Beautiful angel Keke Palmer not only stays booked and busy, she also takes names and keeps receipts. In a recent LA Times profile of the Nope and One of Them Days star, Palmer spoke candidly about her experience working in the Ryan Murphy firmament. Not only did Palmer feel “ripped into” by Murphy’s direction, she also had to face racist micro (and macro) aggressions from her costars.
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It’s far from the first time a Ryan Murphy set has been the alleged site of anti-Black racism. Not so long ago, Glee alums Samantha Ware and Alex Newell spoke out about experiencing heinous bullying on the set of that long-running show by its diva-in-chief, Lea Michele. And using a few context clues, folks are feeling like the situation may have repeated itself during Scream Queens.
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The evidence is pretty damning…which it didn’t exactly need to be, because we know Michele has a history of alleged racism on set.
That said, we also know a few things about Murphy favorite Emma Roberts. And we haven’t forgotten how she treated the legend herself Angelica Ross while the two were filming AHS together.
We know it’s one of these two, but Internet sleuths have also figured out that Palmer still follows Roberts and does not follow Michele. Which could mean something?
There’s obviously a bigger question here, which is: why are Ryan Murphy sets so gross? Why does this keep happening (allegedly)?
The people haven’t forgotten Michele’s “sh*t in a wig” comment, and we also haven’t forgotten Roberts’ transphobic comments toward Angelica Ross. Though the latter did end up apologizing to Ross, Scream Queens was filmed long before Ross entered the AHS extended universe. So who knows.
There’s a certain kind of Broadway diva racism that feels very specific to one member of the cast.
Until Keke decides to go on record, we won’t know for sure. For now, we hope Keke is finding ways to heal from what was undoubtedly a crappy and traumatic gig. She’s on to bigger and better things, and that’s exactly what Keke deserves!
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