Keke Palmer Shares Why She Was ‘Misunderstood’ As A Child Star

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Keke Palmer may have built her own empire, but she shared that it wasn’t always an easy ride to stardom. The 27-year-old actress has been working in the entertainment industry for almost two decades, making her film debut in 2004’s “Barbershop 2: Back in Business”.

Two years later, she had her breakout role in “Akeelah and the Bee”. However, as she explained in the latest episode of “Ladies First with Laura Brown”, she always felt “misunderstood” as a child star. “At a young age, as a child [in the] entertainer world, your emotions are always the last thing that people care about,” Palmer expressed. “I think you get really quickly into being a people-pleaser and trying to be everything that everybody wants you to be.