Raven-Symoné.Photo:Monica Schipper/Getty
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Raven-Symonéachieved success as a teen star through hit Disney projects likeThe Cheetah GirlsandThat’s So Raven. Now, the actress, 37, is getting candid about how some of the negative effects of young fame led her to pursue cosmetic surgery.
“I had two breast reductions and lipo before I turned 18,” Symoné said during the fifth episode ofThe Best Podcast Ever with Raven and Miranda, which she co-hosts with her wifeMiranda Pearman-Maday. The episode was released on Monday.
Reflecting, Symoné said the entire situation “was just a mess, just being that young and the pain of it all.”
Making things even more complicated, Symoné said during the episode that she suffered a seizure after she woke up from the first breast reduction surgery. “And I remember waking up and seeing everything . . . I started having this dry mouth and couldn’t breathe and went back under and they were like ‘You have a seizure,' " she recounted.
Unfortunately, Symoné said the body shaming didn’t stop. During the podcast, she noted that she “still got reamed through social media because I wasn’t skinny as everybody else and they still called me fat. You get that done and it’s still not what everybody wanted to see.”
“So, I think it’s very important we understand certain medications are made for certain people and to not take that away just for glamazon purposes,” she added.
“Do what you gotta do,” Symonélater said. “Just make sure you save some medication for the people that actually need it.”
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Symonéhas previously credited her wifePearman-Maday, whom shemarriedin 2020, for her 30-pound weight loss in 2021. “This was because we want to have a life together,” the actress toldE! Newsin 2021 about her motivation at the time. “She doesn’t want to take me to an early grave and I want to make sure I am there for her in the best health possible.”
source: people.com
