Keke Palmer Explains Why Jonathan Majors’ Interview By no means Aired

Many imagine actor Johnathan Majors didn’t deserve a second probability. 

In December 2023, Majors was discovered responsible of not solely harassing his ex-girlfriend however assaulting her. The incident, which occurred in March of that 12 months, claimed that the budding actor had not solely strangled his ex however broke her finger. 

So in April of this 12 months, Majors began making the rounds to advertise Journal Desires, and America didn’t wish to hear it. He was alleged to do an episode of Palmer’s podcast Child, This Is Keke Palmer, however the interview was in the end pulled.

And Palmer by no means defined why (I imply we will all type of guess what occurred) till Monday. 

“After I’m doing my internet hosting, I’m right here to be unbiased. All people that sits in your chair, you don’t agree with the whole lot they did, you don’t love the whole lot, however you gotta have the dialog,” Palmer stated on The Breakfast Membership. 

“It’s a must to set the stage for them to talk and for individuals to observe and take what they wanna take from it, in order that’s why I used to be open and excited to do the interview.”

The Certainly one of Them Days star added: “In the end, with my companions, it was simply determined — they noticed the response that folks felt it was insensitive, that possibly we shouldn’t put it out.”

“It’s at all times there, if individuals wished to see it,” she continued. “However I at all times wanna be respectful and perceive the place everyone’s coming from. In the event that they’re not going to really feel like they’re going to obtain something good from the interview, then okay, cool.”

Palmer additionally famous that she sat down with Majors––who was discovered responsible of two misdemeanor counts of reckless assault and harassment and given probabtion––to have a dialog.

“I imply, individuals sit down with serial killers,” she stated. “I’m not evaluating him to a serial killer, however on the finish of the day, I felt like, as a journalist, I’m supposed to speak and we’re supposed to listen to and let the general public determine how they wish to really feel. However that didn’t get an opportunity to occur.”

Palmer says that “possibly someday we get an opportunity” to launch the interview and needs Majors and his spouse, Meagan Good, “all one of the best,” including, “I actually wanna say that as a result of I don’t choose no person ’trigger I don’t wish to be judged. So on the finish of the day, I’m completely satisfied for Meagan. I’m completely satisfied for them.”