Why doesn’t Eddie appear in the ‘That’s So Raven’ spin-off?

One of the most successful series ever launched by Disney Channel was “That’s So Raven”. The production, which premiered in 2003, follows the life of Raven (Raven-Symoné), a girl with mediumistic powers, who went through thick and thin alongside her friends Chelsea (Anneliese van der Pol) and Eddie (Orlando Brown).

With 101 episodes divided into four seasons, until 2012, this was the longest series in the channel’s history, surpassed only by “Wizards of Waverly Place”, which exceeded 105 episodes.

Furthermore, “That’s So Raven” was also the first series to receive two spin-offs: “Cory at the White House”, released in 2007 and which follows the move of the protagonist’s father and brother to the house of the President of the United States. , and “Raven’s House”, from 2017, responsible for presenting the lives of Raven and Chelsea after adulthood.

However, something that caught a lot of fans’ attention is the absence of an important character in the most recent spin-off: Orlando Brown, Eddie, best friend of the main characters. But why was he left out?

Numerous controversies

Although Eddie has a great importance in the story of Raven and Chelsea due to the characters’ great friendship, the actor Orlando Brown He ended up being dropped from “The House of Raven” due to a series of controversies in his personal life after the end of the program.

In 2011 and 2013, for example, the star was fined for driving under the influence of alcohol. In 2016, his situation became even worse after being arrested accused of attacking his girlfriend, in addition to carrying a quantity of drugs that could be classified as trafficking, according to information shared by UOL’s Tangerina portal.

As reported by VEJA, in 2018, Orlando He was arrested again for possession of drugs and a new suspicion of robbery. The most recent problem of Brown with the police reported by the international media happened in 2022, when TMZ reported in December that the actor was arrested once again for domestic violence. The information was confirmed by the Ohio police department to the Deadline portal.

Due to this accusation, Eddie’s interpreter was released after paying bail of 25 thousand dollars, however, he had to wait for the process under house arrest. In February 2023, the ex-Disney claimed insanity, and requested a psychiatric evaluation to determine whether he is truly fit to carry out the trial.

His most recent controversy happened in January of this year, when TMZ reported that Orlando Brown was expelled from a restaurant after a verbal altercation with an employee of the establishment.