Children across the country grew up watching Raven-Symone Christina Pearlman (aka Raven) on screen.
However, being a Disney darling wasn’t all it appeared to be.
Take a closer look at the tragic life of child star Raven-Symone.
“I wish I was living now as a younger person.
I probably wouldn’t have so many mental issues,” Raven said in a 2017 interview withPeople.
Despite her successful career, however, she never escaped body shaming.
You’re getting fat!'
I’m like, ‘I’m 7!
I’m hungry!'"
“You want to talk about how we are judgmental to each other and this and this.
But it’s being created in the industry that we’re in,” she told People.
“My dad suggested strongly that I should get my breasts reduced.
He was like, ‘So you don’t feel bad, is there anything you want?’
I was like, ‘What?
Yeah, if I get lipo, will people stop calling me fat?’
The forced surgeries carried many repercussions, including some medical scares.
During her first procedure, Raven had a seizure.
“It was just a mess, being that young, and the pain of it all, honey.
I disassociated, so the recovery was a little painful.
I had scars, I still have scar tissue to this day.
Unfortunately for Raven, the hard work began when she was a child.
As she shared in an interview forTV One, the young star was pressured by her parents to succeed.
“This is a job; you could’t mess up.
This is not for fun, but it is fun.
ensure you respect people.
Don’t do this, don’t do that.
When she turned 18, Raven then turned to therapy to get to the root of her memory lapse.
“It’s disassociation,” she said.
“I just black out.
I’m so over it.
But as she’s aged and learned more about herself, Raven has rejected that stance.
I learned my opinion is my opinion, and that’s what it is,” Raven told Yahoo.
At the time, Raven’s co-stars said that her absence was due to other career pursuits.
“There were territorial issues.
There were catfights,” Raven told the National Ledger.
As an adult, Raven was even more honest about why she wasn’t in the third film.
“The cliquish way that there was during that movie made me feel excluded from my original team.
The dynamics ultimately led Raven to quit the group for good after they wrapped the second film.
In 2023,Raven suffered the heartbreaking loss of her brother Blaize Pearman, who died of colon cancer.
“Thank you [for] all the love yesterday.
It was felt beyond.
“You were intelligent, kind, stubborn, and the peacemaker of the bunch.
Since becoming an adult, the entertainer has been very proactive in addressing these issues.
For example, when she turned 18, Raven told her parents she wanted to begin therapy.
Although they didn’t understand why she wanted therapy, Raven went forward and got some answers.
“Started there, got pretty much the understanding that I have PTSD and …
Therapy and medication were just the start of Raven’s journey of facing her mental health diagnoses.
“My life has been long and abundant.
And the path I’m on started with a dream.
“They did a lot of things right.
I learned a lot of things from them that I wouldn’t have learned from anybody else.
Listeners misunderstood Pearman-Maday’s comment, which she clarified on TikTok.
HOWEVER, do not spread lies and threaten my wife, marriage, or her character.
I chose her and all of her … Stop,” she wrote.
