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Keke Palmer welcomes AD to tour her soulful family home. Inspired by classic sitcoms, the actor, singer, and host’s home blends old Hollywood charm with modern family living. From photos put up by her mom and her son Leo’s Lightning McQueen bed to the pilates reformer in her bedroom, Palmer’s home is a nostalgic space where she can get cozy and enjoy all the joys of family life.
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00:09Leo come back. What's up AD? It's your girl Kiki Palmer and this is Leo and welcome to my house.
00:15Come on in.
00:30AD, what are you doing in the Stanley Cup cabinet? Yeah, that's right. This is where we keep all of
00:36our Stanley Cups. We are a water drinking family. We got this kind of cup. We got this kind of
00:43cup. I've been drinking out of this kind of cup today. Even Leo has some Stanley Cups. Anyhow, let me
00:52show you guys the rest of the kitchen.
00:55Leo's climbing. I always loved this setup from the moment that I saw this house. It was the bones of
01:01this house that I love so much. It makes me feel like I'm on an episode of I Love Lucy,
01:05okay? It felt like a diner or something. You know what I mean? Like the whole booth element. I really
01:09do love that kind of style and the windows and the drapery. Anybody that knows me knows that I love
01:15old school sitcoms. Like the classic multicam sitcoms.
01:19So I think that even my house, it feels like, how the hell did you get up there by yourself?
01:25Dang, you're good. That's crazy. You climbed?
01:31I ate me a cereal.
01:34He's getting so big. It is so hard to know how he's able to do all this stuff. Baby saving
01:40this house is like a constant thing that I'm always doing. It's his cereal at this point. Nobody else is
01:46going to be able to eat that.
01:47Anyway, I love multicam sitcoms so much that I think that that's what attracted me to this house is that
01:52it felt like a multicam sitcom house from this dining area to the way that the windows are.
01:58And so I always have little versions of things that remind me of those classic shows. Like, no, you don't
02:03need to eat this one. You can get a new one. Like this Smeg toaster oven.
02:07You know, it feels very classic. It feels very old school. I also have a lot of different Tupperware that
02:14reminds you of those old school, like sitcoms.
02:19Eventually, we'll make our way to Leo's room, but we'll also keep seeing him throughout. He's always just going to
02:23pop in and out because he is very bossy.
02:27I absolutely love snacks. I also am the kind of person that I try to always overdo it with the
02:33organizing. Let me show you.
02:35Now, it's not going to be extraordinarily impressive, but I have everything like labeled. We have a lot of kids
02:41in the house.
02:42I have my son who's three years old. I have my nieces and my nephew. Somebody ate all of my
02:48rice chips and they all try to act like they don't like gluten-free food.
02:53Yes, you do. Yes, you do. Because every gluten-free item I put into this house somehow end up missing.
03:01They try to lie in here. They try to say, I don't want your healthy snacks. I don't want you.
03:03But they're gone.
03:06And I didn't eat them. Over here, it's the same stuff for his. I got into a really bad way.
03:11I couldn't stop going on Amazon, getting these little bento box of things for Leo's lunches.
03:16I don't know why I was overdoing it like that, but I really love the idea of him just having
03:20his stuff all worked out.
03:21I've watched too many Instagram photos of these moms going in on the baby's lunches.
03:26I mean, I've seen one person making their baby snack and they had caviar in it and lobster.
03:30And I was like, oh, damn. I can't keep up.
03:33This is where we cook the food, but I'm going to show you where we eat the food in the
03:37dining room.
03:40So, I absolutely love this area.
03:44This is where me and the family eat, hang out, talk.
03:49The wallpaper was such a big deal for this room because I felt like it was, again, an ode to
03:53traditionalism.
03:54It kind of reminds me of my grandma's house growing up.
04:01Leo loves hiding here in this spot and doing what he just did.
04:06I didn't really give him the reaction I usually do where I'm like, oh my gosh, Leo, you know?
04:11But this is kind of a thing that he likes to do.
04:13And then over here in this area, we have this big picture of my parents.
04:17I have a picture of Leo up here when he was little.
04:19I even have a picture that my niece drew, my eldest niece, Allie.
04:23She points to the picture and she says, that's Leo.
04:25And then this is the Just Kiki doll.
04:27This comes from the Just Kiki album.
04:29And so this doll is very representative of the evolution of this conversation that I've been having in my art
04:34since I started as a kid.
04:35Well, that's where that picture is at.
04:38Damn, they done hid that picture.
