Emotional Raven-Symoné consoled by wife in first sighting after co-star Malcolm-Jamal Warner's death
The actress was spotted at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday, looking downcast as she took an emotional moment to tightly hug her wife, Miranda Pearman-Maday.
When a paparazzo asked her how she was holding up, she replied, 'Not good,' in footage obtained by TMZ.
Raven-Symoné later shared that she was going through 'a lot.'
'I've had a lot of deaths in my life for the last four years, this is a lot right now,' she solemnly said.
The former Disney Channel star lost her father, Christopher B. Pearman, in October 2024. Her younger brother, Blaize, died after a battle with colon cancer in November 2023.
Raven-Symoné played Olivia Kendall — the stepgranddaughter of Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable (played by Bill Cosby) — on 'The Cosby Show' from 1989 to 1992. Warner played the only Huxtable son, Theodore 'Theo' Huxtable.
The 'That's So Raven' alum, 39, shared an emotional tribute to her former co-star on Instagram Tuesday.
'Words cannot express the pain and sadness and surprise that I feel with the recent loss of MJW,' she said in an audio clip which featured an image of a white dove and the words 'I love you.'
'He was the big brother, he was a beacon, he was one of the most multifaceted, talented men — so gentle,' continued. 'And my heart and soul and hugs and kisses go out to his daughter and his wife and his mother.'
Raven-Symoné then appeared to hold back tears.
'He gave the best advice,' she recalled. 'He gave the best hugs and his smile will always be a huge bright f–king white smile in my head forever.'
'I love you and I know you're watching over all of us now. Bye, Malcolm,' she concluded.
Warner died Sunday after being 'caught by a high current' at Costa Rica's Playa Grande beach in Cahuita, Limón, while on a family vacation.
The Caribbean Guard claimed in a statement Monday that his drowning 'happened very quickly.'
'He was pulled from underwater without vital signs, and despite CPR maneuvers being performed on the beach, resuscitation was unsuccessful,' the statement read.
Warner was 54 years old.
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