Secrets to Hollywood Love & Longevity with Nicole Ari Parker
Baby, this is Keke Palmer
Wondery
4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 August 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
What’s the secret to a thriving career as a working mom and a long-lasting Hollywood love story? Nicole Ari Parker has the secret sauce! She joins Keke to dish on her 20-year marriage to Boris Kodjoe — and how it all started with a steamy first kiss on the set of Soul Food. Nicole gets real about stepping into And Just Like That as Lisa Todd Wexley, from early fan backlash to all the designer drama, and what she hopes is next for LTW. And you know Keke’s gotta fangirl over ALL of Nicole’s iconic roles — Sharon even hosts a Brown Sugar showdown that pits the star against Keke the ultimate superfan!
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| 0:00.0 | Y'all, today's guest is that girl, actress, mother, wife, businesswoman, and absolute queen. |
| 0:10.5 | Nicole Ari Parker is in the building from soul food to brown sugar, yes, and welcome home, Roscoe Jenkins, some of my favorites. |
| 0:17.0 | And of course, Lisa Todd Wexley. |
| 0:18.9 | Today she's spilling all the tea on her move back to New York, life as an empty nester, and yes, what 20 years of marriage to Boris Kojo really looks like. So baby, let's get into it. No matter what we're doing in the car, just chilling, popo, Amazon music, sit back and listen. Life, love, sex, science, covering it all, especially the bad because money's always involved. |
| 0:39.3 | No matter what it is, we gonna make it make sense. |
| 0:41.3 | Nothing else will do but kick it with the homies and kids. |
| 0:44.3 | So grab you a drink and a snack you enjoy and get into the vibe that only want this to come. |
| 0:48.3 | You know it's your girls! |
| 0:49.3 | Baby, this is, this is Kiki. |
| 0:53.3 | Baby, this is Kiki Poma, yeah. |
| 0:57.0 | This episode is presented in partnership with Airbnb, |
| 1:01.0 | where summer adventures feel like a home away from home. |
| 1:05.0 | Speaking of unforgettable moments, well, you'll see. |
| 1:08.0 | Let's start the show. |
| 1:10.0 | Okay, Nicole, I'm so happy that you're here on the show. You look absolutely incredible. So do you. But I have to be honest, I'm really excited to see what you have over here because you told me that you got me again. You were trying to sneak and look. I know. I'm so excited. So first of all, I have to read the card because I'm an absolute card person. |
| 1:28.2 | Well, you know, Kiki, continue blessings to you, beautiful one. You guys know, I know Nicole for, since I got into the industry, since I was about 10 years old, I did second time around. That was like one of the first gigs that I did. Well, that was the first show that was developed for Boris and I, and right after Soul Food. |
| 1:45.0 | Yep. |
| 1:45.6 | And then after the first season, I was the first show that was developed for Boris and I, and right after Soul Food. Yep. |
| 1:45.6 | And then after the first season, I was pregnant with Sophie, who loves you, by the way. Yes, I love |
| 1:50.8 | Sophie too. But I never forget, because you guys would treat me like your little baby. I remember that you and Boris always. And every time we would see you out, we would like hug you. I felt like you guys were like my TV parents, my industry parents, |
| 2:04.0 | because y'all always being so uplifting to me and loving to me. |
| 2:07.7 | So proud of you. |
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