Keke Palmer reveals Ice Cube’s warning about Hollywood men
Ice Cube and Keke Palmer were cast together in the 2008 sports comedy The Longshots
Keke Palmer shared that Ice Cube once gave her sincere caution about surviving the difficulties of Hollywood.
During an interview on Shannon Sharpe's Club Shay Shay show, the Nope actress talked about how she received guidance from the rapper while they were cast together in the 2008 sports comedy The Longshots.
"He didn't say too much — a man of few words. But very nice, and one day they were like, ‘Ice Cube wants to speak to you,' and I'm like, 'Okay …' " recalled Palmer.
To give the advice about men in Hollywood, Ice Cube invited her to enter the room where he was with his bodyguards.
Palmer shared, "He's like, 'I just want to tell you, Keke. You’re a beautiful young lady, and I see how kind you are and how nice you are to everybody on the set. But I want you to know you’re growing into a young woman, and a lot of times the way that people see you — the way that these men see you on set — it's not the way that you see yourself.”
She revealed, Ice Cube said that "protect yourself, be careful and don’t let them take advantage of you. Know who you are and know what you have so people can't use it against you."
Palmer stated that she "didn't understand" the message at the time, stating that it "stuck with me" and that she was "like 14" at the time.
"And it was so important, I think, for him to say something like that to me," said Palmer.
