Keke Palmer Opened Up About Feeling More "Powerful" In Her Body After Having Her Baby, And It Makes Me Even More Frustrated That She Got Mom-Shamed
Earlier this year, Keke Palmer welcomed her first baby — a boy named Leodis (or Leo, for short) alongside her boyfriend Darius Jackson.
Last week, the family was a topic of conversation after Darius publicly shamed Keke for what she wore to an Usher concert.
The couple unfollowed each other on Instagram shortly after.
Keke seemed to respond to the shaming on Instagram, and has now even released a new merch line that says "I'm A Motha."
Anyyyyywaaaay, all of this context made me even more frustrated for her when I read her recent profile on the Cut. The interview took place before all of this went down, but Keke talked about her state of mind as a new mom.
"After having my baby, I’ve just gotten so much more powerful," she said. "I’m just so strengthened in a crazy way. Strutting my stuff, enjoying. I’ll be honest, I think before I even had the baby, I was really actually quite self-conscious. In a way that you would expect, considering the kind of work that I do as a public figure."
She then went on to talk about the body expectations and pressure that often come with having a career in the spotlight.