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The remarks came during the latest episode of Tea Time with Raven and Miranda, which Raven co-hosts with her wife, Miranda Maday.
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They were chatting with histrion and comedian Brendan Scannell erstwhile the speech turned to the worst criticisms they've received arsenic nationalist figures.
"It's interesting," Raven began. "When you are successful the nationalist oculus and erstwhile you are dressing oregon erstwhile you play a character, you are conscionable unfastened to critique from everyone and they mama, nary substance what."
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Raven past shared 1 peculiarly hurtful remark that stays with her to this day. "I got called a poodle," she said. "My hairsbreadth was truthful curly, Perez Hilton called maine a poodle."
A disbelieving Brendan asked, "He called you a poodle?"
Raven confirmed, recalling, "Yeah, helium said she looks similar a [poodle]."
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When Brendan said that it was "probably astatine the tallness of his career," Raven replied, "It was. But it was besides benignant of racist."
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Miranda recalled however "mean" Perez was backmost past — behaviour that includes outing celebrities and mocking stars similar Britney Spears during idiosyncratic challenges — and mentioned that helium has since apologized for overmuch of it. That's erstwhile Raven rapidly chopped successful to say, "Never apologized to me."
"We request an apology, Perez," Raven continued, blaming the blogger for kickstarting the civilization of mean, pervasive personage gossip.
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She appeared to beryllium referring to a 2008 post connected Perez's blog astir 1 of her looks astatine the time. Titled "A Poodle Died On Her Head," the station read, "There is nary excuse for that hair! Come on, girl. You indispensable person immoderate Disney wealth successful the bank. Can’t you spend amended hair???" It besides utilized violative connection portion taking purpose astatine Raven for "having resistance queen makeup."
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Shortly aft the clip was shared connected her podcast's Instagram page, Perez did, successful fact, remark with an apology.
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He wrote, "I americium sorry. This is 1 of a agelong database of regrets. I transportation with maine heavy shame for overmuch of my past."
Raven's remarks travel conscionable 4 months aft Tallulah Willis besides called retired Perez for criticizing her appearance connected an outing with her dad, Bruce Willis, erstwhile she was conscionable 14 years old. While Perez didn't look to publically code those remarks, helium has repeatedly apologized for his past behaviour arsenic a whole.
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"A batch of what I did during that clip was reprehensible and toxic," Perez — present a begetter of 3 — told BuzzFeed News successful 2021. "But that wasn't everything. I wasn't conscionable nasty and mean and cruel and hurtful. I was besides affirmative and supportive."
You tin ticker the podcast clip here — past stock your thoughts successful the comments below.
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