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That’s truthful not Raven.

Though Raven-Symone quickly became an icon for teenage girls portion appearing arsenic Raven Baxter connected the Disney Channel’s That’s So Raven, caller claims astir the deed bid uncover that the amusement wasn’t ever precisely what meets the eye.

As with astir teens, 18-year-old Raven’s value would fluctuate. However, “Disney Channel was going brainsick astir it,” co-producer and writer for the series Dava Savel said successful the caller publication Disney High: The Untold Story of the Rise and Fall of Disney Channel's Tween Empire. “And they handled it successful truly atrocious ways. But it was ne'er to her face.”

One alleged occurrence, according to aggregate sources successful the book, happened connected play 2 of the amusement successful an occurrence titled “That’s So Not Raven,” successful which different exemplary is chosen implicit Raven for a runway amusement owed to her thinner frame. In the episode, Raven archetypal tries a assortment of clang diets earlier deciding she’s cleanable as-is and walking successful the amusement astatine the extremity successful a connection of assemblage positivity.

“It was shameful,” shaper Michael Feldman said of the alleged alterations. “I don’t cognize however they could look astatine themselves and bash that. The precise happening that she wanted to bash a communicative astir was virtually done to her. It’s inactive a shocking happening to maine that they were that tone-deaf.”

Adam Bonnett, the erstwhile caput of Disney Channel archetypal programming, said the determination was “not thing I would person asked for” but did retrieve the aforesaid postproduction method being utilized successful aboriginal episodes.

In particular, helium said that during a schoolhouse creation episode, “There was immoderate worldly done to marque Raven[‘s attire] look much flattering successful definite scenes.”

E! News has reached retired to Raven and Disney for remark and has not heard back.

Raven played the teen psychic for 4 seasons, with the bid received 2 Emmy nominations passim it’s run. She has besides reprised her relation successful the spin-off series, Raven’s Home, which ran for six seasons and was canceled successful 2023 up of play 7.

"To cognize that each the radical inactive bask it to this time brings a genuine grin to my face," Raven told Vanity Fair successful 2023. "All the hard enactment was worthy it."