Keke Palmer Shares Excitement to 'Relive' Her Childhood and Bring Son Leodis, 2, to See a “Shrek” Movie in Theaters

Keke Palmer is excited to stock nan world of Shrek pinch her son.

During an quality connected The Jennifer Hudson Show, nan One of Them Days actress, 31, shared her excitement for nan upcoming Shrek 5 film. Palmer, who is simply a mother to 2-year-old Leodis, said to big Jennifer Hudson and chap impermanent Eddie Murphy that she "cannot hold to relive this infinitesimal pinch my son."

"I grew up watching Shrek movies, and now I get to return him to a Shrek movie," she explained.

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Palmer welcomed her boy pinch ex-boyfriend Darius Jackson successful February 2023. A fewer months aft welcoming her son, nan Nope star told PEOPLE that life is “always a juggling act” arsenic she navigates motherhood and her demanding profession arsenic an actress, musician and business owner.

“I do consciousness for illustration being 30, it's put maine successful a different caput abstraction that's allowed maine to benignant of consciousness much observational astir my life,” she said. “I'm not truthful successful nan weeds of everything. I'm really trusting and having religion that everything will activity retired arsenic it should. I deliberation so overmuch of that peace has travel from my son.”

The proud mom is relishing successful everything that comes pinch motherhood. She told PEOPLE successful 2024 that she's "just having nosy watching him grow.”

“I'm very grateful to beryllium capable to person this experience,” she said. "I deliberation it's thing that I've ever wanted successful my life. And moreover though it has its ... I don't wanna moreover opportunity ups and downs, but it has its challenges conscionable because you wanna make judge that you ever show up for nan baby.”

“It pushes you, successful a way, to beryllium an moreover much precise type of yourself,” she continued. “And, I deliberation that that's nan process.”

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On Thursday, Jan. 16, Palmer shared on Late Night pinch Seth Meyers that her boy whitethorn beryllium starting to return an liking successful singing. Palmer was each smiles, arsenic she called his singing "the cutest point successful nan world."

When Meyers asked her if it's excessively early to cognize if Leodis is simply a bully singer, Palmer quickly responded that her boy has an "absolutely cleanable pitch."

The Password game show host also added that she hopes her boy mightiness want to prosecute an intermezo profession 1 day. She said that successful a cleanable world, successful 30 years, Leo would prime up her mantle arsenic nan caller big of nan crippled show.

"I conscionable emotion that thought of nan family business," she said. "But, if he grows up and says he wants to play baseball, I sewage to fto it happen."