The Halloween season may be over, but Keke Palmer has some stories about her experiences in television that may be downright terrifying. Picture it: Fox Network, 2015. The multihyphenate performer is moving on from her childhood film legacy with the horror comedy “ Scream Queens , ” created by Ryan Murphy.
Palmer would ultimately play Zayday Williams for both of the show’s seasons. Now she’s giving an account of her experiences in her new memoir, “Master of Me: The Secret to Controlling Your Narrative.” According to excerpts of her memoir obtained by the Los Angeles Times , Palmer had multiple experiences with people behind the scenes that were not so favorable.
She writes that one day on set, a white member of the cast, whom Palmer refers to as “Brenda,” was having a conflict with another actor. Palmer says she suggested that everyone calm down and “have fun and respect each other.” This is where things took a hard left.
“Keke, literally, just don’t,” said Brenda, according to Palmer. “Who do you think you are? Martin F— Luther King?” Palmer wasn’t present at the March on Washington; nor, to public knowledge, has she been to the mountaintop . She writes that Brenda’s comment was a “weighted statement,” but that she refused to let it ruffle her feathers or give the remark too much power over her response.
In another passage from her book, Palmer describes an interaction with Murphy that she compared to being called into “the dean’s .
