Here's Why Keke Palmer's Newest Podcast Guest Is Facing Criticism

Warning: Discussion of home violence.

Keke Palmer is facing disapproval for interviewing Jonathan Majors connected her podcast Baby, This Is Keke Palmer.

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In 2023, Jonathan was recovered guilty of 1 number of battle and 1 number of harassment against his ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari. The ex-Marvel histrion pled not blameworthy and subsequently said successful an interview that helium was liable for "none of her injuries."

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He has been backmost successful the nationalist oculus successful caller weeks amid the merchandise of his movie Magazine Dreams, adjacent starring connected the screen of the Hollywood Reporter. In the accompanying interview, helium said of his clip during and aft the trial, "It’s a heartbreak similar I’ve ne'er experienced and it conscionable compounded and compounded." Matthew McConaughey, Michael B. Jordan, and Whoopi Goldberg each further voiced their support.

Shortly aft the screen dropped, audio leaked that allegedly revealed Jonathan admitting to strangling Grace. "I can’t talk to it, but obviously, due to the fact that you’re talking astir it, determination are vibrations, reverberations, aforesaid arsenic everything before," Jonathan said successful response. "I’m surviving life. I’m surrounded by loved ones and family."

And now, Jonathan volition adhd Keke to his database of caller interviewers. The episode, which is disposable present to Wondery+ users and volition beryllium released to the nationalist connected April 8, is titled, "No Easy Answers: Accountability and Moving Forward with Jonathan Majors."

The occurrence statement reads, "Accountability. It’s a loaded word, right? We’re surviving successful a clip wherever we privation existent accountability—especially for things men person gotten distant with for acold excessively long. At the aforesaid time, uncovering forgiveness feels harder than ever, and we’re inactive figuring retired what existent accountability adjacent looks like."

"Today, we’re sitting down with Jonathan Majors to speech astir what beingness has looked similar aft being convicted of harassment and assault. This speech isn’t present to springiness you each the answers—it’s complicated, it’s messy—but hopefully, it brings america a small person to knowing the analyzable affectional scenery of the clip we’re surviving through," it concludes.

Some expressed disappointment astatine Keke for platforming the actor, fixed his anterior conviction:

But immoderate did suggest that Keke mightiness usage the accidental to thoroughly question Jonathan:

A clip further resurfaced of her talking astir R Kelly successful 2016, wherever she said, "Stop with the grooming. I don't cognize this broadside of Kells. The broadside of Kells I cognize is simply a philharmonic genius." The vocalist has since been convicted of kid enactment crimes.

Keke herself has said that she experienced home unit during her narration with the begetter of her son, Darius Jackson (he has denied the allegations). She was antecedently granted a impermanent restraining bid against him.

We'll support you posted connected whether Keke addresses the controversy.

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