Actress/musician Keke Palmer provided some insight into why she’s taking legal action against Trey Songz after what she says was an unapproved video cameo.
While speaking with Larry King this week, Palmer revealed that she was merely attending a regular house party on New Year’s Eve when cameras started popping up. She added that she was drinking during the party and “wasn’t in the right mind” to appear in the “Pick Up The Phone” visual, which has now been taken down from YouTube.
“Well, it was a party. It was a regular party … It turned into a video … I wasn’t in the right mind,” Palmer said. “I had been drinking and eating and it wasn’t a professional environment. It was not a place where I’m like ‘I’m in the right mind to decide if this works with my brand.’ If I like the artist. I don’t know nothing about the artist that’s also in the song.”
Palmer explained that the producer, the assistant and Trey Songz all asked her to be in the video, but that she turned down each request.
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At one point, the actress says the R&B crooner used “sexual intimidation” to attempt to sway her decision.
“I feel as a female often I’m put in situations where sometimes males will use their masculinity, their sexuality to taunt you,” she said. “I hate to have to bring and say that. And make it known … People have gone through this all the time. In college, in high school. But these aren’t the things I’ve experienced.”
Palmer was first made aware of her cameo in the “Pick Up The Phone” video after a fan on Twitter shared a screen capture from the video. She then responded by blasting Songz on several of her social networking sites.
She referred to the unauthorized cameo as “preposterous” and recalled hiding in a closet in order to avoid appearing in the video.
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Songz has denied the accusations on social media.
