Keke Palmer has no regrets about being the breadwinner for her family.
As previously reported by AFROTECH™, Palmer earned her first $1 million at just 12 years old as a child actress. At that time, her parents, Sharon and Larry, also hired a business manager to help oversee her finances.
“They wanted me to know that they weren’t the ones controlling my money. They had heard these stories, and my mom said ‘I don’t want money to come in between me and my child,'” Palmer said on the “Club Shay Shay” podcast.
Her parents would remain her backbone as she found her footing in Hollywood. Her early acting footprint included roles in “Barbershop 2: Back in Business”, “Akeelah and the Bee,” and “Jump In!” In 2008, she landed her own show on Nickelodeon with “True Jackson, VP” and her “life was changed after that,” she told People.
Achieving success as a child also came with sacrifices, not only for Palmer but her family who had moved to California. The “Nope” actress revealed her father had given up his pension so she could follow her dreams. Sharon had also pivoted her life trajectory for similar reasons.
For these sacrifices, Palmer remains forever indebted to her parents.