Keke Palmer breaks his silence about them Sean Evans romance rumors.
Podcasts Jay Shetty asked Palmer, 32, if she was “serious” about Hot Ones host, 40, while appearing at Spotify’s Conversations That Channel Culture panel at Cannes Lions in France on Tuesday (June 23).
“Oh, we’re talking about this? First of all, I love Sean Evans. I love Sean. Hey, Sean! That’s my guy,” Palmer responded, according to Page six. “We hang out.”
Palmer played coy, telling the crowd that you “never know what could come up” between her and Evans. But right now, “they’re just taking it day by day.”
Palmer said: “One wing at a time, so to speak.”
Keke Palmer has been navigating her personal life in the public eye for more than a decade. “I’ve always had the same philosophy when it comes to dating. Not that I wouldn’t give someone a chance. But trying to keep my private life outside of my work life, for me, it’s easiest when you’re not dating (…)
Evans told Chicken Shop Date host Amelia Dimoldenberg in 2023 that he had a crush on Palmer, calling her “very charming.”
Palmer appeared on Hot Ones for the third time in 2025, and they addressed Evans’ viral moment. Palmer even initiated a kiss with Evans during the Internet show.
“There’s one more thing I want to say, Sean,” Palmer said at the time. “Because I saw an interview where you said I was your favorite guest, you know, and all this really sweet stuff. And I know we just had some wings, but I thought maybe we could just have a quick chat to see if there’s a spark.”
Keke Palmer and Sean Evans
Getty Images (2)Evans replied, “When I’m dying and my life flashes before my eyes, I want that snapshot.”
In the months that followed, Palmer and Evans began sparking romance rumors. Multiple outlets reported earlier this month that the duo were seen on a date in Brooklyn.
Ahead of their outing, Evans praised Palmer in a separate interview.
“Working with Keke Palmer is always like a one-plus-one-equals-three situation,” he said during an FYC event at Hollywood’s Avalon on June 11. “You know who I loved to interview was. Viola Davis. I really loved interviewing Viola Davis. Paul Rudd is another who immediately understood what we were doing and got me.”
Courtesy of Keke Palmer/Instagram Keke Palmer found love with Darius Jackson nearly two years before welcoming their first child — but their romance fizzled out in 2023. “You’ve been a blessing from above,” Jackson gushed of the Nope star via her Instagram in August 2021. “Never expected the summer of 2021 to turn out the way it did (…)
Palmer, meanwhile, recently revealed what she is looking for a romantic partner.
“I’m looking for faith first and foremost,” Palmer said on her June 16 “Baby, This Is Keke Palmer” podcast. “I’m looking for a godly man. Someone who truly loves God and the way they treat their friends, their family, the people they work with. They actually know Him embodied.”
She added: “I look for someone who knows where they want to go. They are clear on that path. They have absolute clarity about where they want to go and who they want to be.”
The password host dated fitness instructor Darius Jacksonwith whom she shares the 3-year-old son Leo.
