Hollywood star Raven-Symoné is struggling and recently opened up about the exciting offer Disney executives gave her. She played a teenager who can see the future named Raven Baxter in the early 2000s “That’s So Raven.” He has now reprized his role in the reboot of the series, “Raven’s Home.”
After years in the entertainment industry, Symoné came out as gay in 2013, when several famous people came out as gay. He revealed that he was aware of his sexuality as a teenager but was prevented from revealing it due to the social climate of the time.
According to Symoné, while preparing for “Raven’s Home,” Disney producers asked if he wanted his character to be gay like him. The actor turned down the offer because there was no background to support a sudden sexual change.
Read on to learn more.
Disney Producers Offered To Make Raven Baxter Gay In ‘Raven’s House’
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In a newly published video interview with They are, Symoné revealed that she turned down Disney’s offer to make her Disney character gay. The actor and Anneliese van der Pol reprized their roles in the 2017 reboot of “That’s So Raven,” “Raven’s Home.”
The series picks up about ten years after the original show ended and sees the friends navigate life as adults and with their own children. During the interview, Symoné revealed that when she asked the producers why they wanted Baxter to be gay, they said it was because of him.
The actress said that at the time, she didn’t see it as a good reason for changing sexuality and told them so. “I think Disney wanted him to be weird in the beginning, and I just didn’t feel comfortable doing that,” says Symoné. “They were like, ‘Do you want Raven to be gay?’ I said, ‘Why?’ [and they said,] ‘Because of you.’ I said, ‘Bad excuse, bad. That’s a bad reason.’”
Raven-Symoné Says Raven Baxter Is Not Gay
Symoné further explained that Baxter, in the Disney show, has never shown any sexual identity and suddenly coming out as gay is quite absurd. “Raven Baxter has never exhibited any kind of sexual identity situation in the past. I’m not being myself in this show, I’m being a character. Raven Baxter is not gay,” Symoné said.
“It didn’t matter what the first four seasons looked like, with me and Chelsea sleeping in the same room and us raising a family together. Okay, not like that. We are friends. Who sleeps in the same room,” he continued.
The actress also revealed that she doesn’t want Baxter to have a romantic relationship in the “That’s So Raven” spinoff. Symoné said, “It’s so funny because we’re working on season six right now, and I’m talking to the EP, and they’re like, ‘And you’re going to start dating?’ I was like, ‘He doesn’t even need to date. He’s just going to be anything.'”
Raven-Symoné Plays Raven Baxter
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In an interview with the “Pride” podcast last year, Symoné revealed that she was proud to play her character Baxter even though she’s straight. He explained that he felt there was no need to change the TV character to better suit the actress.
Symoné explained per Insider, “The reason I said no is not because I’m not proud of who I am or that I don’t want to represent the LGBTQ+ community in any way. It’s because Raven Baxter is Raven Baxter is Raven Baxter, and there’s no reason for me to change that human being to fit the actor who plays it.”
The actress added that the character was divorced in the film, and she felt no need to protest that she had a boyfriend.
Raven Symoné Says She Had to Grow Up Mentally
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In a previous honest interview with Insider, Symoné talked about the mental growth she had to go through from her son’s stardom. His time in the entertainment industry began when he was still a child. A number of modeling agencies signed the actress, and she also appeared in advertisements.
While talking to Insider, Symoné said that, compared to previous years, she is now more in control of her appearance in public. “Up until my late twenties, I had people telling me how I should look – it was easier to be told what to do,” she says.
Symoné continued, “But now that I feel empowered by the new generation to just be myself in front of the camera, and myself to really salt myself and understand who I am and who I’m comfortable with, I can present my feelings as Raven-Symoné, entertainer.”
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