For a long time there have been rumours about That’s So Raven star Raven Symone’s sexuality, which reached a fever pitch last year when the National Enquirer reported that she was living with a lesbian former America’s Next Top Model contestant.
At the time Raven basically told people to mind their own business, but now she’s confirmed she’s gay, using the fact that same sex marriage has just become legal in Minnesota and Rhode Island (as well as the recent striking down of DOMA) to tweet, ‘I can finally get married! Yay government! So proud of you’.
Many wondered whether that meant she had imminent plans to put on a wedding ring, but she clarified that to OMG saying, “I am very happy that gay marriage is opening up around the country and is being accepted. I was excited to hear today that more states legalized gay marriage. I, however am not currently getting married, but it is great to know I can now, should I wish to.”
Symone first became famous at the age of just three when she played Olivia in The Cosby Show. She also appeared in the Eddie Murphy Dr. Dolittle movies and got a huge number of fans with her Disney Channel series, That’s So Raven.
She also joins the growing band of former child stars who are gay, such as Jodie Foster, Neil Patrick Harris, Chad Allen and Danny Pintauro.
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