Jenifer Lewis Is Surviving & Telling It All
6/23/20261 hr 17 min
Jenifer Lewis is bringing big energy, big laughs, and wild stories only she can tell. Keke sits down with the Mother of Black Hollywood to talk about her near-fatal Serengeti fall, the recovery that brought back her high kick, surviving addiction, living with bipolar disorder, memories of Whitney Houston, four engagements, activism, and collaborating with Keke on the Audible series, “The Weddings of Lady Miss Jacqueline.” It’s comedy, truth, resilience, and survival, Jenifer Lewis style.
Content warning: This episode includes discussion of sexual abuse, addiction, mental health, trauma, and recovery. Please take care while watching.
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First 90 secondsKeke Palmer· Host0:00
Before we get into anything, we have to be clear about who is sitting in this chair. Jenifer Lewis has appeared in over 250 television episodes and more than 60 films. Broadway, Disney, voiceover royalty, two best-selling memoirs, decades of activism. She's played everybody's mama, everybody's auntie, everybody's matriarch, and somehow still managed to be the loudest and most honest person in the room. They call her the Mother of Black Hollywood, and that's not a title you win. That's a title you earn. Baby, this is Keke Palmer. [upbeat music] No matter what we doing, in the car just chilling. Pop on Amazon Music, sit back and listen. Ay. Life, love, sex, science, covering it all. Especially the latter 'cause money always involved. Mm-hmm. No matter what it is, we gonna make it make sense. Nothing else to do but kick it with the homies and kin. [laughs] So grab you a drink and a snack you enjoy, and get into the vibe that only we can bring. You know it's your girl. Baby, this is, this is Keke. Baby, this is Keke Palmer. Yeah. Guys, I'm so excited. She needs no introduction. I love her. I admire her. I wanna be her. Who doesn't? It is the Jenifer Lewis. [upbeat music] My girl.
Jenifer Lewis· Guest1:19
Keke, child, you are a little mini-me.
Keke Palmer· Host1:21
Yes.
Jenifer Lewis· Guest1:21
Everybody knows Keke is a little mini-me.
Keke Palmer· Host1:24
Oh my gosh. You remember when we did Madea Family Reunion together?
Jenifer Lewis· Guest1:27
Oh my God.
Keke Palmer· Host1:28
Oh.
Jenifer Lewis· Guest1:28
Madea Family Reunion.