Keke Palmer faced her own horror experience while filming “Scream Queens.” The 31-year-old actress reveals in her upcoming memoir, “Master of Me: The Secret to Controlling Your Narrative,” that a white co-star, whom she refers to as “Brenda,” made a racist remark on the set of the Fox dark comedy series, which aired from 2015 to 2016.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the offensive comment was made after “Brenda” had a conflict with another co-star. Palmer attempted to diffuse the situation by suggesting that everyone “have fun and respect each other.” In response, “Brenda” told Palmer, “Keke, literally, just don’t. Who do you think you are? Martin f—ing Luther King?”

Palmer told the LA Times she chose not to reveal her co-star’s identity to ensure the story wouldn’t focus on “Brenda.” “It was such a weighted thing that she said, but I didn’t allow that weight to be projected on me, because I know who I am,” the “Nope” star told the publication. “I’m not no victim. That’s not my storyline, sweetie,” she added. “I don’t care what her ass said. If I allow what she said to cripple me, then she would.”

Palmer starred in “Scream Queens” alongside Emma Roberts, Lea Michele, Billie Lourd, Abigail Breslin, Skyler Samuels, and Jamie Lee Curtis. Following her interview, fans speculated on social media about which co-star made the alleged remark. One X user suggested it was Michele, 38, and pointed out that Palmer follows Roberts, Breslin, and Lourd, but not Michele, on Instagram.

In her book, Palmer also claimed that “Scream Queens” creator Ryan Murphy once “ripped” into her and accused her of being unprofessional during a phone call about her filming schedule. “It was kind of like I was in the dean’s office,” she said in her memoir. “He was like, ‘I’ve never seen you behave like this. I can’t believe that you, out of all people, would do something like this.’”

Palmer recalled apologizing to Murphy, 59, and assuming the issue was resolved—until a few days later when she spoke to a co-star in her trailer. “I said, ‘Ryan talked to me and I guess he’s cool, it’s fine,’ and she was like, ‘It’s bad,’ trying to make me scared or something, which was a little irritating,” Palmer shared.

Before the incident, Palmer thought she’d become a mainstay in Murphy’s projects like Roberts, 33, and Sarah Paulson. However, she believed that possibility was ruined due to their conflict. “I’m still not sure Ryan cared, or got it, and that’s okay because he was just centering his business, which isn’t a problem to me,” she wrote in her book. “But what I do know is even if he didn’t care, and even if I never work with him again, he knows that I, too, see myself as a business.”

The Post has reached out to Murphy’s representative for comment. Palmer’s memoir is set to release on November 19.

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