CRAZY "SEXY" COOL: KeKe Palmer COVERS "Rolling Out", Dishes On Growing Up Financially Unstable & Landing The Role Of Her Dreams

Actress KeKe Palmer talked to ROLLING OUT Magazine about landing the role of her dreams in CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story and why she puts her career first. See the highlights inside…..

Former child star KeKe Palmer covers the latest issue of ROLLING OUT Magazine.  And she’s looking fab doing so.   She talks about being taken seriously as an actress and putting her career first, especially after growing up without all the privileges that money brings….

She told the mag, “Sometimes my personal life does take a backseat. My job never takes a backseat. Sometimes I feel like my life is in shambles and I’ll still be doing my job. It’s unintentional. It’s not like I say ‘I’m not going to do certain things.’ But if that’s what it takes, that’s what it takes. I can’t give up on my dreams. I can’t do that."

In addition to dishing on her role as Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas in the new VH1 biopic, she also revealed upcoming projects which include the drama, Brotherly Love. She said, “It’s about how the choices you make truly determine who you are and where you’re going in this world."

And about her new music, "I’m working on my album with Bangladesh and we’re hoping to get a single out by the end of October and have a video as well".

Here are the other highlights:

 

On evolving from the "child star" label:

“When people think of me initially, they remember me as ‘Akeelah’. Sometimes it can be frustrating to be remembered at an age that you’ve outgrown. But at the same time, it’s never frustrated me to the point where I wanted to lash out. I just take it one step at a time. I’ve been patient in letting other people adapt to me and my growth….As an adult, you don’t have to go around saying ‘Hey, I’m an adult!’ That would be like me saying ‘Guess what — I’m black!’ You know it already.

On "owning" who she is:

“I just [try to] constantly be a professional by asking for what I need in the right way. I feel like you have to tell people who you are, but you don’t have to be disrespectful about it. But you also don’t have to be a shrinking violet. For a long time, when I was younger, I would always act like a little kid and I would just [bow] down because I would never want to feel like I’m being disrespectful to someone. But at the same time, I was like ‘I’m 18 years old and I’m not a kid anymore.’ I don’t have to wait for people to do things for me. I started saying ‘No, that’s not OK. This is what I want. This is what I need from you. Please and thank you.’

On landing the role of Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas:

“It was a dream come true. I never would’ve imagined that I would be doing something like that. Being a kid growing up and loving TLC and then doing the movie and playing my favorite member? It was overwhelming.

Afterward, when I saw other people’s reactions to it, there was a little bit of added pressure. Typically when I approach a project, I always have pressure on myself because I want to surpass my last project. But realizing even much more so how big of a deal this was going to be for fans, I realized ‘omigod, I really have to nail this!’ ”

On overcoming a financially-strapped childhood:

“I didn’t come from a lot. I had a lot of love and support from my family, but as far as money and that type of thing, I didn’t really have any of that. All I did was follow my dreams. If my fans take anything from me, I hope it would be that. It’s not just me being so special — they are, too. They just haven’t realized it yet.”

 

More pics of this YBF chick:

"The TLC Story" airs on VH1 October 21st.

BONUS: Founding member of TLC, Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas shot her own RO cover recently. See BTS video from her shoot here.

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Photos via RO/DeWayne Rogers

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