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- Hey Vogue, it's me, Keke Palmer,
and welcome to the behind the scenes
of me getting ready for the 20 21 Met Gala.
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- [Keke] So it's about an hour away till show time.
Right now I'm getting ready,
and I'm getting my nails, you know,
gel's getting dried right now.
Ooh, almost got a little bit of fur from my blanket on it.
You know, I gotta always be cozy.
Have Trina, who's doing my nails.
We're kind of going for like a 70s-esque fashion.
You know, obviously the theme is American independence,
and no one better came to mind
other than the boss herself, Diana Ross.
I love Diana, you know, she calls herself the boss,
I call myself big boss.
So I thought, "Okay,
that would be a great person
to kind of like, you know, pull from."
Miles is giving us a modern take on Diana Ross
70s fashion vibe, that big hair blown out.
And then Deena's given me some very dramatic eyes.
We might even go like a little thin with the brows,
it's definitely gonna be fabulous.
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So the dress I chose tonight was designed by Sergio Hudson,
and I chose it alongside my stylist, Seth.
You know, obviously Sergio Hudson's known
for just beautiful colors, glam, you know what I mean?
He does that so well, just that really iconic,
like iconic, kind of like diva-gown look.
So we started looking, and we found a couple of dresses
that we were really into.
We thought we we're gonna choose, you know,
one specific one, but of course Anna came in,
and she was like, "You know, look,
if it's down to these two,
this is the one that I'm thinking."
And of course, you know,
you got to hear what the queen is talking about.
And you know, we chose the one
that we feel like it's just gonna be
perfect for the look tonight.
A lot of times you think about just the dress,
or the outfit that the person's gonna wear,
but everything tied together, from the nails to the makeup,
to the hair, all really make the look.
And that's why I'm really excited
about the choice that I did.
And I didn't even mention
the incredible jewelry that we have.
I mean, the jewelry is so incredible
that had to sign my life away in order to even have it.
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So that just lets you know
how big of a deal that it actually is.
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I cannot tell you how many times
that I wanted to literally find Drake,
and just strangle him, because now everybody thinks that,
you know, like, "Keke, do you love me,
Keke, do you love me?"
I'm like, "No, I don't."
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Currently filming a movie right now,
on top of getting prepared for this,
which is, again, usual Keke fashion.
I, for whatever reason, love to do a million things at once.
There's a lot of great things going on,
and you just want to try your best
to be able to really embrace it in this moment, you know.
Because the moment is now, you know,
and then time goes, and you look back on it,
and you're like, "Man, I hope I really enjoyed that."
So I'm really just trying my best to enjoy
all these different things that are happening.
I'm very grateful.
Currently I'm filming, "Nope,"
which is the new Jordan Peele movie
that's getting ready to come out 2022.
It's so insane, and yet I can't tell anybody about it
because that's how Jordan is, which makes it really cool,
but also really stressful, because I'm like,
"I don't want to say the wrong thing,"
but all I do know is that everybody's gonna love it.
And working with Jordan has been
one of the most incredible experiences of my life.
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Yes, I won an Emmy last night, I can't even believe it.
Primetime, darling, in case you were wondering.
It's from a character that I actually created
on my Instagram, a sketch character,
that we turned into a Facebook Watch series.
And I think it really just, hopefully,
it lets people know that it doesn't matter
how much money you have,
or what platform you're doing something on.
Even if it's not, you know, oh, NBC,
or in the movie theaters, it can still make an impact,
it can still be something that's special.
And it encourages me to continue to do my own stuff,
you know, and not worry about who's interested,
who's not interested,
but just to create from a genuine place.
And, you know, it's a nice acknowledgement,
very, very appreciative of it.
We are- I know it might be hard to believe,
but almost done with glam.
And then you guys are gonna be able to see me
get on this dress.
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Here it is, America, a lexicon of fashion.
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- [Keke] I think, you know, it was important to me
for my first Met Gala, that yes,
I wear something that's, you know, gonna be eye-catching,
but also something that's timeless.
So when I look back on it 20 years from now,
I'm gonna say, "That could be worn today,
and still be just as fabulous."
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- [Keke] It's about 10 minutes before we get
to the actual carpet.
And I'm very excited, you know,
I'm gonna be doing my pictures first.
So getting all that out the way, you know,
and then I can just kind of really engage
with all the different guests that are coming through.
I'm very excited.
I just know it's gonna be fun,
because I'm genuinely an excitable and curious person.
So I'm just gonna be- you know,
obviously I have things prepared,
but I'm also going to be very in the moment,
of just, you know, really being gagged
by all these different looks.
I can't imagine what people are going to be expressing,
you know, their idea of America's lexicon of fashion.
So it's gonna be just really, really cool.
And my dress is very comfortable,
which is not always when you're trying to make
a fashionable statement,
but luckily I'm comfortable and sparkling.
I mean, I feel like a statue.
And the coolest part, I mean, there's a lot of cool things,
but it's also very cool that this was the finale dress
at Sergio Hudson's latest show within his newest collection.
So, you know,
definitely giving you a gag of an exclusive.
I'm so excited, and I'm so happy that you guys
were hanging out with me,
and I hope that you enjoy the stream,
the live stream, as much as I'm going to have fun doing it.
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