{"id":5444,"date":"2026-06-14T01:00:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T01:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/keke-palmer-and-hot-ones-host-sean-evans-fuel-rumors-with-nyc-date\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T01:00:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T01:00:54","slug":"keke-palmer-and-hot-ones-host-sean-evans-fuel-rumors-with-nyc-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/keke-palmer-and-hot-ones-host-sean-evans-fuel-rumors-with-nyc-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Keke Palmer and &#8216;Hot Ones&#8217; host Sean Evans fuel rumors with NYC date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F130844327.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Keke Palmer further fueled dating rumors after being spotted on a date night with \u201cHot Ones\u201d host Sean Evans in New York City. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/06\/13\/keke-palmer-and-sean-evans-in-nyc-together\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to TMZ<\/a>, the duo was seen having dinner at Italian restaurant Lucali in Brooklyn on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>An eyewitness told the outlet that the \u201cNope\u201d actress, 32, and media personality, 40, were at the upscale establishment for over an hour and a half and remained \u201clocked in\u201d on each other for the duration. <\/p>\n<p>Although the pair didn\u2019t appear to engage in PDA, the source said Evans seemed \u201csmitten\u201d by the \u201cOne of Them Days\u201d actress. <\/p>\n<p>Snapshots <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/deuxmoiworld\/status\/2065785355349991460?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">obtained by DeuxMoi<\/a> and TMZ showed them <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/06\/13\/keke-palmer-and-sean-evans-in-nyc-together\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deeply engaged<\/a> in conversation over an intimate, candle-lit table. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Keke Palmer and Sean Evans, seen above during a May \u201cBaby, This is Keke Palmer\u201d podcast episode, were reportedly spotted having dinner in New York on Friday evening.  <span class=\"credit\">baby, this is keke palmer\/ youtube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>A source divulged to TMZ that Evans seemed \u201cSmitten\u201d with the \u201cNope\u201d actress.  <span class=\"credit\">baby, this is keke palmer\/ youtube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The duo <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/27\/celebrity-news\/keke-palmer-romance-rumors-swirl-with-hot-ones-host-sean-evans-after-his-crush-confession\/\">intensified romance speculation<\/a> back in May, when they flirted during an episode of her\u00a0\u201cBaby, this is Keke Palmer\u201d podcast. <\/p>\n<p>After introducing Evans as her \u201cpotential future suitor,\u201d Evans revealed that his celebrity crush as a youth was TLC rapper Lisa \u201cLeft Eye\u201d Lopes. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI played Chili in the [\u2018CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story\u2019] movie. Close enough,\u201d Palmer replied, to which Evans agreed, \u201cAbsolutely close enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Keke\u2019s mother, Sharon Palmer, then said watching her daughter interact with Evans was a \u201cgreat moment\u201d because somebody from Evans\u2019 \u201crich\u201d neighborhood in Illinois wouldn\u2019t typically hang out with someone from Palmer\u2019s Robbins, Illinois area. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Evans (seen here in 2025) and Palmer had dinner at Italian restaurant Lucali in Brooklyn.  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for HubSpot<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Snapshots showed Palmer, seen here in 2025, and Evans engrossed in conversation over a candlelit table.  <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is great. This is how life should be,\u201d she gushed. \u201cThe guy from Crystal Lake should be sitting next to the girl from Robbins.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Keke called the comment \u201csweet,\u201d adding, \u201cI love that. Shoutout to Mr. and Mrs. Evans \u2026 your parents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evans sheepily confessed, \u201cOh, I thought you were talking about us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the show, Palmer and Evans affectionately embraced and said, \u201cI love you.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The \u201cHustlers\u201d star has appeared on \u201cHot Ones\u201d several times in the past. In 2025, they stunned fans with a surprise kiss during the show.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The duo hugged during Palmer\u2019s podcast in May, as seen above.  <span class=\"credit\">baby, this is keke palmer\/ youtube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>They kissed during a 2025 episode of Evans\u2019 YouTube series \u201cHot Ones,\u201d as seen above.  <span class=\"credit\">first we feast\/ youtube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Evans, pictured here in January, confessed he had a crush on Palmer in 2023.  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Cold Stone Creamery &amp; Wetzel&#8217;s Pretzels<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI saw an interview where you said, like, I was your favorite guest, and all this really sweet stuff,\u201d Keke told him, referencing his 2023 admission that he had a crush on Keke during an episode of \u201cChicken Shop Date.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cI know we\u2019ve just had some wings, but I thought that maybe we could just have a quick smooch to see if there\u2019s a spark.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>As they leaned in for the smooch, Keke gushed, \u201cThe sparks are sparking!\u201d Sean chimed in, \u201cWhen I\u2019m dying, and my life flashes before my eyes, I\u2019ll have that snapshot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Palmer was previously involved with Darius Jackson \u2014 with whom she shares son Leo \u2014 but they <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/08\/16\/keke-palmer-boyfriend-darius-jackson-break-up-hes-moved-on\/\">parted ways in 2023<\/a> after he took to social media to <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/07\/05\/keke-palmers-boyfriend-shames-her-for-wearing-tight-outfit-to-usher-concert\/\">shade the dress she wore<\/a>\u00a0to an Usher concert.<\/p>\n<p>Evans and adult film star Melissa Stratton <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/02\/15\/celebrity-news\/hot-ones-host-sean-evans-broke-up-with-porn-star-melissa-stratton-on-valentines-day\/\">parted ways<\/a> back in 2024. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/13\/celebrity-news\/keke-palmer-and-hot-ones-host-sean-evans-fuel-rumors-with-nyc-date\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keke Palmer further fueled dating rumors after being spotted on a date night with \u201cHot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/130844327.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}