Keke Palmer Wins Entertainer of the Year at NAACP Image Awards 2025 - Watch Her Speech!
Keke Palmer is a winner!
The 31-year-old One of Them Days actress won the Entertainer of the Year award at the 2025 NAACP Image Awards on Saturday (February 22) in Pasadena, Calif.
“It’s so important that we come here together and celebrate one another,” she said during her acceptance speech.
“Nobody has uplifted me more than you, all the people in this room.”
She also hilariously said she didn’t think she was going to win because of Cynthia Erivo, pointing at her and singing “Defying Gravity”!
Keep reading to find out more…
She also recalled advice from Aunjanue Ellis: “You always have to ask to see that nobody’s table; just make your own table with your folks.”
The annual ceremony, presented by the NAACP, honors representation and achievement of people of color in movies, television, music, and literature in the past year, and aired on BET and CBS.
The 31-year-old One of Them Days actress won the Entertainer of the Year award at the 2025 NAACP Image Awards on Saturday (February 22) in Pasadena, Calif.
“It’s so important that we come here together and celebrate one another,” she said during her acceptance speech.
“Nobody has uplifted me more than you, all the people in this room.”
She also hilariously said she didn’t think she was going to win because of Cynthia Erivo, pointing at her and singing “Defying Gravity”!
Keep reading to find out more…
She also recalled advice from Aunjanue Ellis: “You always have to ask to see that nobody’s table; just make your own table with your folks.”
The annual ceremony, presented by the NAACP, honors representation and achievement of people of color in movies, television, music, and literature in the past year, and aired on BET and CBS.
- 2/23/2025
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
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