Keke Palmer is giving an update on where things stand between her and one of her former 'Scream Queens' co-stars who made a racist remark to her while on set. The actress revealed last year while promoting her memoir 'Master of Me: The Secret to Controlling Your Narrative,' recalling a time when creator Ryan Murphy allegedly called her "unprofessional" and a former co-star made a racist remark to her after Palmer tried to mediate tensions between them and another colleague.
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00:00Kiki Palmer is giving an update on where things stand between her and one of her
00:03former Scream Queens co-stars who made a racist remark to her while on set.
00:08The actress revealed last year while promoting her memoir, Master of Me,
00:12the secret to controlling your narrative, recalling a time when creator Ryan Murphy
00:16allegedly called her unprofessional, and a former co-star making a racist remark to her
00:21after Palmer tried to mediate tensions between them and another colleague.
00:24Palmer writes that the person said in response at the time,
00:27Kiki, literally just don't. Who do you think you are? Martin f***ing Luther King?"
00:31Palmer starred for two seasons on the Fox series alongside Emma Roberts,
00:35Billy Lord, Skylar Samuels, and Lea Michele.
00:38Though Palmer never reveals the identity of the co-star that made the remark,
00:41she did share that they have yet to apologize.
00:44In a new interview with The Cut, Palmer said that even though the co-star has never apologized for
00:48what they said, they did reach out to her on Instagram to congratulate Palmer on the
00:52release of her book.
00:53I was like, hey, thanks. It feels good.
00:55She was just checking the temperature. She knows what she did.
00:58As for Murphy, Palmer told The Cut she hasn't directly heard from him since sharing the anecdote.
01:02The point of my bringing up Ryan Murphy wasn't, f*** Ryan Murphy, he ain't n*****.
01:06It was, look, I did what I had to do for me, and it caused me an issue with one of the most popular
01:10and successful men in the industry. And sometimes getting to your personal success
01:14may cost you to do the same thing.
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