KeKe Palmer Defends Featuring Karrueche Tran on Show to Rihanna Fans

By Christine Thomasos, Christian Post Reporter Tuesday, July 15, 2014

KeKe Palmer is defending her decision to feature Chris Brown's girlfriend Karreuche Tran on her new talk show, "Just KeKe."

Palmer, the youngest talk show host in history at 20-years-old, featured 26-year-old model Tran on her show where she spoke about overcome Brown's famous relationship with fellow singer Rihanna. The model was previously involved in a love triangle with Brown,25, and his ex-girlfriend Rihanna,26, after he broke things off with Tran last year to publicly patch things up with the Barbadian pop star.

After breaking things off with Rihanna for good last year, Brown began receiving public support from Tran who is ready to speak publicly about the emotional toll the ordeal took on her. While some of Rihanna's fan's seemed upset that Palmer featured a segment where Tran spoke about getting over Brown's on-and-off again relationship, the talk show host defended her decision.

"So lets talk about this … So Rihanna fans feel a way about my interview with Karrueche. I have enough respect for Rihanna to address the topic..,"Palmer wrote on Instagram Monday.

The talk show host revealed that featuring Tran on her show was a way to show loyalty to her community who wanted to know her story.

"No one has ever heard her speak about anything pertaining to her relationship until … #JustKeKe … People make ideas of what my intentions are and I will willingly tell you …," Palmer wrote on Instagram. "..People want to hear what Karrueche has to say … The ones that love/hate Rihanna, the ones that love /hate Karrueche. My loyalty is to the community."

Palmer's comments come after Tran revealed what she went through as Brown's on-and-off again girlfriend who dealt with public relationship struggles.

"It's the case of the ex. We all go through it…," Tran said on "Just KeKe." "In this case my boyfriend is a celebrity who's ex-girlfriend is an even bigger (celebrity.). So not only am I fighting a battle with her, I'm fighting a battle with 14 million fans or however else."