Keke Palmer on Setting ‘Personal Boundaries’ Around What She Shares About Her Life Now: ‘I’ve Learned a Lot’

The star opens up to PEOPLE about life in the spotlight, and the changes she’s made amid the glare

Keke Palmer is not an open book anymore — and there’s a good reason.

The star and influencer, 30, who recently served as key note speaker at the Black Magic Reimagined conference on Oct. 1, is known for being unapologetically candid. She’s long shared details of her private world, be it her life as a mom to son Leodis, 7 months, or her relationship with his dad Darius Jackson. But now Palmer tells PEOPLE that she’s needed to make changes to how transparent she’s willing to be with the public.

“The thing with social media is that it can easily be a place where you can work, but it also blurs the line between what is work and what is real life,” says Palmer. “I can’t control how everybody’s going to take something. And also I’m having my own personal boundaries for what I feel like I want out there or what I want to give people the opportunity to speak on.”