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• Raven-Symone didn’t come out as a lesbian till she took a break from Hollywood in 2013.
• Raven and Miranda met at a homosexual bar in West Hollywood in 2015.
• The couple by no means publicly addressed their relationship till they tied the knot in June 2020.

Raven-Symone and Miranda Maday have been married for 3 years, however they weren’t at all times open to the general public in regards to the particulars of their relationship. The couple saved their relationship out of the highlight for a few years and didn’t publicly discuss it till after their 2020 nuptials.

Rave-Symoné first entered Hollywood at a really younger age, when she portrayed Olivia Kendall on The Cosby Show at 3-years-old. This was solely the start of her tv profession, as she rose to fame as Raven Baxter on the hit Disney present That’s So Raven, which aired from 2003 to 2007. Quickly after, she garnered additional success when she landed a essential position within the film trilogy The Cheetah Girls as Galleria. For Miranda’s half, she labored as an government assistant earlier than she began a profession as a social media supervisor in 2017.

In April 2021, the pair launched a YouTube channel collectively known as 8 PM, which coated a variety of subjects together with life-style, well being, artwork, skincare, and extra. They continued to launch content material till June 2022 and gained over 42,000 subscribers. Most lately, the couple got here out with a podcast known as The Best Podcast Ever in June 2023. They have already had a variety of friends, together with co-Cheetah Girl Adrienne Bailone, Demi Lovato, and Jojo Siwa.

“I think it’s really important to show our generation a lesbian couple that’s multiracial who can work together, tells the truth and doesn’t sugar coat things with real sugar,” Raven-Symoné instructed People on the time. “Obviously, we have our persona. But every day, you’re getting us. It’s what we want for our lives and the trajectory of our careers. I think it’s special to see that. I mean, I didn’t see that as a kid.” Learn extra about Miranda and her relationship with Raven under!

How Raven & Miranda Met

Although the couple have been non-public on the time they kindled their love, Raven and Miranda shared the story of how they met years later — on a Q&A for his or her YouTube channel 8 PM. The pair met in 2015 when the Disney alum was internet hosting a karaoke evening at a homosexual bar in West Hollywood.

It was an on the spot connection they usually knew it was meant to be. Two days after the assembly, the pair went on a primary date and spent the evening speaking within the automobile for eight hours and nonetheless didn’t need to go away one another’s facet. “It was one of those things where you didn’t want the person to ever leave,” Miranda instructed People in June 2023. “Call me psychic, call me deeply intuitive, call me crazy. I just knew she was my person. And I love being right.”

Raven and Miranda additionally shared some particulars of the beginnings of their relationship in an interview on the YouTube present Face To Face With David. After simply assembly, the duo determined to dwell collectively. “Why don’t you come to move to New York and live with me? We just met,” Raven-Symoné recalled on the podcast. Miranda additionally shared that she “dropped” her “bills, responsibilities and job” and went to dwell with the That’s So Raven star. At the time, Raven was about to begin internet hosting the daytime discuss present The View.

But, it wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows in the beginning of the connection, since Raven-Symoné requires all her relationship companions to signal an NDA — so as to hold her life non-public. “I was really reluctant (to ask) because I knew something was different about Miranda,” The Cheetah Girls star revealed on an episode of their podcast.

Raven-Symone & Miranda’s Marriage

In June 2020, the 2 podcast hosts secretly tied the knot in a small ceremony in entrance of actress Debbie Ryan‘s backyard in Los Angeles, and the marriage was officiated by their pal Erica Summers. Raven shared the information two days later by way of Instagram. “I got married to a woman who understands me from trigger to joy, from breakfast to midnight snack, from stage to home,” Raven-Symoné captioned the since-deleted picture of her and Miranda with their arms round one another on their marriage ceremony day. In one other deleted publish, Raven-Symoné additionally wrote, “Thank you to all those who helped and for those who understand why it was small during this time.”

As for the marriage apparel, the previous host sported a black button-down shirt, whereas her bride rocked a white Gucci jumpsuit. “Miranda makes me feel confident and empowered in an entirely new way. We planned our ceremony together, and it was a true reflection of our love and partnership,” Raven-Symoné instructed People.

Miranda known as the marriage “perfect,” including, “It was joyful, intimate, filled with laughter, great food, music, and a last-minute peanut butter delivery for me — all things I know my future with Raven will hold. I feel so grateful to be doing life with my love!”

Raven-Symone Coming Out

The Georgia native was very hesitant to come out as lesbian since she has at all times been within the highlight. Raven made headlines in 2013 when she tweeted her response to the legalization of same-sex marriage.  “I can finally get married! Yay, government! So proud of you,” she wrote in June 2013. Three years later, she spoke out on why she was so reluctant to share her sexuality with the world.  She “never thought” she would publicly come out as a result of she at all times felt “branded at such a young age” to match the community’s picture. “I never thought I would come out because my personal life didn’t matter,” she stated in a May 2016 video for the docuseries It Got Better. “It was only what was supposed to be sold as the Raven-Symoné brand.”