Keke Palmer has opened up about postpartum and how motherhood has prepared her for the latest role.
Ahead of her upcoming project, The Burbsthe actress said People magazine about how she channeled her own motherhood journey into the role.
Palmer said, “I certainly have. I mean, I think postpartum is something that we think of as happening initially after a mother has a baby, but it’s a lifelong thing.”
“So I guess I go back to that early stage where I remember what it was like when my son Leodis was first born and just that protection and how it became something that made every bit of danger much scarier and much bigger,” she added.
The actress, who shares son Leodis with ex-boyfriend Darius Jackson, added: “And I think the reality for [my character] Samira is that the danger is real, but where the danger lies and how to deal with it is the part that becomes difficult, especially after becoming a new mother.”
“But I definitely associated it with just that protection,” she noted.
It’s pertinent to mention that Keke Palmer also recently revealed on Today that playing a mother on The Burbs “gave me so much more than I knew it would.”
“I think I should have expected it. After you have kids, it really expands your heart in a way that you can’t imagine until it happens. And so I definitely put that into the character of Samira,” she added.
