Keke Palmer didn’t miss her chance to bring up Claressa Shields’ beef with Remy Ma.
The drama kicked off last December when Remy, 44, and her estranged husband Papoose, 47, traded cheating accusations online, sharing alleged evidence—including a Christmas photo of Remy with another man and texts between Papoose and Shields, 29.
Shields denied the texts were real and challenged the “Conceited” rapper to a fight, later telling Jemele Hill on her Spolitics podcast she’d fight Remy for just $1.
During the recent Baby, This Is Keke Palmer podcast episode featuring Shields and Ryan Destiny, 30, who portrays her in the biopic The Fire Inside, Palmer jumped straight in.
“Now when are you knocking Remy Ma out?” Palmer asked, making everyone laugh. “Y’all know I had to bring that up, OK? Because the girls was tussling over the internet. I didn’t know if she was going to get knocked out, I was scared.”
“The internet is not a real place,” Shields responded diplomatically. “Listen, I woke up that morning just as shocked as everybody else, like, what the hell is going on? I wanna promote the movie.”
Both agreed the drama accidentally boosted the film’s publicity.
“They say all publicity is good publicity,” Shields admitted.
Palmer also asked about their inner fire that drives their careers.
“It’s such a loaded question,” Shields answered. “People see me as just super confident all the time and just always tacking on my goals and stuff like that but I’ve been able to do that inside the ring. Outside the ring is a whole another fight, you know, as far as—the brands, the endorsements, the sponsorships, the look.
“It’s kind of hard not to have enough fire in boxing when they got girls come they gonna whoop your ass and they gonna knock you out,” T-Rex added later. “I kept it very simple. I said as long as I win, they’re going to keep talking. I beat this girl, I beat that girl, I get this title—you know, I tell this girl, ‘I’mma knock her out,’ and then we fight. And I knock her ass out.”
Earlier this month, Shields wished Papoose a happy birthday, posting, “So grateful for your life, your laugh , your music, your guidance, your love! You are truly 1 of 1! I pray God bless you with many more years & even quicker hands cause today you getting all your bday punches.”
