Yep, the Cheetah Girls are having a feud in 2020 and things just got even more AWKWARD after Raven-Symoné and Kiely Williams went on Instagram live and talked about the drama.
"Because of you I get to talk to you and heal a wound from that time period when we were younger that I probably wouldn't get to do if I didn't understand that you know what, you like to shake sh*t up," Raven said on Instagram live.
"I'm a fire starter, for sure. It's an acquired taste," Kiely replied.
This past week, Kiely called out fellow the Cheetah Girls and 3LW member, Adrienne Bailon Houghton, for "pretending to be my best friend" on a previous Instagram live session. She also briefly mentioned Raven, which caused the That's So Raven star to talk about her in a separate Instagram live talk with Briana Latrise.
"Kiely Williams was online, she’s been having my name in her mouth recently. She had my name in her mouth, but I appreciated it," Raven said. "It was in true Kiely form; she promoted my stuff, while causing drama. I appreciated it.
Raven and Kiely ended up talking about why Raven decided to leave the group before the third movie Cheetah Girls: One World.
"The cliquish way that there was during that movie made me feel excluded from my original team," Raven said. "Not that it was strong to begin with, but I felt excluded. And there was someone there, 'cause that's when me and Belinda started being friends because we felt ostracized. And we have other things that just led up to that moment that just were weird, personal [and] outside of business."
Kiely responded by saying that she believed it was due to the fact that Kiely, Adrienne, and Sabrina Bryan had been touring together, while Raven continued her solo career.
"But, for us, we're like, 'she's Raven,'" Kiely said. "You still are. As far that the Disney Channel is concerned, you have one f*cking name. In my mind, at least, you were Raven with the one name and you had the show on the channel. The first Black girl with the show. I can understand what you're trying to say. I would never try to hurt you purpose."
Raven accepted her apology before Kiely said she hopes fans didn't see the Cheetah Girls differently over everything that happened.
"It sucks that that's how you felt. And I really wish we could've sat down and talked about it then, because that's so antithetical that what the Cheetah Girls was about," she continued.
Raven then brought up Adrienne, telling Kiely that she needs to go talk to her to figure out all the drama.
"Why do I have to talk to Adrienne, tell me why? No, she didn't come to my dad's funeral or call me when he died. I'm sorry, I'm not trying to be messy. I'm being for real with you, no. I'm sorry, I love you. I swear to God. Come on," Kiely replied. "You can say what you want about me and how you felt about me, but you can't ever say that I didn't ride for Adrienne. You can't say that. I didn't do anything!"
"My best friend didn't invite me to her wedding and she met her husband through me. But I still talk to her because the history that we have for one another is so thick, she knows a part of you that nobody else knows," Raven said. "But y'all prideful as*es need to calm down, take a pill for a second and say, 'I'm pissed at you, but let's talk about it.' Just like I said with you. 'I'm pissed about it, but let's get it out like grown women.' She married too."
Before Kiely decided to change the subject, Raven mentioned that it would be good for them to try to patch things up so a reunion could be possible.
"I'm on a mission. Adrienne's my girl. [You should talk to her even] if only to say, '[let's] be on one carpet together once,'" Raven said. "If only to say that. That would be fun for us, not just for everybody else."
Looks like that Cheetah Girls reunion might happen after all.
Tamara Fuentes is the current Entertainment Editor at Cosmopolitan, where she covers TV, movies, books, celebrities, and more. She can often be found in front of a screen fangirling about something new. Before joining Cosmopolitan, she was the entertainment editor over at Seventeen. She is also a member of the Television Critics Association and the Latino Entertainment Journalists Association. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram.
