{"id":267193,"date":"2026-02-04T12:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T12:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/267193\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T12:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T12:59:08","slug":"keke-palmer-is-beyond-thrilled-to-play-the-role-of-a-mother-as-a-new-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/267193\/","title":{"rendered":"Keke Palmer Is Beyond Thrilled To Play the Role of a Mother as a New Mom"},"content":{"rendered":"

Keke Palmer <\/a>is entering a brand-new era of her career, and it is more personal than ever. Sitting down with TODAY\u2019s Craig Melvin, the multi-talented star opened up about her role in the upcoming Peacock series, The \u2018Burbs. While she discussed her recent travels to Bali and her hilarious attempt to crash the Super Bowl stage, the heart of the conversation was about her transition into motherhood. For the first time, Keke is portraying a mother on screen while navigating the joys and challenges of being a new mom in real life.<\/p>\n

Keke Palmer reveals being a new mom \u2018gave her so much more\u2019 to play the role of a mother<\/p>\n

During her chat with Craig Melvin, Keke shared how her perspective on acting shifted after welcoming her son, Leo. When asked about playing a parent for the first time since becoming one herself, Keke admitted the experience was transformative. \u201cIt\u2019s just crazy,\u201d she said. \u201cIt honestly gave me so much more than I knew it would.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

She explained that while she might have expected some change, the reality was much deeper. \u201cAfter you have a kid, it really does just kind of expand your heart in a way you would not\u2026 you can\u2019t imagine until it happens.\u201d<\/p>\n

Keke was quick to note that she channeled this new emotional depth directly into her character, Samira. Having that \u201cexpanded heart\u201d allowed her to bring an authenticity to the role that she simply couldn\u2019t have accessed before. However, she also kept it very real about the \u201cterrible threes\u201d when a photo of her son, Leo, popped up on screen.<\/p>\n

With her trademark humor, she joked that at age three, Leo has a \u201creally crazy attitude\u201d and is currently \u201cbeing terrible.\u201d Despite the toddler tantrums and the \u201cbaby language\u201d he uses to boss her around, Keke is clearly devoted.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She told Craig that she is doing everything she can to \u201cmake sure I show up\u201d for him every single day. This mix of professional growth and the chaotic, funny reality of parenting is exactly why fans find Keke so relatable as she takes on this milestone role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Keke Palmer is entering a brand-new era of her career, and it is more personal than ever. Sitting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,1438,60160,134789,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-267193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-fashion","tag-fashion-news","tag-keke-palmer","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}