Keke Palmer Addresses Ozempic Craze & Her Post-Baby Body

Keke Palmer is opening up about her post-baby body, motherhood and expectations.

The 29-year-old superstar’s latest episode of her podcast, Baby, this is Keke Palmer is out now, and Keke talks about the Ozempic controversy, her journey with her body postpartum and why she’s ready for more action roles, the beauty of Lizzo, and more.

The full episode is out on Amazon Music (free with a Prime membership) and Wondery+ now, and will be available everywhere next week.

Keep reading to see what she had to say…

On being ready for more action roles post-baby:

“I was 17 and I told you, I said, mom, I really have a dream of one day doing stuff like Will Smith – I want to be able to do comedy and action. And I was like, ‘I got to get a trainer!’…and I started training and training and training. I was always putting so much pressure on myself and I feel like with Nope, I got a great opportunity to do some action stuff and I definitely had already obtained a pretty fit body. But my frame has always been quite small, so it’s interesting after the baby to see all the extra stuff I have to work with and how much my fear of having extra weight actually became a strength as it pertained to weight training and working out…like it gave me so much more to work with and mold with. And so it’s interesting to see how that’s going to be able to be used for future roles and stuff.”

On body standards as a mom:

“I just had the baby and they want me to be this representation of ‘As a mom, you can blah, blah, blah!’…But also I want to say, like, it’s my job. Like let’s not get crazy and I don’t want people to think that I’m also setting unrealistic standards – because I can afford a trainer. I can afford meal prep. I can afford a lot of things and it’s expensive, but I’m investing in my career because it’s my career to look good. And not even that, but it’s my career choice to have this kind of career that I want to have…I specifically want to be in action. I specifically want to do certain things that would require me [to be fit], you know? So it’s like, it’s a personal choice. And so I never want to put that on anybody. And that’s big for me. Cause I know that a lot of people look at me and I represent a lot of people in different ways.”

On Ozempic:

“So, this is my thing with the Ozempic. It sucks…you know, I get the girls want to get into shape. But I hate that sometimes, you know, Ozempic, from my knowledge, I know it’s been made for people that have diabetes. Ever since the girls have been using it to lose weight, the folks with diabetes ain’t able to get [it], the prices have gone up.”

On Lizzo:

“She loves aesthetics. She’s sexy. She’s a fashion girl. She’s confident. She’s not somebody that is like, ‘Okay, yeah, motherf-ckers, I’m overweight. But why did that mean I’m not sexy? Why did that mean I don’t have a great wardrobe? Why did that mean I’m not stylish, et cetera?’ And so I love that because I do think that there’s this negative connotation that if you’re overweight, all of a sudden that is indicative of how you feel about yourself.”

She also opened up about her sexuality in a candid convo with another superstar.

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