Groovin’ Through Every Era With Rom-Com Royalty, Taye Diggs
Baby, this is Keke Palmer
Wondery
4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 July 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Taye Diggs has been killing it on stage, screen, and now all over social media…let’s just say, he never really needed to get his groove back! Today, he’s choppin’ it up with Keke for a deep, hilarious, and unfiltered convo about his career wins, the missteps (c’mon HONESTY), working with THE Angela Bassett and going viral while raising a teen who is not feelin’ his dad’s TikToks. From Broadway to The Wood and Brown Sugar (Keke’s all-time faves!), this one’s a must-watch for fans of the golden era of Black rom-coms!
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| 0:00.0 | Y'all, I am so excited about my guest today. |
| 0:07.8 | He has been killing it for over 30 years in the industry. |
| 0:10.8 | We're talking about a man who has literally done it all, going from stage to screen and back again. |
| 0:16.3 | You know him from Rent, and then he had us all trying to get our groove back with Ms. Angela Bassett. He's been in some of the most beloved rom-coms of all time, the best man, brown sugar, the wood, my favorite, and he's starting TV hits like private practice and all-American. To top it all off, he's also a proud dad. Tay Diggs, welcome to the show. No matter what we're doing in the car, just chilling, pop on Amazon music, sit back and listen. Life, love, sex, science, covering it all, especially the bad because money always involved. No matter what it is, we can't make it make sense. Nothing else to do but kick it with the homies and kids. So grab you a drink and a snack you enjoy and get into the vibe that only one is You know it's your girl! |
| 0:55.0 | Baby this is this is Kiki |
| 0:58.0 | Baby this is Kiki Palmer, yeah. |
| 1:03.0 | Come on out here, Teg. |
| 1:06.0 | That was perfect. |
| 1:09.0 | It's so good to see you. Oh my gosh, you know it's so crazy. That was perfect. |
| 1:13.4 | It's so good to see you. |
| 1:14.3 | Oh my God. |
| 1:15.2 | You know, it's so crazy. |
| 1:18.2 | You know, we see each other around all the time, |
| 1:21.5 | but I ain't never got a chance to really sit down and talk to you. No, no. |
| 1:22.1 | And you're one of these people. |
| 1:23.5 | We were just talking about you today, me and my son. |
| 1:26.2 | Can I tell? |
| 1:27.0 | God, I'm messed up. Y'all, I came in with one of my best friends and my assistant, and he's in his 30s. And she was like, oh, oh, is that your son? Like, with confidence. And my heart was like, boom, g-g-g-b-b-b-b-b-b-b. Literally, it's because Walker is on my mind |
| 1:45.2 | You're saying Walker's on my mind |
| 1:46.4 | So I'm like, that's Walker |
| 1:47.4 | He just came from his basketball game, yeah |
| 1:49.7 | Oh my gosh |
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