KeKe Palmer ‘Never’ Wants To Live With Romantic Partner

KeKe Palmer has by no means been shy about voicing her opinions and letting followers into the small print of her private life, and the current tidbit she shared about her most popular residing preparations provides to the record.

Whereas selling her upcoming Peacock collection “The ‘Burbs,” Palmer revealed that even when she will get married sooner or later, her residing necessities will certainly not mirror it.

Throughout a current go to to the “At this time” present on Monday, February 2, Palmer took day out of her interview to debate her views on cohabitation in a relationship, together with marriage.

The actress shared that she is now not concerned about residing with a romantic accomplice, even when she have been to get married.

“One factor I would like you to know is I by no means need to dwell collectively. I like my alone time,” Palmer mentioned. “That is actual. I am talking as The Keke. I simply really feel like Whoopi Goldberg mentioned it greatest as soon as. She was like, ‘I do not need no person in my home.’ And I really feel that. I am severe — married, even.”

When requested by co-host Sheinelle Jones if she was “simply gonna dwell across the nook,” Palmer replied, “Across the nook could be nice. … You could be within the visitor home, we could be on the identical land, however I am over there, and he is over there. At greatest, separate rooms.”

“However take into consideration how enjoyable it will be to be like, ‘I am going over to my man’s home.’ Over there, hello husband!” she mentioned. “It retains it enjoyable and thrilling. I need to go sit on his sofa.”

Film buffs are already conscious that Palmer’s new darkish comedy collection relies on the 1989 traditional movie starring Tom Hanks, however her tackle the fabric takes on a special form over the course of eight episodes that drop on Peacock February 8.

Whereas studying the script, Palmer could not comprise her pleasure at what unfolded with the characters, particularly hers, as lawyer Samira. “I used to be like, ‘Give me extra! The place does this go? I’ve questions!’ It stored making me lean in,” she mentioned in an interview with Leisure Weekly.

“It is humorous, nevertheless it’s additionally actual,” the actress mentioned of the present, wherein she additionally acts as a producer. “It is so many issues occurring. It is ‘Black woman within the new neighborhood,’ it is postpartum, and it is ‘One thing actually is occurring right here, and no person believes me, so now I am gaslit, and I do not know what I am doing.'”

Palmer, well-known for juggling a number of tasks without delay, is ready to steer Boots Riley’s upcoming characteristic movie “I Love Boosters,” co-starring Taylour Paige, Naomi Ackie, LaKeith Stanfield, Don Cheadle, and Demi Moore.

The movie surrounds a gaggle of feminine shoplifters (Palmer, Paige, and Ackie) who take intention on the designs of a ruthless trend mogul, performed by Moore.

 “I Love Boosters” will open the fortieth anniversary of the SXSW movie competition, which begins on March 12, in accordance with The Hollywood Reporter.

Per the outlet, SXSW Vice President Claudette Godfrey spoke extremely of the movie forward of its world premiere.

“Boots has created one other wildly unique and boundary-pushing imaginative and prescient that is deliciously unpredictable. We will not watch for our viewers to be sucked into his singular, subversive world the place razor-sharp social commentary meets fearless, surreal storytelling and eye-popping imagery — all powered by a ridiculously stacked solid of a number of the most gifted actors on the planet,” she mentioned.

In June 2025, to advertise her visible album “Simply KeKe,” the actress-singer shared that her intense work ethic has been rewarding, but in addition difficult at occasions.

“I’ve performed a lot work to make it possible for I am giving my viewers my highest, and I’ve additionally had a tough time being a performer at such a younger age and defending myself via efficiency,” Palmer instructed Billboard. “It has been so onerous to handle being an individual and being a product.”

Stating that her music can be one other type of expression for her, Palmer famous how her profession circles again to her first starring position, 2005’s “Akeelah and the Bee.”