Raven-Symoné says she had 2 breast reductions and liposuction before she turned 18 because she wanted people to 'stop calling me fat'

• Raven-Symoné said that she had two breast reduction surgeries and liposuction before age 18.
• The actor said that her dad "suggested strongly" that she undergo the breast reduction procedure.

Disney Channel star Raven-Symoné said that she had two breast reductions and liposuction before she turned 18 years old.

"There was paperwork involved," said Raven-Symoné on the latest episode of "The Best Podcast Ever With Raven and Miranda," cohosted by her wife, Miranda Pearman-Maday. "My dad suggested strongly that I should get my breasts reduced. He was like, 'So you don't feel bad, is there anything that you want?' I was like, 'Yeah, if I get lipo, will people stop calling me fat?' So I got a twofer."

Raven-Symoné, who rose to fame as a child actor on "The Cosby Show" before starring on her own Disney Channel sitcom "That's So Raven" as a teenager, never revealed these surgeries publicly.

"It was just a mess, just being that young and the pain of it all," the actor said.

Raven-Symoné said that pre-surgeries, she experienced back pains and her breasts would hang to her knees when she didn't wear a bra.

She explained that surgeons had to reconstruct her breasts and shrink specific areas because "certain things were overly stretched." The star also said that she had a seizure when she woke up from her first surgery.

"I remember waking up and seeing everything and then I started to have this dry mouth and couldn't breathe and then I went back under and they were like, 'Oh yeah, you had a seizure,'" she recalled.

When asked about the recovery process after the procedures, Raven-Symoné said that it was "a little painful."

"I have scars. I still have scar tissue to this day," she said, adding that she gained weight after the first breast reduction and had to go back for a second procedure.

The sitcom star went on to say that even though she had surgery, "nobody knew at that age" and she continued being criticized on social media "because I wasn't as skinny as everybody else and they still called me fat."

"You get that done and it's still not what everybody wanted to see," she said.

She also said that getting lipo didn't remove her belly fat because she had a hormone imbalance.

"So, I was going to gain weight whether I had lipo or not," she said.

Raven-Symoné added that her experience taught her "how important it is that if you want something changed in your body, live with it for a little bit longer to see if it changes and get therapy before that happens."

Raven-Symoné, who's been outspoken about being criticized for her body size since she was a child, previously opened up about her weight-loss journey during an appearance on "The View" in 2022.

The actor said that she dropped 40 pounds, going from 210 pounds at the start of the "That's So Raven" spin-off series "Raven's Home" to 170, without exercising. Raven-Symoné said that she turned to whole food, keto-friendly snacks, as well as intermittent and extended fasting.

She credited her wife with making her want to change her lifestyle.

"I want to be here for her as long as I can," Raven-Symoné said. "I found out some numbers at the doctor that were not pleasant for someone in my age bracket or any age bracket, to be honest with you."

"With her help and guidance and love and fantastic cooking skills, which everyone here knows, she helped me kick sugar," she continued. "And I say kick sugar because it is an addictive drug. I was addicted to it in wheat form, in regular form, and it's out of my system."