Hollywood celeb’s shocking co-star claims
Hollywood star Keke Palmer has made some shocking claims about her time working on one of Ryan Murphy’s smash hit shows.
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Keke Palmer claims one of her “Scream Queens” castmates made a racist remark toward her on set.
In her forthcoming memoir, “Master of Me: The Secret to Controlling Your Narrative,” Palmer alleges a co-star referred to by the pseudonym “Brenda” lashed out at her during their time on the Ryan Murphy show.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Palmer recalls the incident took place after Brenda got upset over “a clash with a colleague.”
When Palmer attempted to diffuse the situation by telling her that they should “have fun and respect each other,” Brenda allegedly fired back, “Keke, literally, just don’t. Who do you think you are? Martin F – king Luther King?”
In her interview with the LA Times published Sunday, the “Nope” star, 31, declined to reveal her co-star’s identity because she wanted to “take the power out of [Brenda’s] words. ““It was such a weighted thing that she said, but I didn’t allow that weight to be projected on me, because I know who I am,” Palmer said.
“I’m not no victim. That’s not my storyline, sweetie. I don’t care what her ass said. If I allow what she said to cripple me, then she would.”
Palmer starred in “Scream Queens” alongside Emma Roberts, Lea Michele, Abigail Breslin and Billie Lourd. The show ran for two seasons from 2015 to 2016.
Elsewhere in her memoir, Palmer claimed Murphy once “ripped” into her for taking a day off from filming to fulfil another work commitment.
“It was kind of like I was in the dean’s office,” she recalls in the book, per the Los Angeles Times.
“He was like, ‘I’ve never seen you behave like this. I can’t believe that you, out of all people, would do something like this.’”
The Nickelodeon alum acknowledges in the memoir Murphy was “centring his business,” but she hopes he understands “I, too, see myself as a business.”
“Master of Me: The Secret to Controlling Your Narrative” is available everywhere books are sold on Nov. 19.
This story originally appeared on Page Six and is republished here with permission.
Originally published as Hollywood celeb’s shocking co-star claims