Saturday, November 23, 2024 - American actress, Keke Palmer has revealed how she was given advice from Ice Cube when she was a teenager, and though it didn’t necessarily resonate with her at the time, it has since proven to be something that she took on board.
Appearing on Shannon Sharpe’s Club Shay Shay podcast for a
new episode published on Thursday November 22, Keke recalled the advise from
the rapper and actor on set of their 2008 film, The Long Shots.
“I was on the set of The Long
Shots with Ice Cube. He was very cool, very chill,” she began. “He didn’t say
too much – a man of few words. But very nice and one day they were like, ‘Ice
Cube wants to speak to you,’ and I’m like, ‘Okay…’ So they call me into a room
and he’s like, way far distant from me and it’s some bodyguards there. And I’m
[thinking], ‘What we about to talk about?’ You know? And he’s like, ‘I just
want to tell you, Keke. You’re a beautiful young lady, and I see how kind you
are and how nice you are to everybody on the set.
“‘But I want you to know
you’re growing into a young woman, and a lot of times the way that people see
you – the way that these men see you on set – it’s not the way you see
yourself. So protect yourself, be careful and don’t let them take advantage of
you. Know who you are and know what you have, so people can’t use it against
you.”
She continued: “And I didn’t
understand it because I was like 14 at the time, and I said ‘Okay,’ and I
walked out. But that stuck with me. And it was so important for him to say to
me. He’s a father; he’s someone who has seen a lot in this industry especially
with young entertainers. I always remember that, and I was always so grateful
to him for that. I haven’t seen him since but I would love to tell him that
really stuck with me all these years and thank you for reminding me.”
Keke Palmer had a tumultuous breakup with her child’s father
Darius Jackson in 2023, which included the multi-hyphenate filing for a
restraining order after she accused him of physical abuse during their
relationship.
A court granted her the temporary restraining order, which
required Darius to stay away from her and their young son Leo.
In the filing, Palmer
detailed several violent incidents, including one from 2022 where she alleged
Jackson “slammed me on the floor and slapped my head from side to side” in
their bedroom.
“The next morning, he was
standing at the bottom of the stairs near the front door, screaming at me as I
was coming down the stairs,” she added. “When I was almost at the bottom of the
stairs, he grabbed me around the neck and body slammed me back onto the
stairs.”
Palmer also included footage of an alleged attack by Jackson
in early November, where she claims he “grabbed” her neck and face.
In turn, Darius then filed for a restraining order against
Palmer and claimed she was abusive towards him in their relationship.
He claimed that the 30-year-old actress admitted to hitting
him and becoming verbally abusive after drinking alcohol.
In July, it was reported the pair had come to a resolution
and settled out of court.
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