Scream Queens’ Skyler Samuels Praises Costar Keke Palmer For Standing As much as ‘Bullies on Set’

On Thursday, Samuels — who performed Grace Gardner on the Fox sequence co-created by Ryan Murphy — posted a press release on Instagram, through which she praised Palmer over her current feedback in regards to the present, and likewise claimed her costar “stood up” for her regardless of the alleged “bullies on set.”

“I’m extremely pleased with Keke for talking out about her experiences on Scream Queens. That’s what Keke does, she speaks up and stands up, for herself and others,” Samuels, 30, started in her assertion. “Scream Queens was a really difficult present for me. Keke was one of many solely individuals who stood up for me.”

“She was courageous sufficient to have my again although she knew it’d make her a goal of bullies on set,” she added. “I’ve endless gratitude for the professionalism and kindness Keke confirmed me. She is a number one woman on this trade, who’s properly conscious of her affect, and he or she makes use of it for the higher.”

Along with a photograph of her assertion, Samuels additionally shared a candy throwback photograph of herself and Palmer, 31, tagging her within the shot.

“She’s a real queen @keke 👑💗,” she captioned her put up.

Palmer reacted to Samuels’ message in a touch upon her put up, writing, “I like you honey ❤️.” She additionally re-shared her costar’s put up on her Instagram Tales, including a coronary heart emoji.

Scream Queens — which ran on Fox for 2 seasons from 2015 to 2016 — additionally starred Emma Roberts, Lea Michele, Abigail Breslin, Billie Lourd, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Glen Powell.

Samuels’ feedback come only a few days after Palmer opened up about her time engaged on the comedy horror sequence, through which she starred as Zayday Williams.

Whereas selling her upcoming memoir, Grasp of Me: The Secret to Controlling Your Narrative in an interview with the Los Angeles Occasions, the actress mentioned a narrative she recollects in her guide, through which she claims that Murphy “ripped” into her throughout a cellphone name after she missed a day of labor because of a last-minute schedule change.

Based on Palmer, the incident occurred after she was given her filming schedule, and made plans to satisfy one other enterprise obligation on a day she was set to have off. Nonetheless, she mentioned that when that day got here, manufacturing instructed her she was required to be on set, however she saved her prior dedication, which allegedly upset Murphy.

Palmer mentioned Murphy referred to as her and “ripped” into her, telling her she was being unprofessional.

“It was type of like I used to be within the dean’s workplace,” she instructed the Los Angeles Occasions. “He was like, “I’ve by no means seen you behave like this. I am unable to consider that you just, out of all individuals, would do one thing like this.'”

Palmer mentioned she apologized to Murphy, and believed that they had labored issues out — that was, till one in every of her costar allegedly shared that they did not assume that was true.

“I mentioned, ‘Ryan talked to me and I suppose he is cool, it is fantastic,'” she recalled one her feminine costars telling her in her trailer. “And she or he was like, ‘It is unhealthy,‘ making an attempt to make me scared or one thing, which was a bit irritating.”

Whereas Palmer believed, per the Los Angeles Occasions, that she would change into one in every of Murphy’s main girls that “you retain seeing in Ryan’s world,” reminiscent of her Scream Queens costar Emma Roberts, however she mentioned that risk was squashed following the alleged incident.

“I am nonetheless undecided Ryan cared, or bought it, and that is okay as a result of he was simply centering his enterprise, which isn’t an issue to me,” she writes in her guide, per the outlet. “However what I do know is even when he did not care, and even when I by no means work with him once more, he is aware of that I, too, see myself as a enterprise.”

Murphy has not addressed Palmer’s feedback.

Elsewhere in her guide, Palmer claimed one other disagreeable interplay occurred throughout her time on the short-lived sequence.

Based on the LA Occasions, she mentioned {that a} white feminine costar as soon as made a racist remark to her on set. Palmer didn’t reveal the actress’ title, and referred to the girl as “Brenda” — saying “Brenda” bought right into a disagreement with somebody on set, to which Palmer wrote that she tried to calm Brenda down, telling her that they need to all “have enjoyable and respect one another.”

“Keke, actually, simply do not. Who do you assume you’re? Martin F—king Luther King?” Palmer mentioned “Brenda” instructed her.

As for why she determined to not title the actress who allegedly made the comment, Palmer mentioned she did not need her unnamed costar’s alleged remark to carry any energy, and did not need the story to be about her colleague, per the LA Occasions.

“It was such a weighted factor that she mentioned, however I did not permit that weight to be projected on me, as a result of I do know who I’m,” Palmer mentioned. “I am not no sufferer. That is not my storyline, sweetie. I do not care what her a– mentioned. If I permit what she mentioned to cripple me, then she would.”