KeKe Palmer Hints At Leaving Hollywood, “I Think The Timer Has Started”

KeKe Palmer recently expressed to Teen Vogue that she is contemplating on leaving Hollywood soon.

“I think the timer has started,” she said during the interview on Tuesday. “I think [I haven’t retired] because I just haven’t felt it yet. But the timer, I know that it’s around the corner.”

Palmer, 30, mentioned she doesn’t have a set time to leave Hollywood but feels it’s approaching.

Having started her acting career at the age of 9 with her debut role in “Barbershop 2: Back in Business,” she has spent the majority of her life in front of the camera, appearing in movies ever since.

During the interview, she said that when she eventually looks back on her achievements, she hopes to see the inspirational path she’s paving for those following in her footsteps.

“The main thing I want those legacies to be is [a call] to use your power for good, to use what you have to create spaces and systems for other people to thrive,” she explained. “I just don’t believe in holding everything. I don’t believe in gatekeeping. I’m not a coward.”

As for her son “Leo,” she said: “I want to raise him to know that if life is a school, get out there and learn.”

She continued, “A part of learning in this place, I think, is to love and to know how to first be unconditionally loving to yourself, so that you know how to love others and be of service to others in a way that doesn’t disadvantage them but instead empowers them.”