Keke Palmer is a true girl’s girl. The veteran actress moderated the Los Angeles stop of Tina Knowles‘ Matriarch book tour and saved the 71-year-old from a wardrobe malfunction.
Footage of the incident surfaced on TikTok. Before Palmer sat down with Mama Tina, she addressed the apparent elephant in the room. “They were acting like it was a whole murder show,” the 31-year-old quipped, complete with a full body reaction. “I thought it was serious. The teleprompter started typing, ‘We need something.’ The hell do y’all mean? They went in for no reason. Glad that’s over. They was gon’ give me a heart attack,” Palmer joked.
The audience erupted in laughter as the situation subsided. In her professional tone, once things died down, Palmer snapped into action. “Whew! Now, back to the book,” she declared before getting into a question about the memoir’s title.
Knowles shared that she named her book Matriarch because, “it’s about generations of matriarchs.” Jennifer Hudson was also a special guest during the L.A. stop of the book tour. She serenaded the newly-minted New York Times bestselling author with a cover of “The Impossible Dream.”
Beyoncé celebrated her mother’s feat during the second night of the Cowboy Carter tour and surprised her the evening of the book tour.
Per the official synopsis, “‘Matriarch’ begins with a precocious, if unruly, little girl growing up in 1950s Galveston, the youngest of seven. She is in love with her world, with extended family on every other porch and the sounds of Motown and the lapping beach always within earshot. But as the realities of race and the limitations of girlhood set in, she begins to dream of the world beyond. Her instincts and impulsive nature drive her far beyond the shores of Texas to discover the life awaiting her on the other side of childhood.”
It continues, “That life’s journey—through grief and tragedy, creative and romantic risks and turmoil, the nurturing of superstar offspring and of her own special gifts—is the remarkable story she shares with readers here. This is a page-turning chronicle of family love and heartbreak, of loss and perseverance, and of the kind of creativity, audacity, and will it takes for a girl from Galveston to change the world. It’s one brilliant woman’s intimate and revealing story, and a multigenerational family saga that carries within it the story of America—and the wisdom that women pass on to each other, mothers to daughters, across generations.”
Matriarch is available wherever books are sold.
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