“I Got A Toyota Right Now In My Driveway”: Keke Palmer Got Honest About Living Below Her Means As She Recalled Filing For Bankruptcy When She Was Just 18

She went on to appear in several films throughout her childhood, including Akeelah and the Bee, Madea’s Family Reunion, and the Disney Channel original movie Jump In!
Keke later starred in the Nickelodeon series True Jackson, VP, which aired between 2008 and 2011.
While Keke noted that she “took great pride” in providing financial stability for her family, she admitted that the huge responsibility caused her “a lot of pain.” She explained, “I essentially had to abandon my childhood feelings and desires, becoming like a parentalized child… I am grateful but often feel like…I missed ‘IT.’”
“I was so spooked. I was like, ‘What went wrong?’” she said, per AfroTech.
“If I got $10,000 in the bank, then my house would be $500 a month… I mean, because I can probably afford something $2,500 maybe, but I’m going way under,” she said. “You know why? Because I wanna invest in my business.”
“So if I wanna invest in my business, then the material things that I’m having currently might have to take a short back. Instead of wearing Gucci, I’m wearing Zara. I live in a good place. I drive a cool car, ’cause my money is going elsewhere… I got a Toyota right now in my driveway,” she added.