Secrets from ‘The Best Man’ & ‘Girls Trip 2’ Tea with Malcolm D. Lee
Baby, this is Keke Palmer
Wondery
4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2025
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Keke goes deep with director Malcolm D. Lee, spilling the secrets behind the rom-coms we grew up on and the casting what-ifs that almost changed ‘The Best Man’ (Will & Jada… hello?!). He clears up the truth behind the Harper slap and shares how his new book, “The Best Man: Unfinished Business,” reunites the crew today. And yes, we get into ‘Girls Trip 2’ tea, nostalgia, and authentic Black love on screen.
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| 0:00.0 | From the best man to girls' trip to Roscoe Jenkins, his films are the ones we watch over and over again because they just hit. |
| 0:13.3 | He's a storyteller who's been holding it down for over 20 years, giving us the laughs, the love, the drama, and the culture. |
| 0:20.4 | He's built a whole legacy out here, centering black stories, pushing the game forward, |
| 0:24.7 | and now dropping a new book and thriller? |
| 0:27.2 | Come on. |
| 0:28.1 | The brilliant, the visionary, the legendary, Malcolm D. Lee. |
| 0:32.0 | Baby, this is Kiki Palmer. |
| 0:34.9 | No matter what we're doing in the car, just chilling, pop on Amazon music, sit back and listen. |
| 0:39.8 | Life, love, sex, science, covering it all, especially the bad because money always involved. |
| 0:44.1 | No matter what it is, we're going to make it make sense. |
| 0:46.3 | Nothing else to do but kick it with the homies and key. |
| 0:48.6 | So grab you a drink and a snack you enjoy and get into the vibe that only one is... |
| 0:52.2 | You know it's your girls! |
| 0:53.3 | Baby, this is kicking. Baby, this, this is Kiki. |
| 0:57.4 | Baby, this is Kiki, yeah. |
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| 1:20.2 | Now, let's start the show. |
| 1:24.3 | Malcolm D. Lee, I cannot tell you how excited I am to speak to you. Like, your work has inspired me for, I mean, since I was a kid. Well, thank you very much. I appreciate that. I'm very excited to be here. And I've been a fan of yours for a very long time, too. Ever since that song, Akila and the beat. Jump and rope. Did they tell you to say this? Who? Do nobody tell you? |
| 1:44.7 | That was just you? |
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