Losing a parent can cause complicated emotions and Raven-symoné She is being a hot on how the death of her own father struck her. According to Shines my crownIn an interview with Jason Lee over The Jason Lee Showit That’s so raven Star said he was relieving after his father died, as he was behind many of his childhood traumas, including when he underwent breast and liposuction surgery at the age of 15.
Continue reading what Raven said about his relationship with his father and his reflections on her Viral comments about not identifying -as African American.
Raven still in therapy by processing the surgeries his father forced her
To March 30 episode From The Zeus Talk Show, which also included Raven’s wife, Miranda Pealar-Maday, Lee asked Raven about how he survived the darkest moments of the children’s star.
He asked, “You had a reduction in breast and a lipo at the age of 15? This is how, in my opinion, psychologically and emotionally abusive.”
Raven agreed and said that this is something that has become therapy to process and heal.
“I had several problems of this”, Raven’s house The actor said. “Right now I am in EMDR therapy, undone, re -elaborating and preparing -for what this book would say. I could not until there were few people who were no longer on this planet.”
Lee asked -if he was talking about his brother Blaize Pealar, who died in November 2023, People reported.
He made it clear that he was not the member of the family he was talking about.
“No, my father. He was a very interesting, narcissistic and abusive human. So his passage has been released and regressed for me,” he said.
The 39 -year -old announced the death of his father, Christopher Pealar, on social media in October. Kept his short statement, sharing a picture Instagram From her when she was young, her mother and Pealar.
“My life has been long and abundant,” the Disney star wrote in the subtitle. “And the way I started with a dream. I hope you are looking with a smile on my face … 🕊️#Christopherbpearman.”
In DecemberDuring an episode of their podcast, Tea time with raven and mirandaHe welcomes Pealar-Maday, Raven revealed that he had one of the two breast reduction surgeries after being advised by the adults of his life.
“I went from a triple D to a B,” he said in the episode. “Someone said he had to do it for a show.”
At that time, Raven added that his father “suggested strongly” that he had the procedure.
Raven bends by not identifying -as “African American”
While sitting with Lee, Raven also discussed his viral comments about not being “African American”. He explained again why he identifies as an American and non-African American and asked why he is considered anti-black.
“I’m not African American”, she He told Lee. “I am North -American. I am a north -black American, I am definitely black and yes, my ancestors came from Africa. How long does a bloodline have to live in a land before it is considered a pure species of this land?”
After arguing that other North -American immigrants groups receive a North -American identity, Raven argued that their racial identity should be considered similar.
“There is nothing wrong with being African American,” he added. “But a real African American is someone from Africa and moved here, first generation or second generation, and has a link to this country that I do not have.”
Raven said his ties to the United States go back to generations. He told Lee that Virginia’s first census of blacks by his name included his ancestor.
“I think there is a point where, when you build a country, when you fight for freedom, when you pay taxes and generally live in this country, you have the privilege of saying -pure American,” he said.
