Keke Palmer is clearing the air about that controversial Jonathan Majors interview.

The actress appeared on The Breakfast Membership on Energy 105.1 FM to speak about current initiatives — together with her podcast Child, That is Keke Palmer — when the subject turned to her podcast interview with Majors. The episode, which got here within the wake of his sexual assault trial, by no means made it to air following backlash.

"Clearly, Meagan is my lady," Palmer mentioned, referencing Meagan Good, who married Majors earlier this yr. "I’ve grown up loving her. She’s truthfully a mentor to me and a illustration for all of us younger Black girls. I imply, I used to be glad for her to get married. I used to be excited to have the dialog."

As a bunch, "I'm right here to be unbiased," Palmer mentioned. "You don't agree with every little thing they did, you don't love every little thing, however you bought to have the dialog. You must set the stage for them to talk and for individuals to look at and take what they wish to take from it, in order that's why I used to be open and excited to do the interview."

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In the end, the crew pulled the episode "based mostly off of the response," Palmer mentioned. "Folks felt it was insensitive," she mentioned, including, "I at all times wish to be respectful and perceive the place everyone's coming from. In the event that they're not going to really feel like they're going to obtain something good from the interview, then okay, cool. However I sat down with the brother for us to speak and let him be heard. I imply, individuals sit down with serial killers."

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She rapidly clarified, "I'm not evaluating him to a serial killer!" However, "on the finish of the day, I felt as a journalist, I'm supposed to speak and let the general public resolve how they wish to really feel," Palmer mentioned. "However that didn't get an opportunity to occur. I want all of them one of the best. I actually wish to say that as a result of I don't decide no person 'trigger I don't wish to be judged. So on the finish of the day, I'm glad for Meagan. I'm glad for them."

"Possibly sooner or later, we get an opportunity to place [the podcast interview] out," Palmer mentioned. "I'm undecided."

Majors had been scheduled to look on an April episode titled, "No Simple Solutions: Accountability and Shifting Ahead With Jonathan Majors." It vanished from the feed earlier than its premiere, changed by an interview with rapper Kash Doll.

The once-rising Marvel star was convicted of assault and harassment in a home violence case involving ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari in late 2023. Majors, who has maintained his innocence, averted jail time and was as a substitute sentenced to probation and an intervention program final yr.

He wed Good in March following a four-month engagement.

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