Keke Palmer isn’t taking comments about her appearance to heart. After the Nope star, who announced her first pregnancy on Saturday Night Live over the weekend, was criticized for a recent no-makeup look, she took to social media to shut down people who said she was “ugly,” encouraging her followers to love themselves as much as she does.
“I just saw a few comments of ppl saying I was ugly cause I wasn’t wearing any makeup,” the 29-year-old actress tweeted Tuesday. “And I really want y’all to get the help y’all need because makeup isn’t real. I’m beautiful in real life, because of who I am, not what I look like.” She continued in a second tweet, “I wish I could bottle how I feel about myself and sell it. Because some people take comments to heart and these ppl just say anything. I mean truly it’s insane to say anyone is ugly, but especially me.”
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Palmer also addressed online comments about her appearance during her SNL hosting debut on Dec. 3, when she announced she was expecting her first child with boyfriend Darius Jackson. “There’s some rumors going around, people have been in my comments saying, ‘Keke’s having a baby, Keke’s pregnant,’ and I wanna set the record straight – I am,” Palmer told the crowd before revealing her baby bump.
“I mean, like, I was trying so hard to keep it on the down low, ’cause I got a lot of stuff going on, you know?” she joked. “People kept coming up to me [saying,] ‘Congratulations.’ I’m like, ‘Shh, can y’all stop, I got a liquor sponsorship on the line. Let the check clear and then we can get to the damn baby shower!’”
The pregnant star continued, “But, honestly this has been the biggest blessing, and I am so excited. Guys, I’m going to be a mom! Even though some people feel a little weird about me having a baby ’cause I was a child actor, I just wanna say, ‘Look, I’m 29, I’m grown, I have sex [and] I own a home. I stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6. You know, things adults do.’”
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NEW YORK CITY – DECEMBER 19: "Toil and Trouble" – Elsbeth is thrown into the world of television after the showrunner of a long-running police procedural is brutally murdered in his office, and although it appears to be the act of a disgruntled fan, she begins to suspect the show's longtime star Regina Coburn (Laurie Metcalf) who yearns for artistic fulfillment. Meanwhile, Judge Crawford (Michael Emerson) continues to be a thorn in Elsbeth's side, on the CBS original series ELSBETH, Thursday, Dec. 19 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+ (live and on demand for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers, or on demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the episode airs). Pictured (L-R): Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni and Carra Patterson as Kaya Blanke. (Photo by Michael Parmelee/CBS via Getty Images)