04:39So, it's a picture of Leo's dad is up in here.
04:43It usually was sitting on the mantle.
04:44I don't know why they done put him away, child.
04:46But it usually sits up here as well.
04:50So, just so Leo can see everybody in his family, right?
04:54Who's that?
04:56Who?
05:02Then over here, it's the same thing.
05:04Also, my mom did this.
05:06I need to talk about this.
05:07She does this to me in my own house.
05:10Why the hell did she do this?
05:11And it makes me seem like I'm obsessed with myself, but it's her.
05:14She's obsessed with me.
05:15It's not even a professional photo.
05:18It's a selfie that she liked, that she had blown up and framed.
05:21I just always loved your hair like that.
05:24And I told you since you was a little girl, your natural hair was beautiful.
05:27That's got to be in the house.
05:28But it should be in your house, mom.
05:37Okay, guys, this is the living room, and it's pretty much the center of the house.
05:41So, these chairs are very comfortable.
05:44I spend time in this room a few times a day, honestly.
05:48Like, this is like an area that my mom and I will have an impromptu meeting.
05:51Like, something about it feels like a very casual boardroom.
05:55This chair is very comfortable.
05:56This one doesn't look like it is, but baby, it is.
05:59I get my makeup and hair done in this chair.
06:01I have a drink in this chair.
06:03I talk shit in this chair.
06:04I like this chair.
06:06Then over here, this is like, this is just such an underrated.
06:11And actually, I'm lying.
06:12It's not really underrated.
06:13I've had a lot of people pass out at the parties up on this thing right here.
06:16I've caught, you know, the kids looking out the window, just chilling, playing, throwing the pillows.
06:22For me, growing up in the Midwest, this is like, to me, the Midwest energy.
06:27And so, we have a different pattern here, and we have a different pattern here with the drapes.
06:31But the colors and the fabrics, although they tell a different story, they're all a part of the same whole.
06:37Another thing I do like about this that I just mentioned are the drapes, right?
06:41Because it's like, ugh.
06:46And now you're just in your own world.
06:48You know what I mean?
06:49And then, like, again, we have a sitting area.
06:51And I know that this seems like it's just about the look and the vibe, but it also, it's very
06:57comfortable.
06:58It's a comfortable couch.
07:00Same thing with this couch over here.
07:01Now, I'll tell you a story about this couch over here.
07:04It used to be in my bedroom before I moved my reformer into my bedroom.
07:09It's a little bit firmer, but very comfortable.
07:12The material, I remember when the interior designer told me about getting this couch.
07:16It was a very expensive couch.
07:17And they were like, are you sure you want it?
07:18Because it's, like, vintage.
07:19And I was like, let's get the fucking couch.
07:22You only live once.
07:23That's the model.
07:24YOLO.
07:24No, I'm kidding.
07:28A record player is underneath here, but my parents forced me to put my awards on top.
07:33A lot of my awards are actually at their house, but they want them to be at my house.
07:36I know that I've accomplished things and it's nice to have, but it sometimes just feels
07:41like a random shrine of accolades.
07:44This is a very popular place for the Palmer family.
07:47We got wine.
07:48We've got the regular liqueur.
07:50We'll slide over here and don't move too much, okay, because I don't want you to fall.
07:53We have a fridge here where it's, like, you know, Bud Light, olives, juice, seltzers.
07:59I would love to be like, hey, you trying to get a drink or something?
08:02You know, and be able to whip something up real quick, but I only know how to whip up a
08:05glass
08:05glass of milk for him.
08:07Leo loves milk.
08:09What do you know?
08:10You want your leche?
08:11No, I'm drinking leche.
08:14Yeah, he loves leche.
08:16He calls it leche instead of milk.
08:19I was sleeping.
08:21You were sleeping?
08:22Yeah.
08:23Are you happy that the people are at the house?
08:26No.
08:28You want them to leave?
08:31No.
08:36So now I'm going to take you guys to where all the magic happens.
08:41I wish at least.
08:43Let's go.
08:44Before we get there, I think I do have to talk yet again about the pictures that are on the
08:48wall.
08:48This right here was all Sharon.
08:50And I know it sounds like I'm lying, but I'm serious.
08:52She wants this stuff in my house.
08:54And this one, though, this is a photo from Akilah and the Beat, which is, it was probably
08:59like the third movie I did, but the first movie I starred in.
09:03I was 11 years old, and I was number one on the call sheet, and it was a lot of
09:07responsibility.
09:09I got to work with Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett, but it was just such a particular
09:12time in my life.
