Raven-Symoné returned to the Hot Topics table for this morning’s episode of The View, where she looked back on her brief tenure as a co-host from 2015 to 2016.
After Symoné took her seat at the desk, co-host Joy Behar asked if it felt good to be back on The View.
“Um … certain things do,” Symoné hesitantly replied. “Actually, no. As you guys know, every time I come here I have to come to this job maybe 45 minutes earlier to say hi to everybody. And then when I get on this, I have PTSD — please don’t ask me any questions.”
When Behar brought up Tuesday night’s (Oct. 1) vice presidential debate, the actress quickly fired back, “I told you not to ask me any questions, Joy.”
In all seriousness, Symoné confirmed that she watched the debate — and that she watches “a lot more politics” now that she’s no longer on The View.
“I don’t think we talked about it quite as much as we do now, did we?” Behar asked, to which Symoné responded, “Well, yes. I got a lot of scolding back in the day that I’m not paying attention to it as much. But I watch it now for actual entertainment.”
During her time as a co-host on The View, Symoné came under fire for a number of controversial remarks. The star once reacted to a clip of the “60 most ghetto names” by telling the audience, “I’m not about to hire you if your name is Watermelondrea. It’s just not going to happen,” per Page Six.
Symoné also defended former Univision host Rodner Figueroa for comparing Michelle Obama to a character from Planet of the Apes. “Don’t fire me from this right now, but some people do look like animals,” she said.
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Another time, the That’s So Raven alum said she didn’t like the idea of putting Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill.
“Let me just preface that I understand the history, I get it, trust me, I was taught, I’m in that culture,” she said at the time. “Me personally, I would have chosen Rosa Parks. I would have chosen someone that is closer to the progression that we’re doing now. And I know you have to understand history so that you don’t repeat it, but that doesn’t really happen in our world, because we still repeat history of hating other cultures over and over again. So I would choose a different one, no offense.”
Nowadays, Symoné finds politics “absolutely amusing.” She even offered some advice to confused voters on today’s broadcast.
“Yeah, there’s some things that I like about the Republican side and there’s some things I like about the Democrat side — but ultimately, I’m choosing the person that best represents me as a human to the rest of the world and what that looks like,” she said.
“You’re not gonna be happy with what everyone says and everybody’s policies,” Symoné continued. “But my mama told me to put my best foot forward when I go out in the world and some people just don’t do that here.”
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