9 Key Takeaways From Keke Palmer’s Charming Chat With Oprah

Oprah Winfrey stopped by Baby, This Is Keke Palmer to talk about her life and career with Keke Palmer and the hosts connected on a professional and spiritual level. They discussed believing in themselves, the silent shame that can accompany success, and how their approach to relationships with others has evolved. 

The pair bonded over books, talked travel, and dove into what it means to be Black woman in certain spaces as well. 

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Winfrey was extremely candid as she spoke with the former child star. They shared a full circle moment where Keke showed Winfrey a clip of her twelve-year-old self appearing on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Winfrey squealed, looking at Palmer in what Palmer called her “Doogie Howser suit.” 

We learned so much about Winfrey’s experiences and the way she approaches her life from the conversation. See some of our favorite moments from the episode below. 

Oprah Has Been Slept On More Times Than You Know

Many know that Winfrey was fired from her first job, but that wasn’t the only time people slept on her on the way up. 

She expressed her desire to be a media mogul one day to a superior. He met her ambition with hate. She recalled the story at the 11-minute-mark. “He was like, ‘How dare you use that language? How dare you say that?’ Yes. That’s what he said to me,” she told Palmer. 

He called her “arrogant” for knowing who she was. Luckily, she refused to be defined by that.