09:13And so when I look at that little girl, it's just like, oh my gosh, she's still with me,
09:18and she's brought me so far, and I want to continue to make her proud.
09:21So I just love that picture over here before we get into my bedroom.
09:25This was right after I became a mother, and my boobs were amazing.
09:30I guess I have to have another baby to get those back, but I love to look back at this
09:35picture and remember who I used to be when milk filled me up.
09:38You know, things happen.
09:45I love, love, love Pilates.
09:47I really, really do.
09:48So much so that I put a performer in my bedroom.
09:51And at first, I remember when I was talking with my estate manager and moving, you know,
09:55rearranging my furniture for this.
09:57They were like, oh, do we want to build out another space?
09:59So they didn't know, but I like it in my room.
10:01Because it's like, I can be sitting here watching something on Netflix, and I'm laying down,
10:07and I'm doing just some legwork.
10:08My nightstand has everything I need.
10:11By my bedside, I always have, like, several different pairs of glasses because, yes, I'm
10:16blind, and I've got my drawers.
10:18I have all my, like, vitamins, just different things that I take before bed.
10:22I am, in fact, a very ritual person.
10:24I've got my eye mask because it's so funny.
10:27I like for the TV to be on, but I also like for my eyes to not see the light.
10:33I just like to hear the voices.
10:35Yeah, it's just me.
10:37I also have sleep tapes.
10:39They help me to make sure that I'm not breathing through my mouth when I sleep and I'm breathing
10:43through my nose.
10:44This right here, this is because I am a crazy Virgo.
10:47So every now and then, at the end of each week, I might say what are going to be my
10:51outfits
10:51for the next few days.
10:54And so I'll hang them up right here so that I don't have to think about what I'm going
10:57to be wearing.
10:58It's just fun.
10:59I do like to get into a girly vibe, even though I know how to play with the boys, too.
11:03Don't get it twisted.
11:04She's a renaissance woman.
11:05Now, let's head into my bathroom.
11:08But it's kind of like my take on a boudoir.
11:14I'm talking about fashion, glamour, getting into outfits and everything like that.
11:18But I will show you that I don't just get dressed up.
11:21I also get dressed down.
11:23I'm going to show you one of my favorite things to wear.
11:41I'm going to show you one of my favorite things to wear.
11:48I'm going to show you one of my favorite things to wear.
11:56She's got a little frills and a little bit of stuff going on.
12:00But I always want to go to a flea market and get one of these little moon dresses to go
12:04to sleep in.
12:05I mean, I grew up watching Lucille Ball.
12:07I grew up watching Bewitched.
12:08I grew up watching ladies get into their grandma bag, but be sexy about it.
12:13But also, it's like, no big deal.
12:14No big deal.
12:15And so I love grabbing these items.
12:17So this is like my, let's get ready to turn down.
12:20Let's get ready for the night to end.
12:22And I have like a really, really big ritual to it.
12:24I'll take my shower or I'll take my bath.
12:28Here I have all my bath stuff.
12:30So I have like face masks that I can put on when I get into the bath.
12:33I'll have like my boom box if I want to put on some music.
12:36Boom box really aged me.
12:38I have like, you know, my bath, bubble bath.
12:42I even have like a little spray for the room.
12:44Like just to set the tone, it's like, I really am into creating a moment for me.
12:52One time I made a whole charcuterie board.
12:54I took my little, you know, side table.
12:57I put it on there.
12:58I was in the bath.
12:59Okay.
13:00I've got my little wooden bath thing, which I don't know what you call it, but they're
13:03great and they're on Amazon.
13:04I got my bath salts.
13:06I got my book.
13:07I got my remote so I can watch a little TV if I need to.
13:10If I just want something up there, it's ambient noise, you know.
13:13I got my little bath back pad.
13:15It helps me to relax when I'm in the tub.
13:16I got my towel warmer in case when I get out, I want to make sure that I'm not immediately
13:20cold.
13:22I have so much skin routine stuff.
13:24It's kind of crazy.
13:26I have like different things under here that I might use, you know, and everything is,
13:31again, like has a name on it.
13:33These are my contacts.
13:35Backstock fakes products.
13:37Maybe I'll put on a bonnet depending on how my hair is.
13:40If I have braids, if I have a wig that I'm trying to save, I'll probably put on a bonnet.
13:43But if I have my short hair, a durag, okay, because we want the durag to keep the hair
13:49smushed down.
13:50But obviously we have everything for anything.
