Keke Palmer has a pretty unpopular opinion of our favorite TV mom Claire Huxtable that caused waves on Twitter.
The new mom, 29, recently appeared on “The Terrell Show” where she played a game called “I Know You F—king Lying”.
During the game Keke was asked a series of questions that would give fans more insight about things we typically wouldn’t know about her.
She was asked: What is something you hate that everyone loves?
After some time she said “Clair Huxtable, she was uppity, she was uppity, y’all. Bottom line! Bottom line”.
According to Atlanta Black Star Keke did her best snooty impersonation of the fictional mother of five, she said, “‘Oh, really. Oh.’ I just said, ‘Girl, stop!’ “
Palmer doubled down on her stance, further explaining, “Y’all know that Clair was way too — come on! … She was just so, ‘I’m Claire Huxtable. Oh, Cliff.’ Girl, say what you saying! She got on my nerves some time. ‘Cause I’m like ‘Clair, keep it real, sistah girl.’ Seriously, Clair was too much.”
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Clair was famously portrayed by actress Phylicia Rashad on “The Cosby Show” for its eight-season run from 1984-1992 on NBC. Her on-screen husband, Heathcliff Huxtable, was played by show creator Bill Cosby. The series long has been championed for disrupting stereotypes of the Black family.
The family’s matriarch was an accomplished lawyer, Cliff was a doctor, and they were raising their five children in a Brooklyn brownstone. On top of the two being present Black parents, fans especially loved that Clair was an educated and sophisticated woman. Reactions to Palmer’s sentiments about the character included:
“Nah, fam. Respectfully disagree. Clair kept them kids in check and never minced words. She was a strong, smart Black woman character that challenged stereotypes. She gets a pass from me.”
“You can tell a 90’s baby, because um no mam. I love you, KeKe, but no Claire Huxtable slander will be tolerated. Classy, YES. Uppity, NO.”
“Nah I don’t agree. Sitcom moms like Claire, Aunt Viv, and Bow were much like the women who raised me so I’m happy for that representation.”
“She was just proper y’all are use to y’all parents cussing y’all out.”
In 2020, Rashad told “The Breakfast Club” that she has often reminded fans that her portrayal of the fictional mother is just that, a work of someone’s imagination.
“People say, ‘Oh, oh! You’re just the perfect mother!’ and I look at them and smile and say, ‘Thank you.’ But you know it’s easy when you’re scripted and the children are scripted too. In real life, there are no scripts, and there’s no handbook,” she explained.
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