BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA - MAY 19: Raven Symone speaks onstage at the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation's 51st Annual Gracie Awards at the Beverly Wilshire, a Four Seasons Hotel on May 19, 2026 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Alliance for Women in Media Foundation)
Days after a resurfaced podcast clip rocked the internet, Raven-Symon remains a trending topic. The Disney icon landed in the internet’s hot seat after appearing to question the race of her ‘That’s So Raven’ character, Raven Baxter. The actress and her wife, Miranda Maday, have yet to address the viral video. However, the featured guest on it, Kalen Allen, claimed to be receiving death threats. Now, another voice, former Miss Teen USA contestant Gloria Almonte, has entered the chat, recalling a comment 15-year-old Raven-Symon made to her 25 years ago.
Back in April, Kalen Allen appeared on Raven-Symon and Miranda Maday’s Tea Time.’ At one point, they discussed Ravens Blackness, the Disney show Thats So Raven and the character Raven Baxter. The viral clip starts with Raven explaining that her Blackness can look so many different ways. Kalen Allen then chimes in. He says Raven-Symon was set up because Raven Baxter was so f**king Black However, Raven replied, Was she Black? Also, she challenged him to take the color out of the show and listen to the words. Some of the reactions to the clip include fans recounting why Raven Baxter was definitely Black in the show.
Amid the Raven Baxter debate, Gloria Almonte shared a story about 15-year-old Raven-Symon that also went viral. Three days ago, on Threads, the former Miss Teen USA contestant claimed to have spoken to Raven at the pageant on August 22, 2001. At the time, Rae would’ve been about 15 years old and Almonte claimed she was one of the celebrity judges. Almonte recalled how Raven allegedly spoke of the winner, Miss Missouri.
“At the coronation party she was all over me saying how she didn’t vote for the Black girl (Miss Missouri the winner) she voted for me! And, her little brother loved me and wanted pics with me. In that moment, my mind reeling from being on live TV and losing my dream and all the people, interviews, etc. Her comment just flew over my head and I didn’t think anything of it.”
Gloria added that she didn’t overthink it at the time due to the intensity of the pageant itself. However, she seemed to call out Raven’s choice of words, adding that she’s Puerto Rican. “What is wrong with this woman,” she wrote.
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