SZA dodges Keke Palmer’s question about kissing Drake

SZA doesn’t kiss and tell, or does she?

Fresh off her film debut in “One of Them Days,” SZA took her talents to “First we party” for a fiery round of “Hot Ones”. The newly minted actor was joined by Issa Rae, a co-producer of the film, and Keke Palmer, one of her co-stars, for a game of Hot Ones Versus.

During the episode, which aired on Tuesday, the trio were faced with answering a series of deliciously messy questions in an attempt to avoid eating the atomic chicken wings that were innocently displayed in front of them.

SZA, shown here accepting the award for Hitmaker of the Year on December 2, 2023 in Hollywood, faced burning questions at a "Hot Ones" episode that aired on Tuesday.
SZA, shown here accepting the award for Hitmaker of the Year on Dec. 2, 2023 in Hollywood, faced burning questions on an episode of “Hot Ones” that aired Tuesday.

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Things took a spicy turn when Palmer added some extra spice to the game, asking SZA, “Is Drake a good kisser?” Not missing a beat, the artist quickly responded, “That’s why I said fuck you beforehand.” Rae, comfortably out of the line of fire, chimed in, “I like you.”

“She won’t answer. He must have been awful,” Palmer replied jokingly.

SZA refused to give a straight answer, instead exclaiming, “We were kids.” Rae then stirred the pot and commented, “That was the sound of lies.”

SZA went on to clarify, saying that in “2009 we were kids, real shit.”

Keke Palmer (left) and Issa Rae, here in 2022 at a Kennedy Center event in Washington, grilled SZA on Tuesday's episode of "Hot Ones."
Keke Palmer (left) and Issa Rae, here in 2022 at a Kennedy Center event in Washington, grilled SZA on Tuesday’s episode of “Hot Ones.”

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As the questioning continued, Rae and Palmer couldn’t help but remind SZA that it was an “easy question” for her to answer — saying it was either “good or not good.”

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“The fact that you won’t say one is very telling,” commented Rae, who co-created the “Insecure” series.

SZA, known for songs including “Broken Clocks,” then turned the tables on her two challengers, saying they were in cahoots to “double guilt her.”

“One of those days,” the Issa Rae-produced comedy, hit theaters on January 17.