You've Been Saying Keke Palmer's Name Wrong This Entire Time

No, seriously.
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Yes it's true: It looks like the pronunciation is simple, but you haven't gotten it right, not even once. You've been saying it wrong...

...because it's LAUREN.

That's correct, Keke's not the future Grease: Live! star's real name. While we were Insta-stalking our fave Scream Queen (as one does), we noticed something we never paid attention to before. Her Insta name might be @kekepalmer, but her bio reveals her actual name is Lauren. HOW DID WE MISS THIS?

It turns out Keke's full name is Lauren Keyana Palmer, and "Keke" is a nickname. Keke — er Lauren — isn't the first star to use their nickname professionally: Miley Cyrus was born Destiny Hope Cyrus.

Ok, so we might be a little late to this, but still totally mind blowing right?!

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