Keke Palmer and Tyler James Williamshave been staples in Black Hollywood since they had been youngsters, starring in large productions together with “Akeelah and the Bee,” “True Jackson, VP,” and “All people Hates Chris.” With their roles of their respective exhibits, it is probably that the legendary performers earned a fairly penny. Nonetheless, in line with Palmer, she did not earn as a lot as Williams, as she recalled being shocked when he reportedly pulled out a Black Card on the younger age of 14.

Throughout a latest livestream with PlaqueBoyMax, Palmer, 32, spoke with the streamer about well-liked sitcoms from the early 2000s, together with “The Parkers,” which starred Mo’Nique.

After Max revealed that he was extra of a fan of the Chris Rock-inspired sitcom “All people Hates Chris,” which started airing in 2005, Palmer mirrored on a reminiscence she had with the then-14-year-old Tyler James Williams, who performed the titular character.

“All of us hanging out, kicking it, and we go someplace,” Palmer mentioned. “Tyler James, 14, he pull out a Black Card, and we was like, ‘What the h-ll is that?’ He is like, ‘It is a Black Card.'”

Persevering with, Palmer and Max referred to as the scenario “loopy” after contemplating how a lot cash a minor must be making to qualify for a Black Card. However then, Palmer implied that all of it made sense after realizing that Williams was allegedly making “$200,000 an episode” whereas filming “All people Hates Chris.”

Max tried to pry into Palmer’s funds a bit, assuming that if Williams was making $200,000 per episode, she should have been pulling in a pleasant coin from her Nickelodeon sitcom, which ran from 2008 to 2011. “It was means totally different for me,” she mentioned. “It was totally different. He was on community, however I used to be doing my factor.”

Williams, who additionally appeared in “Little Invoice” and “Sesame Avenue” as a baby actor, denied the stories about his “All people Hates Chris” wage throughout a earlier interview with Complicated, saying the determine was “not” true. “Cease believing something you see someone put in huge daring letters on the web. It is not appropriate. I do not even know the place it got here from,” he mentioned.

Williams went on, “I heard rumors of it years and years in the past. That is not how the leisure trade works. While you first are available in your first present, your quote is basically, actually low. Fortunately, it isn’t the place it was again within the day, however no, that is not true.”

Whereas Williams has had a storied profession within the leisure trade, later reserving roles in “Legal Minds” and “Abbott Elementary,” that does not imply his time in Hollywood has all the time been a stroll within the park.

Throughout a earlier interview, Williams bought candid about how his psychological well being suffered as a baby star after experiencing among the “weirdest sh-t on this planet.”

“The time this was occurring was the identical time the web was changing into extra ingrained within the trade,” he mentioned. “In order I am going by means of essentially the most awkward years of my life, everybody sees it.”

Williams defined that among the modifications he was going by means of as a rising younger man had been difficult. “I used to be looking for myself in entrance of all people. And all people had an opinion and was getting used to getting theirs out,” he mentioned.

In keeping with Williams, he nonetheless will get “triggered” when individuals communicate to him about his youthful roles. “Each time somebody comes as much as me, no matter what it’s they acknowledge me for, what that claims to me within the second is that I am seen. I’ve to be on, instantly, as a result of somebody’s watching,” he mentioned.