Keke Palmer

Today, I'm going to share my story with you, not as a survivor soliloquy,

but to expose a pattern.

Because survival can be so effective, you don't realize when it's no longer serving you.

Once we was out, I forgot to let myself free.

Yet I'm here today,

grateful to say, my parents showed me how to survive.

I showed them how to dream.

And my son is showing me how to live.

What's up, everybody?

I'm Kiki Palmer.

You might know me from the Spelling Bee movie, Akeelah and the Bee, my Nickelodeon TV show, True Jackson VP, Jordan Peele's Nope,

Maybe my viral meme where I was sorry to that man.

Or more recently, my new TV show, The Burbs, streaming now on Peacock.

I've been working in front of the camera for over 20 years now.

But today, I'm going to share my story with you.

not as a survivor soliloquy, but to expose a pattern.

Because survival can be so effective, you don't realize when it's no longer serving you.

I grew up in Robbins, Illinois.

And Robbins, by definition, is a food desert.

The liquor store is often where I picked up my lunches before school.