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Keke Palmer Accuses Trey Songz of “Sexual Intimidation” for Unauthorized Clip of Her In Music Video [VIDEOS]

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You may have witnessed a back and forth between Keke Palmer and Trey Songz on social media over the weekend, but were a little confused as to what the actual issue was. We got you covered!

On Friday, Trey released the visual to his MIKExANGEL-assisted song, “Pick Up the Phone.”  The video featured clips from what appeared to be a house party at Trey’s, and one brief scene showed Keke Palmer sitting down and texting on her cell phone. It was a very quick clip and Keke wasn’t doing anything that would put her in a compromising position, but apparently it was not approved by the actress/singer – and she is NOT happy.

“This is preposterous,” she wrote in an Instagram post. “How am I in this video Trey? After you found me in a closet HIDING because I was so afraid of anymore conflict. Literally, my last option was to hide because you all would not listen when I said I did not want to be in the video the FIRST time.”

She continued:

“Just cause you give someone food and alcohol and throw in a little sexual intimidation doesn’t mean they will buckle. Yet, you still disrespected me as a young women, whom you’ve known since she was TWELVE. YOU STILL, defied my wishes and in turn showed your lack of respect for a brand that took me fourteen years to build and put me in the video against my wishes.”

After a series of videos and posts of Keke addressing the issue further, Trey finally responded via Twitter, upset that she never reached out on the phone. Check out the full back and forth below.

This is preposterous. How am I in this video Trey? After you found me in a closet HIDING because I was so afraid of anymore conflict. Literally my last option was to hide because you all would not listen when I said I did not want to be in the video the FIRST time. Just cause you give someone food and alcohol and throw in a little sexual intimidation doesn’t mean they will buckle. Yet, you still disrespected me as a young women, whom you’ve known since she was TWELVE. YOU STILL, defied my wishes and in turn showed your lack of respect for a brand that took me fourteen years to build and put me in the video against my wishes. Come on bruh, I clearly said no and you said okay, yet I was being secretly filmed when you told me “let me just show you the idea”?? Wow. This is what I’m referring to in my previous post, this is the sexism and misogyny I refer to because if I was a dude, he wouldn’t have even tried me like this. Let this be a lesson to all, I’m not for the bullshit. I’m serious about my business and you will not use my likeness without MY permission. When you in front of a boss you treat them like one, like I treat YOU. NO MEANS NO!!!!!!! People have to listen to women and stop questioning them and their intelligence. Speak up, cause when you look someone in the face and they say “I understand. You don’t have to feel pressured to do the video” and they STILL put you in it, it is a violation. It would be great to be able to handle these things privately but why when they aren’t respected?

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