"The way it could be Lea or Emma" — Internet reacts as Keke Palmer reveals her Scream Queens co-star made a racist remark at her

In her upcoming memoir, Master of Me: The Secret to Controlling Your Narrative, Keke Palmer shares that a white co-star on Scream Queens made a racist remark, comparing her to Martin Luther King Jr. She refers to the cast member as “Brenda” without revealing their real name.

Keke revealed more details about the incident while speaking to the Los Angeles Times ahead of the release of the book scheduled for November 19, 2024. Keke talked about how she was trying to pacify a situation as “Brenda” was allegedly clashing with another worker on the set, to which her co-star responded by saying:

“Keke, literally, just don’t. Who do you think you are? Martin f---ing Luther King?”

While Keke Palmer kept the name a secret, as the news spread, the netizens promptly reacted and shared their speculations about who the co-star could have been.

An X user, @PopCrave shared the news on their account, and one netizen speculated:

“The way it could be Lea or Emma.”

On the other hand, others poured in their theories and started naming other actors in the movie.

“Or even Abigail Breslin tbh,” wrote one social media user.

“If this wasn’t Emma Roberts, I'll be genuinely shocked,” added another.

“Emma Roberts or Lea Michele are the most likely suspects given their past. Also, not that social media follows mean anything, but Keke follows almost all of her Scream Queens co-stars on Instagram *except* for Lea Michele,” commented another internet user.

“Everyone is saying Lea Michele but this is kinda Emma Roberts coded,” mentioned one X user on the post.

“I'm sorry I can hear Emma Roberts saying this so clearly,” added another.

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“If I allow what she said to cripple me, then she would” — Keke Palmer elaborated about the incident with her Scream Queens co-star

As Keke Palmer braces for the release of her upcoming book, Master of Me: The Secret to Controlling Your Narrative, she spoke to LA Times, and elaborated on the incident with her co-star, as she said:

“It was such a weighted thing that she said, but I didn’t allow that weight to be projected on me, because I know who I am. I’m no victim. That’s not my storyline, sweetie. I don’t care what her a*s said. If I allow what she said to cripple me, then she would.”

Furthermore, Keke Palmer also opened up about how she once had an argument with Murphy, the creator of the series, and claimed that Ryan, and the frequent collaborators just “ripped” into her, and called her unprofessional.” She claimed that the fiasco took place due to a schedule conflict.

She elaborated by stating how she was called to the set on the day of her off. Keke also explained that she had another work obligation on the same day, which led to Ryan Murphy calling Keke angrily. She exclaimed:

“It was kind of like I was in the dean’s office. He was like, ‘I’ve never seen you behave like this. I can’t believe that you, out of all people, would do something like this.’"

Scream Queens, a 2015 series aired till December 2016, and starred Keke Palmer with Emma Roberts, Skyler Samuels, Lea Michele, Glen Powell, Diego Boneta, Abigail Breslin and even Oliver Hudson. The horror comedy show ran for two seasons, however, it was then cancelled and never came back for a third season.

As Keke made the revelation about her co-star from the series passing a racist remark on her, the netizens continue to pour in their speculations and theories, however, the cast and the co-stars of the series have not yet addressed the same.