Keke Palmer is known for being one of the funniest celebrities in Hollywood. You can’t talk about memes and viral moments involving celebrities without thinking of Keke Palmer. The multifaceted entertainer is incapable of doing an interview without creating a viral moment; she basically invents viral memes every other day just by being herself.Her interview clips often become memes or trending sounds on TikTok. Lest we forget her polygraph interview with Vanity Fair or her famous character Lady Miss Jacqueline and her southern belle insults were so popular that Amazon tapped the star for a book of short stories featuring the various Lady Miss personas. Keke Palmer has years ahead of her, but she’s already an icon. She’s consistently managed to shine bright like a diamond and constantly makes her mark on pop-culture. She’s managed to stay relatively free of controversy, but still remains a relevant and often trending topic on social media. Here are some of Keke Palmer's most viral moments.
8 That Time Keke Palmer Called Out Wendy Williams On Her Own Show
In 2017, Keke appeared on The Wendy Williams Show when Wendy in a sense implied that it was her fault she experienced what she did in regards to her “sexual intimidation” case against Trey Songz at the time. Keke quickly gathered Wendy, saying “ I would love to turn on your show and saw you be a little bit more compassionate and less accusatory”. She was applauded on social media for standing up to Wendy Williams who sometimes comes across as mean-spirited.
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7 Remember When Keke Palmer Said “Sorry To This Man”?
While promoting Hustler in 2019, Keke sat down for a now famous lie detector test interview with Vanity Fair. When asked if former Vice President Dick Cheney was better at his job than her famous character from the hit Nickelodeon series True Jackson, VP she responded “...I hope I don’t sound ridiculous, but I don’t know who this man is. I mean, he could be walking down the street, and I wouldn’t know a thing. Sorry to this man..”. “Sorry to this man” took on a life of its own. Everyone on the internet and their mothers were using the phrase. The phrase became so popular that even Keke Palmer began selling merch with it.
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6 Keke Palmer Went Viral With Her '2000s Mom' TikTok Series
Keke Palmer currently has over 6.4 million followers on Tik Tok with over 39.3 million likes. In addition to her “Lady Miss” sketches, her presence on the platform is owing to her viral series depicting early 2000s moms, from overall demeanor, their fashion sense to the unique ways they posed for photos back then. These were relatable and as such became very popular.
5 What Keke Palmer Said About Jack And Rose In Titanic
It seems Keke Palmer(and everyone else) can't get over the scene in Titanic where Jack freezes to death. She expressed her anger over Rose's (Kate Winslet) decision not to share the door with Jack on The Steve Harvey Show. “Everybody knows that she should have got up off that [board] and shared it with him,” Palmer said. “I’ll never get over that scene — she’s over there looking at him while he’s freezing. It’s been hard to watch a movie of hers since."
4 Keke Palmer Said This About Riverdale’s Lili Reinhart
In an Interview on MTV News to promote Hustlers. Her co-star Madeline Brewer jokingly referred to fellow co-star Lili Reinhart as “the actress from Riverdale” the moderator immediately corrected Brewer, saying “her name is Lili Reinhart”. Keke Palmer quickly added “Lili Reinhart, okay! And don’t you forget it.”
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3 But, 'The Gag Is...'
Keke Palmer, a very active snapchat user, where she started releasing a series of videos talking about the gag--which is another way to say the situation. Because many people didn’t know this at the time, Keke Palmer went on national television to break down what THE GAG IS…but the gag is, some were still confused. The trend became so popular that Keke even created her own youtube show call That's The Gag. It’s still being used on social media today.
2 'Baby, That's Keke Palmer'
The "Baby, this is Keke Palmer" meme has been circulating on social media for months but has received a lot of mainstream attention. The "baby, this is Keke Palmer" meme came about when one tweeter shared a photo of Keke at a press conference for Akeelah and the Bee (which Keke shared as part of an historical-photo meme trend), captioned: "All the girls that looked like this in high school could s*** a mean d***."
The tweeter then received a DM from someone who said: "Excuse me ma'am, not to be disrespectful or rude but could you please take the post down. That is my sister who was killed by a metra train. And this post is very disrespectful. Idk who you are or if you even know her but I need you to take this down please." They responded "Baby, this is Keke Palmer."
Those who get the joke usually reply: "Baby, this is Keke Palmer," regardless of whether the image features Keke Palmer or not.
1 'Who The Hell Are They'
Keke Palmer is becoming an icon for not having the slightest idea who people are. The actress who stars in Jordan Peele’s new film Nope once again sat down with Vanity Fair, this time with her co-stars Daniel Kaluuya, Steven Yeun, and Brandon Perea reviewing fan theories taken from the internet. Vanity Fair had Keke read one of the comments aloud, as she read “I bet we see Scully and Mulder,” she paused to ask, “And who the hell are they?” in true Keke Palmer style. They explained that Scully and Mulder are from The X-Files, but that wasn't enough to clear up the confusion, sorry to them.