly white spaces was something that you were very, you know, well at navigating.
Keke PalmerGUEST
But when you think about those early years of yourself in college, what role did fashion or your look play then? Like, when you first entered those spaces.
1 HR 5 MINS LATER
Keke PalmerGUEST
We clear the place out in 40 minutes or less, be at Lake picking up us to sit back for a minute.
Keke PalmerGUEST
I said, "Excuse me?" He said, "You stink." I'm like, "Well, I just came from the Pilates.
Keke PalmerGUEST
That's why I'm trying to get in the shower." So he follows me into the bathroom while I'm taking my shower, and he keeps peeking in, peeking in, and then says, "You're throwing water on me." And I said, "Well, son, I told you that you need to get your little ass up out of here.
Keke PalmerGUEST
You told me I was stinky, then I came in here to get a shower, then you trying to tell me that I'm getting water on you because you don't know how to close the door and let me have my privacy?" And I get out the shower.
Keke PalmerGUEST
"Mommy, I didn't really like it how you was throwing water on me because then you were stinking.
Keke PalmerGUEST
And then that was crazy and I don't know why you was stinking, and that was really bad, Mommy.
8 MINS LATER
Tyrone EdwardsHOST
Back at the CSAs, Heated Rivalry dominates the night, taking home 16 trophies, including Best Drama Series, and Sophie receives the Radius Award for an emerging Canadian talent who has broken out onto the international stage.
Keke PalmerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I don't feel like I, [laughs] I have much of an impact, but I'm trying to take it all in.
Keke PalmerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I'm trying to sit down and give myself a little pat on the back and be proud of myself.
7 MINS LATER
speaker_15UNKNOWN
The Boosters take my clothes 'cause they're low-class urban [beep].
Keke PalmerGUEST
But watching her, I was able to really see the nuances and the choices that she was making to bring a very real character to life.
Morgan NorwoodCORRESPONDENT
She sees someone's stolen her designs, and then what's behind her sadness and her longing as she's boosting?
Keke PalmerGUEST
Well, it's about a group of gals that call themselves The Velvet Gang, and they're a little bit of vigilantes.
Keke PalmerGUEST
They are boosters, so they steal clothes from this store owned by Christy Smith, played by Demi Moore, and they sell it at a discount price.
Keke PalmerGUEST
But at a certain point, Corvette, my character, and Demi's character start getting into a little bit of battle.
Keke PalmerGUEST
Um, and it's pretty much explores all the things we talk about all the time: community, capitalism, consumerism.
Keke PalmerGUEST
So I try to tell myself every day, like, despite all the ambitions, like you said, we have, especially us Virgos, trying to save the damn world.
Keke PalmerGUEST
But then when you see Corvette, my character with the Velvet Gang, and you see how quick she is to be like, "Yo, give me the thing from Papi Lee who come from China." And she like, "Yo, I got the teleporter." And she like, "Yo, give me this so we can get what we get done."
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Keke PalmerGUEST
Um, you know, you have the Demi Moore's character where we have Chris Smith, she's the big bad villain, but then when you see Corvette, my character, with the Velvet Gang, and you see how quick she is to be like, "Yo, give me the thing from Papi Liu who come from China." And she like, "Yo, I got the teleporter." And she like, "Yo, give me this so we can get what we get done."
5 MINS LATER
Keke PalmerGUEST
You know, I feel like we talk about that in the movie too, where there's this idea where I don't know that there's, like, one click of the thing where you're gonna have a big solution and it's, boom, it's done.
Keke PalmerGUEST
Um, and I think that the fact that that doesn't exist actually is what stops us from moving, but there can be small things that are done that can make your life better or the people around you's life better tomorrow.
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