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Raven-Symoné opens up on feeing 'attacked' after Oprah interview. The former That's So Raven star spoke out about comments she made about being African American almost a decade ago. ”When that aired, I felt like the entire Internet exploded and threw my name in the garbage," Raven-Symoné, 38, told her wife and podcast co-host, 36-year-old Miranda Maday, adding she had felt "haunted" by the scandal ever since. In the original interview, Raven-Symoné had told Oprah she did not want to be labelled. ”I don't want to be labelled gay," she said at the time. ”I want to be labelled a human who loves humans. I'm tired of being labelled - I'm an American, I'm not an African American - I'm an American.” This week, Raven-Symoné worked to clarify her intention behind the statement. ”There was so much backlash from my community and others that misunderstood/didn't hear the exact words that I said," she explained on Tea Time With Raven and Miranda. ”A lot of people thought I said that I wasn't Black, and I never said that.” She went on to further describe what she had meant by her words. ”When I say that African American does not align with me, that label, it doesn't mean that I'm negating my Blackness or I'm not Black," Raven-Symoné said. "It means I am from this country. I was born here. My mom, my dad, my great-great-great-great-great – that's what I'm saying. The pure logistics of it.” THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT