Raven-Symone's Disney Costar Calls Her a "Heifer"

Us Magazine - July 17, 2009 11:56 AM PDT
Story photo: Raven-Symone's Disney Costar Calls Her a Beck Starr/Getty Images; Scott Gries/Getty ImagesUs Magazine
Raven-Symone -- who has received her share of criticism from online "haters" for her body -- has found a new critic: Her Disney costar.

At a So You Think You Can Dance elimination taping Thursday in Los Angeles, Usmagazine.com caught up with That's So Raven star Debbie Allen and asked her about the upcoming Fame movie, out Sept. 25. (Allen played Lydia Grant in the 1980s series.)

"It's going to energize a whole new generation of young people who were not engaged in Fame the first time around," Allen told Us. "It's so funny we were talking about things coming full circle."

She then told Us she is surprised that kids these days even know who she is. Then, she said, it dawns on her that she stars with tween sensation Symone in That's So Raven.

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Said Allen, "I was wondering how they knew me and then they say, 'Do you know Raven?' I'm like, 'Of course, I know that little heifer! I love that girl.'"

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In March Symone, 23, spoke with Seventeen at a self esteem workshop. She said she was "thick" ever since she was 9 years old. She said she would have benefited from workshops to cope with "that negative language" and understand that her life is "about me, not about what [people] want me to be."

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  • Krystal
    Raven is one of a kind and built in her own way she is thick and is so funny her personality is wild and yet sophisticated so instead of picking congratulate her you haters!
    report abuseposted November 16, 2009 5:18 PM PST
  • LashandaF
    jazy_wooda u rude for reall..god made her that way u rude ughhh,,u better be lucky i got a little bit christain in mehh or you wuld have got call summ names that wuld have hurt ur feelingsz u dogg
    report abuseposted October 22, 2009 8:40 AM PDT
  • LashandaF
    jazy_wooda u rude for reall..god made her that way u rude ughhh,,u better be lucky i got a little bit christain in mehh or you wuld have got call summ names that wuld have hurt ur feelingsz u dogg
    report abuseposted October 22, 2009 8:40 AM PDT
  • Macy
    raven symone is my idol!!!! i dont know why ANYONE would say something so mean about her!!!!
    report abuseposted September 27, 2009 5:20 PM PDT
  • Jasmine
    she is so big dont really like her!!!! :-{
    report abuseposted September 3, 2009 8:11 AM PDT
  • __A_YAHOO_USER__
    i love raven symone and i love her body cuz i have one jus like hers and im always like i dnt wanna wear this or i dnt wanna wear that then i see raven wearing something like a mini dress and im like imma wear one too she is a REAL role model ily raven
    report abuseposted August 28, 2009 11:29 AM PDT
  • aloncya
    vanessa you need 2 shut the HELLLLLL up get on with your life and keep it movin' instead of criticizing someone else.... criticize your own d**** self and leave raven-symone alone she probably looks better than you so shut up and bother your self instead of celebs
    report abuseposted August 15, 2009 7:49 AM PDT
  • aloncya
    vanessa you need 2 shut the HELLLLLL up get on with your life and keep it movin' instead of criticizing someone else.... criticize your own d**** self and leave raven-symone alone she probably looks better than you so shut up and bother your self instead of celebs
    report abuseposted August 15, 2009 7:49 AM PDT
  • Shamora
    Girl you look good dont mind all the haters out there.
    report abuseposted July 29, 2009 7:18 PM PDT
  • jazzy g
    k-9...you know that's right ! it's a term of endearment usually between an older female in the family for the younger girls in her family! many a time i could hear Madear calling someone a "little heffa"! ok here goes it's a black thing ...
    report abuseposted July 21, 2009 5:55 AM PDT
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