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Baby, this is Keke Palmer

Demi Lovato on Healing, Marriage, & Life After Child Stardom

Baby, this is Keke Palmer

Wondery

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Baby, we’re back! On the season premiere, Keke sits down with Demi Lovato for a raw, open conversation about growing up as child stars and everything that followed. They get real about navigating fame at a young age, Demi's struggles with addiction and body image, and the long road to reclaiming self-worth. Demi shares how she met and fell in love with her husband, what healing looks like now, her new cookbook, and what fans can expect from her upcoming tour, plus a little Camp Rock 3 tease! 


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0:00.0

Hey, baby, welcome back! This season feels different. Not because the conversations are louder, but because they're deeper.

0:08.2

This show has never been about gotcha moments. It's not about headlines. It's not about proving a point. It's about perspective.

0:15.1

It's about sitting with people, not to agree, not to attack, but to understand. Pop culture moves fast. Opinions move faster, but nuance?

0:23.6

Nuance takes time. And that's what we're making space for. This season, we are choosing

0:30.1

curiosity over certainty, context over chaos, conversation, over combat. I'm not here to speak

0:36.9

for my guests, and I'm not here to speak over them either.

0:39.6

I'm here to ask the questions that let you see for yourself, because culture isn't a headline.

0:45.5

It's a reflection.

0:46.8

And this show, it's The Mirror.

0:49.7

So let's get into it.

0:52.2

No matter what we're doing in the car, just chilling, pop on Amazon music, sit back and listen.

0:57.0

Life, love, sex, science, covering it all, especially the bad because money always involved.

1:01.0

No matter what it is, we gonna make it make sense.

1:03.0

Nothing else to do but kick it with the homies and kin.

1:06.0

So grab you a drink and a snack you enjoy and get into the vibe that only want is

1:10.0

You know it's your girls. This girl. Baby, this is Kiki, yeah.

1:14.6

Baby, this is Kiki Palmer, yeah.

1:18.6

Hey y'all, welcome to the season premiere of Baby This is Kiki Palmer.

1:24.6

Our first guest is somebody who knows all too well what it means to grow up in the spotlight.

1:29.3

She stepped into the industry as a child

1:31.1

and evolved into a global superstar

1:33.3

and best-selling author right before our eyes.

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