Raven-Symoné asks fans to stop sending threats to her wife.
During a lengthy TikTok video, Symoné and her wife Miranda Pearman-Maday addresses the backlash they’ve been receiving.
Symoné begins, “I’m here with Miranda, my wife, to tell you to stop it in the comments. And stop with the death threats in her DMs,” the actress said. “It is disrespectful to her, and in turn it’s disrespectful to me.”
The threats began after a podcast episode where Pearman-Maday seemingly didn’t know the words to a Cheetah Girls song. Fans debated if Pearman Maday knew of her wife’s success after she said she didn’t watch Symone’s popular hit TV show That’s So Raven.
“I hope to clear the air right now and let you all know that I never have once said that I did not know who Raven was. I only ever said that I did not grow up watching That’s So Raven. I did not watch her as a child,” Pearman Maday said.
“But since getting married and meeting her in 2015, I have seen the majority of her work. I have also been at a lot of this work,” Pearman-Maday continued. “So I mean, backstage at The View, 25 Words or Less, the list goes on and on.”
“I love That’s So Raven. I think she should’ve won all the Emmys. I think my wife is endlessly talented. I support her beyond,” she said.
“She also isn’t just Raven-Symoné to me. You guys must try and open your minds a little bit and understand there is more behind people that are celebrities,” she continued. “There is real life here. And that’s why we’re feeling inclined to address this, because I’m receiving so much hate for something that is really just a big spiral of internet misinformation.”