Keki Palmer recently spoke to the Los Angeles Times about her upcoming memoir, Master of Me: The Secret to Controlling the Narrative. That includes one episode in which Ryan Murphy claims he was “drawn in” by the actor while they were making “Scream Queens” together. Palmer played Jayday Williams on the Fox horror comedy for two seasons in 2015 and 2016.
The Times reported that Palmer describes in the book how he was “given a filming schedule and arranged to fulfill other work obligations on his days off.” However, as the day approached, production told her they actually needed her on set. She decided to honor her previous obligations, which resulted in an angry phone call from Murphy, who told her that he had “wooed” her and that she was being unprofessional. ”
“It felt like I was in the dean’s office,” Palmer told the magazine when asked about the incident. “He was like, ‘I’ve never seen you act like this.’ I can’t believe you, of all people, would do something like this.”
variety has reached out to Murphy’s representatives for comment. The showrunner did not respond to the Times’ request for comment.
Palmer apologized to Murphy for not being able to film that day due to prior work commitments and said she thought the ordeal would be over. But a few days later, she was talking to her co-star in her trailer and said that Murphy was apparently still upset.
“I said, ‘Ryan talked to me and I think he’s cool, okay,’ and she said, ‘That’s terrible,’ and tried to scare me or something. A little bit. It was frustrating,” Palmer said.
“Scream Queens” co-starred Murphy’s regulars, including Emma Roberts, Niecy Nash and Billie Lourd. Palmer thought that by joining the show, she might become one of the actors “that you see a lot in Ryan’s world,” but that possibility ended when Murphy “pulled” her in. I believe.
“I still don’t know if Ryan cared or understood, but he was just focused on his job, so that’s fine. It doesn’t matter to me,” Palmer wrote in his memoir. I’m writing. “But what I do know is that even if he didn’t care, and even if I never worked with him again, he made me see myself as a business too.” It means knowing that there is.”
To read Palmer’s full interview, visit the Los Angeles Times website. The actor’s memoir, Master of Me: The Secret to Controlling Your Narrative, will be published on November 19th.
