Actress Raven-Symoné opened up about the struggles she underwent after she was body shamed while growing up in show business in a recent in...
Actress Raven-Symoné opened up about the struggles she underwent after she was body shamed while growing up in show business in a recent interview with People magazine. Raven-Symoné, 31, said the comments about her weight affected her mentally.
“I wish I was living now as a younger person,” she told People. “I probably wouldn’t have so many mental issues.”
“They said I was too big to be doing an hour and a half concert. ‘I don’t know how she can dance being that big.’ And I was like, ‘I still did it!’” Raven-Symoné said. “I was on tour forever because it’s not about your size, it’s about what you have to say, if you can sing or dance, and performing. It’s not about your size.”
The “That’s So Raven” actress has spoken in the past about comments she received regarding her weight, including when she was a child actress on “The Cosby Show.”
“It was definitely hard,” Raven-Symoné said on “The View.” “I remember not being able to have the bagel or anything at – we would call it crafty, where it’s just a table of food, ready for you to eat whatever you want. And I remember people would be like, ‘You can’t eat that. You’re getting fat!’ I’m like, ‘I’m 7! I’m hungry!’”
Raven-Symoné, who most recently stars in a new show, “Raven’s Home,” a spinoff of “That’s So Raven,” told People she is pleased with how accepting people are modern day towards different body types.
“I love embracing your body,” she said. “In this day and age you have all kinds, and it’s funny, it’s serious, it’s every color, it’s every head shape, it’s every hair. And there’s androgyny, and there’s LGBT coming in, and it feels good. We didn’t have it enough last time and I guess that’s what the past is for — to make sure the present is what it needs to be.” she said.
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