Keke Palmer has finally addressed her decision not to release her podcast interview with Jonathan Majors following his 2023 conviction.
The Baby, This Is Keke Palmer host opened up about the decision during a recent appearance on The Breakfast Club, addressing the real reason her interview with the controversial actor never made it to air.
“When I’m hosting, I’m here to be impartial,” she told the hosts. “Everyone in your chair, you don’t agree with everything they’ve done, you don’t love everything, but you need to have the conversation. You need to set the stage for them to speak and for people to watch and take what they want to take away from it, and that’s why I was open and excited to do the interview.”
Keke continued, “But ultimately, with my partners, it was decided — they saw the reaction, that people thought it was insensitive, that maybe we shouldn’t release it. It’s always there, if people wanted to see it. But I always want to be respectful and understand where everyone’s coming from. If I don’t feel like they’re going to get something good out of the interview, well, cool it, cool it.”
“But I sat down with my brother to talk and let him be heard,” the actress insisted.
Major lost acting jobs and endorsement deals following his 2023 criminal trial, in which he was found guilty of two counts of assault and harassment against an ex-girlfriend. The former Marvel star was ordered to complete a year in a “personal abuser” intervention program in Los Angeles.
While talking about the backlash to her doing the interview with Majors in the first place, Palmer said, “I mean, people sit down with serial killers.”
“I’m not comparing him to a serial killer!” the star clarified. “[But] At the end of the day, I felt like as a journalist, I should talk and we should listen and let the audience decide how they want to feel. But that didn’t get a chance to happen.”
She also commented on Majors’ relationship with Meagan Good, saying, “I wish them all the best.” Majors confirmed in March that he and the actress had tied the knot, with his mother officiating the ceremony.
“I really mean that because I don’t judge anyone because I don’t want to be judged,” she explained. “So at the end of the day, I’m happy for Meagan. I’m happy for them. Maybe one day we’ll get a chance to put [the interview] out.”
Check out his full comments on the subject above.
