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Keke Palmer Shoots Her Shot With Whoopi Goldberg For A ‘Sister Act 3’ Role

<p>Keke Palmer is definitely familiar with that old saying&comma; &&num;8220&semi;closed mouths don&&num;8217&semi;t get fed&period;&&num;8221&semi; She recently seized the opportunity to ask for an acting role alongside Hollywood icon Whoopi Goldberg&period; She dropped by &&num;8216&semi;The View&&num;8217&semi; on Wednesday to discuss her new book series &&num;8216&semi;Southern Belle Insults&period;&&num;8217&semi; After a few related questions&comma; Keke turned her attention to Whoopi&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Now Whoopi&comma; I gotta shoot my shot&comma; like I did with Issa a little bit ago&comma;” <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CWI&lowbar;bN8FkPv&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;web&lowbar;copy&lowbar;link">Keke said<&sol;a>&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I heard that Tyler Perry is doing &&num;8216&semi;Sister Act 3&&num;8217&semi; and I just want you to know that I’m available for the job&period; Any job&period; I mean&comma; you ain’t got to say nothing now&comma; you know&comma; I’ll send you an email or something&period; Just let me know if you need me&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CWI&lowbar;bN8FkPv&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;embed&&num;038&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;loading" data-instgrm-version&equals;"14" style&equals;" background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; max-width&colon;658px&semi; min-width&colon;326px&semi; padding&colon;0&semi; width&colon;99&period;375&percnt;&semi; width&colon;-webkit-calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi; width&colon;calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi;"><div>&NewLine; <iframe class&equals;"custom-ig-embed" data-src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CWI&lowbar;bN8FkPv&sol;embed&sol;captioned" allowtransparency&equals;"true" allowfullscreen&equals;"true" frameborder&equals;"0" height&equals;"640px" scrolling&equals;"no" style&equals;"background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; border&colon;0&semi; border-radius&colon;3px&semi; box-shadow&colon;0 0 1px 0 rgba&lpar;0&comma;0&comma;0&comma;0&period;5&rpar;&comma;0 1px 10px 0 rgba&lpar;0&comma;0&comma;0&comma;0&period;15&rpar;&semi; margin&colon; 1px&semi; max-width&colon;540px&semi; min-width&colon;326px&semi; padding&colon;0&semi; width&colon;99&period;375&percnt;&semi; width&colon;-webkit-calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi; width&colon;calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi;"><&sol;iframe>&NewLine; <&sol;div><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h6><strong>Keke Aims At &&num;8216&semi;Insecure&&num;8217&semi; <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Playfully dubbed Keke &&num;8220&semi;Keep A Bag&&num;8221&semi; Palmer&comma; the longtime actress has been manifesting those acting gigs&period; Last year September&comma; Keke <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;keke-palmer-pitches-to-issa-rae-that-she-should-appear-on-the-upcoming-season-of-insecure&sol;">took aim at Issa<&sol;a> Rae&&num;8217&semi;s hit show &&num;8216&semi;Insecure&period;&&num;8217&semi; At the time&comma; she petitioned for her opportunity via Twitter&period; What started as funny tweets blossomed into a real-life debut on the HBO series&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;&commat;IssaRae there&&num;8217&semi;s been a mix up&period; I tweeted about my excitement for season 5 of Insecure and now everyone thinks I&&num;8217&semi;m gonna be on it&comma;&&num;8221&semi; she tweeted&period; &&num;8220&semi;We can&&num;8217&semi;t let them down&comma; put me in to beat Condola&&num;8217&semi;s a&ast;&ast; real quick&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Just like that&comma; fans saw Keke join the &&num;8216&semi;Insecure&&num;8217&semi; cast&period; She appeared on episode three of the final season titled &&num;8216&semi;Pressure&comma; Okay&excl;&quest;&period;&&num;8217&semi; Instead of giving Condola the heat&comma; Issa casted Keke as her sister Kira&period; She plays the overprotective family member who isn&&num;8217&semi;t feeling Condola&&num;8217&semi;s parenting half&comma; Lawrence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong>Whoopi Got Keke&&num;8217&semi;s Back<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Well&comma; it looks like <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;keke-palmer-trends-after-singing-the-national-anthem-during-game-one-of-the-world-series&sol;">Keke&&num;8217&semi;s most recent shot<&sol;a> went swish&excl; Immediately after her request&comma; Whoopi hit her with some good news&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I already brought it up&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Whoopi replied with a smile&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Keke beamed back at Whoopi and mouthed her name as the audience applauded&period; Then&comma; Whoopi sprinkled the icing on top saying &&num;8220&semi;Yeah&comma; no please c&&num;8217&semi;mon Kek&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In true Keke form&comma; she ended the commentary  by saying &&num;8220&semi;alright y&&num;8217&semi;all hashtag booked&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p data-pm-slice&equals;"1 1 &lbrack;&rsqb;">Want updates directly in your text inbox&quest; 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