Keke Palmer called attention to the darker side of celebrity culture over the weekend, after an inappropriate chance encounter with a fan prompted her to speak out about consent and boundaries in a candid thread on Twitter.
The actor said she was recently recorded "against [her] will" by a stranger who'd initially solicited her for photos during an evening out at a bar several days earlier.
According to Keke, she "nicely" declined the fan's repeated requests for a picture together, but they "proceeded to film" her anyway.
"No means no, even when it doesn't pertain to sex," she wrote, opening the first of two tweets shared Saturday where Keke recounted the unfortunate experience.
No means no, even when it doesn’t pertain to sex. I was at the bar the other day and this girl asked me three times for a picture and I told her three times nicely that I did not want take one with her. She still preceded to film me against my will..
"I was at the bar the other day, and this girl asked me three times for a picture," Keke explained. "And I told her three times nicely that I did not want to take one with her."
"She still proceeded to film me against my will..."
Keke went on to note that the fan's behavior left her in a difficult position, as she felt it "would've been wrong" to react emotionally despite the intrusion.
"If I went off on her, I would've been wrong," she said. "So I just nervously laughed while my privacy was invaded upon."
If I went off on her I would’ve been wrong, so I just nervously laughed while my privacy was invaded upon.