Keke Palmer Opens Up About Dating A 20-Year-Old Man At 15: ‘I Shouldn’t Have Done It’

Keke Palmer

Keke Palmer Opens Up About Dating A 20-Year-Old Man At 15: ‘I Shouldn’t Have Done It’

Keke Palmer is revisiting a past relationship that shaped her teenage years.

In a recent interview with PEOPLE, the 31-year-old actress revealed she had a romance with a 20-year-old while starring on True Jackson VP. She reflected,

“If I thought it was inappropriate, then I wouldn’t have done it. Obviously, I shouldn’t have been 15 dating no 20-year-old.”

Keke Palmer

Keke explained,

 

“I got a full-time job…Can’t nobody understand me but a grown man,” acknowledging, “He knew there was a lot of stuff that there’s no d*mn way for me to understand at d*mn 15.”

 

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It wasn’t until a later relationship that she realized the inappropriateness of her teenage romance.

“By 26, 27, 28, I had finally experienced…genuine love,” she shared, noting that it was only then she understood the importance of mutual respect in a relationship.

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