Keke Palmer addresses comparisons to Zendaya

Keke Palmer has shut down any talk of comparing her to fellow actress Zendaya.

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A tweet went viral over the weekend in which the Twitter user wrote

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"I'd like someone to do a deep-drive on the similarities and differences between Keke Palmer and Zendaya's careers."

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"This may be one of the clearest examples of how colorism plays out in Hollywood," the tweet continued.

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"They were both child-stars, but their mainstream popularity is very different."

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Palmer, who is one of the stars of the new Jordan Peele film "Nope,"weighed in with her own tweet on Sunday.

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Zendaya, who starred in last year's "Spider-Man: No Way Home" film

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became the youngest actress to win an Emmy for outstanding lead actress in a drama series in 2020 for her role in the TV series "Euphoria.

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