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Raven-Symoné Recalls Having Her First Breast Reductions at 15: ‘Someone Said I Needed to Do It in Order to Get a Show’

Raven-Symoné revealed on her podcast 'Tea Time with Raven & Miranda' that she completed her first of two breast reduction surgeries at the age of 15 at the suggestion of the adults around her, noting that ‘I still have scar tissue to this day.’

From left: 'That’s So Raven' cast members T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh, Raven-Symoné, Kyle Orlando Massey and Rondell Sheridan.Everett The Cosby Show alum recalled that the surgery, which entailed a lot of “paperwork” as she was a minor, was not without compilations. This isn’t the first time Symoné has opened up about feeling constricted by societal pressures when she was a young working actress. News, the former The View co-host — who came out as gay in 2013 — said, "There were a lot of challenges,” adding that her decision to come out wasn’t easy.

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