Keke Palmer reveals dark reality of ‘life in spotlight’
Keke Palmer has opened up about the dark side of the “life in the spotlight.”
During a candid conversation with Self magazine, the 31-year-old entertainer insisted fame makes “everybody” feel “lonely” and “alienated.”
“It is lonely. How I deal with it is to not center myself,” Keke revealed.
The Nope star continued, “I think about all the other people who feel weird in the world, because if we take all the glamour out of it, and all the specifics and uniqueness of what it means to be famous, it just means feeling weird.
“I think everybody in the world feels extraordinarily alienated, and we feel even more alienated when we alienate others. And that’s what comes with fame,” she added.
The Ungorgeous songstress confessed that despite being “known around the world”, she is “less able to connect to the very people I would want to use my fame to connect to. That was probably the hardest part.”
“We all feel deeply, deeply alone. That’s why many of us create families. That’s why many of us find communities, groups to be a part of,” said Keke. That’s why many of us find churches. S***, some of us find cults!”
The actress continued, “We’re all alone, and we’re looking for a sense of shared aloneness. And I think that essentially as an entertainer, it’s the same thing.”
“There’s a level of being ostracized through fame, but everybody goes through it. It’s not necessarily unique; it feels that way to others and to ourselves at times, but it’s just its own brand of the human experience,” added the singer.
For those unversed, Keke rose to fame as a child, making her film debut in 2004 in Barbershop 2: Back in Business.
