In the series, Symoné reprises her role as Raven Baxter roughly 10 years after she starred as the clairvoyant, adventurous teen.finds Raven living with her best friend Chelsea . Raven is divorced and single now; both of the women have kids of their own.
“I think Disney wanted her to be queer in the beginning and I just didn’t feel comfortable doing that,” Symoné shares in a recent video interview with . “They were like, ‘Do you want Raven to be gay?’ I said, ‘Why?’ [and they said,] ‘Because you are.’ I said, ‘Bad, bad reason. That’s a bad reason.’”The actor continues: “No, Raven Baxter never exhibited any type of sexual identity situation in the priors. I’m not being myself on this show, I’m being a character. Raven Baxter’s not gay. No matter what the first four seasons looked like, with me and Chelsea sleeping in the same room and us raising a family together. Okay, that’s not the case.
Symoné has previously spoken about her pride in playing Raven Baxter as a straight character. She shared on the
It feels homophobic
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