13:52If I want to do rollers and preset a wig, all the wig people are going to be like, Kiki,
13:56this is so disrespectful to your wigs.
13:58But these are all my wigs in all these bags.
14:02Tons and tons and tons of wigs.
14:03I've got black ones.
14:04I've got copper ones.
14:06It's crazy down there.
14:08This is where all my jewelry is.
14:10Don't try to rob me.
14:12You'll get got.
14:13I'm starting to get older.
14:15So a lot of times you might need a powder puff for the sweat like the grandmas used to do.
14:21It really helps you.
14:23I know it.
14:23No talc.
14:24Talc free.
14:25Yeah, I know.
14:33This is Leotis' room.
14:35He is seconds away from an NAP.
14:38Don't say the word, because then he'll suddenly get a burst of E-N-E-R-G-Y.
14:42But this is his bedroom, and I really want it to feel like his little sanctuary.
14:47So he has this big window that I love.
14:49He also has his shelf of books.
14:51So many books.
14:52And Leo loves to read.
14:53I remember when he was born, I came back home to my home in New York, and I had a
14:59big
15:00like box of books that Jamie Lee Curtis sent me.
15:03These were like books that she had been given to her children that she was then sharing with
15:09me.
15:12Good job, buddy.
15:14Safe.
15:15He also loves his Lightning McQueen bed.
15:17That's one of his favorite characters ever.
15:20He actually graduated to this bed this year.
15:22Obviously, he has this wallpaper on his wall that's like Leo the Lion, because he's in
15:26the jungle.
15:27He's in his own jungle, in his room, in his space.
15:30He plays basketball.
15:32He also has this, which is kind of creepy, but he really, really loves it.
15:39My dad gave him this.
15:41It's like a little fake dog.
15:43He loves this little fake dog, and it breathes and everything.
15:47My dad got this.
15:48This is some shit that your parents do, you know?
15:50Over here is where he has all his little toys.
15:52And then, unfortunately, the toys don't stop there.
15:56Okay, go ahead.
15:57Show us.
15:58Lots of toys.
16:00Lots of clothes.
16:00We've actually given a lot of them away, because he don't need all of that.
16:05You know what I mean?
16:06I think the thing that I love most about seeing Leo in his room is that he feels that it's
16:10his sanctuary the same way that I feel mine is.
16:13And it really reflects his comfort, the things he loves, his personality.
16:18And a lot of times he'll say, like, I'm going to my room, or leave.
16:22I want to be in my room by myself.
16:23And so, it's his safe space.
16:25And I'm really just happy that, you know, as a mom, I could provide that for him.
16:29Did you want this?
16:40This is the media room.
16:43Also, another great big window moment.
16:46You see the consistency around the board.
16:48This is a custom couch that I had made.
16:50Green, in true Earth sign fashion, all the family gets in here together.
16:55We watch movies, and not just the regular movies.
16:58We watch VHSs.
17:00My sister, who is absolutely amazing, got a VHS that we could hook up to our TV, our modern
17:07TV, and watch all these old school movies.
17:09So, we've got The Glass House, The Predator.
17:12I mean, we've got Ghost.
17:14We've got Aladdin, Back to the Future, Blank Check.
17:18Baby!
17:18This is a deep cut.
17:21This right here, y'all don't know nothing about that.
17:23Y'all know nothing about that goose bumps.
17:25Y'all know nothing about that fox and a hound.
17:28We even got Thumbelina.
17:29Even when you look over here, we have all these old school classic horror books.
17:34I mean, my sister always loved, like, Christopher Pike.
17:37I mean, she's got all different types of stuff, but we love horror.
17:41So, this is her addition to our in-home collection, and it is so fierce.
17:45My sisters and I lead very different lives, but our core values are always the same.
17:49So, we love movie nights.
17:51We have so many blankets in these lower cabinets where we just pull pallets out on the floor,
17:56and we ride back there in Robbins, Illinois, when all we had was one room outside of our
18:01bedrooms and a let-out couch, and we would put on those VHS tapes, and we would get lost
18:07in cinema.
18:07The environment may have changed.
18:09We may have a lot more, but who we are at heart always remains when we curl up on these
18:14couches, and we sit back, and we watch some movie.
18:21All right, guys.
18:22Well, that was my house.
18:24I'm so glad that you came and checked it out.
18:26I really cleaned up real nice for you.
18:28So, hopefully, you enjoyed yourself.
18:29Now, you ain't got to go home, but you got to get the hell up out of here.
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