Keke Palmer is only 20-years-old, but cue Beyoncé: She’s a grown woman and she does whatever she wants. The “Akeelah and the Bee” alum is serving face, hair and pizzazz in a double-cover for Fuzion Magazine.
Palmer’s photos are amazing! She looks gorgeous in a cascading yellow gown and channels fall trends in a printed wrap dress.
In the glossy, the former child actress talks her role as Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas in an upcoming TLC biopic, how she’s navigating independence and her love for Nicole Richie’s style instincts.
On balancing relationships and work:
“I am dating someone right now, we have been dating for three years now he’s a great guy, but I’m definitely in that part of my life where I’m really focusing on doing what I need to do and getting what I need to do get done and same as him. So it’s more so us focusing on ourselves and then getting back to each other.”
On finding her independence:
“I found that the more you stop thinking and just follow what you like and what you love, you can create your own style and other people will catch on to it.”
On portraying Chilli in Vh1’s TLC biopic:
“At the end the day I want her to be proud of my performance in the movie. She texted me when she saw the movie and was just like there couldn’t have been a better person that could have done it, I’m so proud of you, she and I really got a close relationship out of working on the movie.”
On her fashion inspirations:
“One of my favorite style icons would have to be Nicole Richie, I just oh my gosh, I literally go to her Instagram page and stare at it like this for about 20 minutes. Her style is so impeccable; she’s just classy, fun, cool, edgy all at the same time. As far as music I think everyone loves Rihanna’s style— I like how fearless she is, I think that’s something everybody can love about Rihanna, she does what she wants and she feels comfortable in her decisions. That’s a really hard thing to do especially when you’re in the limelight, doing what you want and being comfortable in what you and loving who you are.”
The November issue of Fuzion Magazine will be available on October 17.
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