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Keke Palmer<\/a>\u00a0is opening up about identifying the culprit behind a bad relationship and getting a “rude awakening” after venturing out on her own.<\/span><\/p>\n In the latest episode of her <\/span>Baby, This Is Keke Palmer<\/em><\/a> podcast, the 30-year-old actress spoke about a myriad of subjects with guest, Dr. Drew Pinsky, including misogyny. She used her mom, Sharon, and dad, Larry, as prime examples of how she thought every couple should operate.<\/span><\/p>\n “So misogyny came at me hard and quick, with the quickness. I grew up in a house where my mom would say, ‘This is what it needs to be.’ And Larry would be like, ‘Okay, Sharon. Go on ahead, Sharon,'” Palmer shared with her mother as a guest on her podcast. “So, for me, when I entered outside of my household and I saw that everybody doesn’t really respect their wives or even women in the way that my dad respects my mom, it was a pretty rude awakening.”<\/span><\/p>\n Palmer’s tumultuous relationship with her ex-boyfriend,\u00a0Darius Jackson, has been well documented by now. Earlier this month, she was <\/span>granted<\/a> temporary sole custody of her 8-month-old son, Leo, and a temporary restraining order against Jackson, following <\/span>a series of alleged incidents of domestic violence<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n On the heels of a nasty breakup, Palmer then wondered out loud, “Am I the bad one” in a relationship?<\/span><\/p>\n “We’re all in different dynamics with friends, family, lovers, and you find yourself saying, ‘Well, damn it. Am I playing a game on myself, and I’m actually the person that’s doing wrong?'” she asked rhetorically. “How does someone know if they’re — and look, it takes two to tango, right? — but how does someone know when they did the wrong thing and they’re really the issue? How do you know when you’re the issue?”<\/span><\/p>\n Pinksy provided her with some solace.<\/span><\/p>\n “Keke, the person who is re-evaluating themselves, trying to do what’s right, contemplating they could be doing what’s wrong, that is rarely the person who’s doing wrong,” he said.<\/span><\/p>\n Amid an ongoing legal battle with her ex stemming from alleged violent and verbal encounters, Palmer says she’s choosing happiness over anything else.<\/span><\/p>\n “And at that point, it was just like, I choose happiness and I choose joy, and I don’t choose to go back there,” she says. “And like you said, as time goes on, I’m like, I’m good. Whatever that was, I’m good.”<\/span><\/p>\n The latest episode of her podcast — dubbed “How to deal with abusive relationships, boundaries and narcissism with Dr. Drew Pinsky” — dropped on the same day she released the music video to her revenge-themed track “<\/span>Serious<\/a>,” in which she celebrates self-worth.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n RELATED CONTENT:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n