Cosby Show actress Raven Symoné opens up about her personal life...comes out as a lesbian

Raven-Symoné has revealed that she is a lesbian with an enlightening and excited tweet on Friday.

'I can finally get married! Yay government!' the 27-year-old former Cosby Show star tweeted. 'So proud of you.'



Child star: Raven was just four years old when she appeared on The Cosby Show as Bill Cosby's youngest daughter, Olivia



Coming out: Raven-Symoné (pictured here in October 2012) revealed that she was a lesbian with a tweet about same-sex marriage on Friday

While she didn't expand on her bombshell statement on Twitter, Raven was referring to the US Supreme Court's decision to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act in June.

She went on to tell E! News, 'I am very happy that gay marriage is opening up around the country and is being accepted. I was excited to hear today that more states legalized gay marriage.

'I, however am not currently getting married, but it is great to know I can now, should I wish to.'



Celebration: Raven excitedly tweeted: 'I can finally get married!'



Don't expect wedding bells just yet, however, as a rep for Symone told E! 'Raven is not getting married. She was just supporting the fact that she heard on NPR that more states legalized gay marriage today.'

In May 2012, she addressed a National Enquirer story that she was living with her girlfriend, America's Next Top Model contestant AzMarie Livingston, in New York City by tweeting a cryptic message about the tabloid story.

'I'm living my PERSONAL life the way I'm happiest,' she told her then 350,000 followers.



Happy couple? Raven was rumoured last year to be living with America's Next Top Model contestant AzMarie Livingston





Tattooed beauty: The lesbian model was known for her androgynous looks and similarity to Grace Jones


'I'm not one, in my 25 year career to disclose who I'm dating. and I shall not start now. My sexual orientation is mine, and the person I'm datings to know. I'm not one for a public display of my life,' said the actress who played Olivia on The Crosby Show at age four.

Raven added, 'That is my right as a HUMAN BEing whether straight or gay. To tell or not to tell. As long as I'm not harming anyone.'

At the time, the That's So Raven star did not confirm or deny the allegations about dating AzMarie, who was known on the CW's modeling competition for her androgynous beauty that resembled her idol, Grace Jones.






Disney darling: Symone went on to star in her own show, That's So Raven from 2003-2007



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Gov. Obi demolishes Onitsha hotel where human heads were found

Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State has maitained that his government would not rest until criminal activities were drastically reduced in the State.

He made this comments while personally supervising the demolition of Upper Class Hotel, a three storey structure at 8 Old Market Road, Onitsha where two fresh human heads, arms and ammunition were discovered.

Governor Obi said the State Government had also confiscated all assets belonging to the owner of the hotel, Mr. Bonaventure Mokwe, from Umuchu,who he said had been arrested together with his staff.

He explained that the action was in line with the policy of his administration to sustain the fight against crime and criminality.

The Governor made it clear that government will not relent in its resolve to flush out hoodlums from all parts of the State.




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13 phrases you’ll only hear in Ireland

Below are 13 phrases you'll only hear in Ireland. Might come in handy for visitors and locals as well. Do you have unusual phrases you'll only hear in your country? Share with us in the comment box...

 

1. When describing a meal

 

2. When scrambling for the right word

 

3. When expressing mild envy

 

4. When recounting a favourite anecdote

 

5. When describing a person

 

6. When discussing good weather

 

7. When addressing the past

 

8. When expressing sympathy

 

9. When describing a crime

 

10. When accepting a compliment

 

11. When imparting tragic news

 

12. When meeting anyone not from Kilkenny

 

13. When having any conversation at a funeral

 

 

 

 

 

 

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11 Yr Old set ablaze by mistress is dead

The 11-year old girl that was allegedly set ablaze by a nurse in Surulere area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria, is dead. On Tuesday P.M.NEWS reported how the victim, Ita Bassey-Eno, was set ablaze and was in the throes of death because of the severe burns she suffered.

Her mistress, Mrs Nkese Iroakazi, was alleged to have poured kerosene on her body and lit a match stick to set her ablaze after she allegedly stole a piece of meat from the pot.

The victim, who was rushed to the Burns and Trauma Centre, General Hospital, Gbagada, last Saturday was said to have suffered 95 percent degree of burns all over her body.

After doctors battled to save her life for five days, Bassey-Eno eventually died in the early hours of today due to the high degree of burns she suffered.



•Ita Bassey-Eno, dies

Mrs Esther Ogwu, Executive Director, Esther Child Rights Foundation, the non governmental organisation, NGO, fighting for justice for the child, confirmed to P.M.NEWS that the little girl had eventually died, and that the NGO would ensure that the alleged culprit was punished.

Nurses at the hospital said the little girl died around 2.00 a.m. today as she could not survive the excruciating pains caused by the severe burns on her body.

The girl’s fate appeared sealed last Saturday when she was said to have been set ablaze. sources said the girl ran out of their apartment at 7, Adeniran Ogunsanya Street, Surulere, unto to the main road with fire all over her body as she cried for help from passers-by.

It was gathered that a motorist immediately stopped her vehicle and used the fire extinguisher in her car to put out the flames.

The matter was promptly reported at the Bode Thomas Police Station and the alleged culprit was arrested.

Bassey-Eno’s private part was damaged as a result of the burns, while almost all parts of her body were badly burnt.

At the Bode Thomas Police Station, police sources alleged that the little girl revealed, before her death five days later, that her mistress poured kerosene on her and set her ablaze.

The police at the station said the woman would be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, for further investigation into the matter, but Ogwu alleged that the police were trying to shield the woman from the long arm of the law.

In her statement at the police station, Nkese denied that she poured kerosene on the little girl and set her ablaze by lighting a match stick.

According to her, she was in the sitting room when she heard a loud cry and rushed out only to see the girl on fire and called on people to help put out the fire.

Nkese is still being held at the SCID, Panti, where she is being interrogated.



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Man Passes Out Drunk, Wakes Up With No Penis

Geraldo Ramos, 45, says he passed out drunk, only to wake up missing his penis.

Dominican man Geraldo Ramos told local TV station Noticias Sin this week that he passed out drunk and woke up with no penis.

The 45-year-old from Santiago says he has no clue where his penis went, but neighbors told the station that Ramos was attacked by a dog when he was drunk. Ramos, however, has no recollection of this. The alleged dog has not been found.

If a dog did take his penis, it wouldn't be the first time in recent weeks that a dog has made off with a man's genitalia. In late July, a paralyzed man in Arkansas woke up to discover that his canine companion had eaten one of this testicles.

That's not to say dogs don't sometimes devour G-rated body parts. In June, a dog in Brazil, Indiana chewed off his owner's toes. Doctors believe the animal, a pitbull puppy named Bo, was trying to help the man, who was suffering from a severe foot infection.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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