Keke Palmer would like to be called by her real name ‘more than anything else’

Keke Palmer is now joined by Emma Stone in the League of Celebrities, who would rather go for their first name.

Palmer, who was born Lauren Keyana Palmer, revealed that she did not want to go off Keke and would rather everyone call her Lauren.

“I don’t actually prefer to go past Keke instead of Lauren,” Palmer told Glamor Magazine in 2022. However, the interview clip was recently again Tiktok.

Palms, who Guest Co-host Jenna & Friends in Januaryexplained to Glamor Magazine that Keke was originally only a nickname used by people in her family. However, when Palmer was a child actress, the nickname developed into his familiar moniker after a manager overheard it.

“One day my manager heard at the time my mother call me kee because I don’t listen,” Palmer said. “Then she was like ‘Keke. Keke!’ And he said, ‘It’s – it should be your stage name.’ “

Palmers Imdb Have her first body of work (“Barbershop 2: Back in business”) In 2004, Lauren ‘Keke’ Palmer is honored the honor, but the rest of her work falls Lauren and just credits Keke Palmer.

Keke Palmer in 2005. (Albert L. Ortega / WireImage)Keke Palmer in 2005. (Albert L. Ortega / WireImage)

Keke Palmer during the 57 annual Emmy Awards on September 18, 2005 in Los Angeles.

“It went from just something my family called me to be something the whole world called me,” Palmer said. “And more than anything else, I would very much like to return to Lauren.”

Fans in the comment section of Tiktok Clip Glamor Magazine, sent by the interview, immediately understood Palmer’s desire to be called Lauren.

“Understanding … It makes me hug when ppl outside my family calls me my family nickname lol,” a commentator wrote.

While someone else said “Baby! It’s Lauren Palmer!” Reference to Palmer’s Podcast, “Baby, this is Keke Palmer.”

“She looks like a Lauren,” observed another.

Despite the interview from 2022, many fans seemed unaware of Palmer’s desire to be called Lauren.

“I had no idea !! I would gladly call her Lauren Palmer!” One fan wrote while someone else didn’t even know that Keke wasn’t her birth name where I wrote “I had no idea her name is Lauren.”

Keke Palmer on Today Show on January 15, 2025. (Nathan Congleton / Today)Keke Palmer on Today Show on January 15, 2025. (Nathan Congleton / Today)

Keke Palmer on Today Show on January 15, 2025.

Palmer’s desire to be called by her first name instead of her famous stage name is not the first time a celebrity has missed their birth name. In 2017, Emma Stone told E! News That she would rather people call her by her first name: Emily.

“My real name is Emily Stone, but when I started -Gammel.

Stone said she went past Riley for about six months, but she had trouble answering it, so she changed her name to Emma.

“But I miss Emily,” she said. “I would love to get her back.”

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