'I'm definitely more selective': Keke Palmer opens up on how she manages her career and motherhood

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Keke Palmer views her life from a different perspective ever since she became a mother. While speaking to People, the 'True Jackson, VP' star admitted that life is “always a juggling act” these days as she has to manage motherhood and her demanding career as an actress, musician and business owner.

“I do feel like being 30, it's put me in a different head space that's allowed me to kind of feel more observational about my life,” the actress, who shares 13-month-old son Leo with ex-boyfriend Darius Jackson, told the outlet. 

Keke Palmer said so much of 'peace has come from my son'

“I'm not so in the weeds of everything. I'm really trusting and having faith that everything will work out as it should. I think so much of that peace has come from my son", the 30-year-old said. Palmer is currently on location filming 'The Pickup in Atlanta', and says that when Leo is with her on set, “People will be like, ‘Oh my gosh, he’s the cutest baby in the world.’ I’m like, ‘I know.'”

Keke Palmer says she is 'more selective with projects' these days 

The television host noted that she is not willing to accept any project as of now even though Leo “does come with me everywhere." “[I’m] definitely more selective with projects,” Palmer said, adding “Looking for stuff that allows me to be with him either at home, or it’s somewhere I can go and have a room or a trailer.”

“I also want to respect his individuality and his freedom and space. It's not just like you come to mommy's world, only mommy's world,” she continued. 

“You have to always think about that, with kids. While we want to take them everywhere and we want them to be our world, they are their own little people, so you have to also give them their own sense of structure. Because as an adult, I'm kind of here, there and everywhere. I really try to keep that in mind,” Palmer further noted.

Keke Palmer is also raising her sister's children alongside her son

Palmer is also raising her son alongside her sister’s children, aged between five and nine as the sisters live together. “He's kind of growing up with his cousins like they're his siblings, which we really love, and it's like what we always dreamed about as kids,” she said.

Palmer and her sister took all their children to Disney World and Universal for Leo's first birthday last month “and it was a lot," she admits, but it was also “the best frickin’ thing ever.”

Keke Palmer is elated to be able to travel the world along with her son

The 'Assets' singer said that one of the best parts of her career is being able to travel all around the world with her son. She recently got the opportunity to bring Leo to London to film a commercial in partnership with Cash App to announce their new Visa debit card, the Glitter Card.

“It was just so amazing to be able to show him the world and for me to be able to do that with him," she said of the experience. Leo was “right there” while she filmed the commercial, which sees her body overcome with glitter after she uses the Glitter Cash App Card, she said, which made it all the sweeter. “It was just awesome.”