Anneliese van der Pool will return for the 100th episode of ‘Raven’s Home’.
Anneliese van der Pool is coming back to Raven's Home
The former ‘That’s So Raven’ star - who played Chelsea Daniels in both shows alongside Raven-Symone’s Raven Baxter - will make a "nostalgic" appearance for the Disney Channel reboot’s milestone.
The 37-year-old actress told Entertainment Tonight: "It feels exactly what you would imagine. It feels nostalgic. It feels like coming home.It is the 100th episode of Raven's Home and also the 200th episode of the franchise of That's So Raven, so it's just incredibly full circle. I'm so proud of Raven [Symoné]. It's great to be back with all my old friends, the crew and the cast. Then, of course, Raven's directing, and it's just so amazing to see her blossom, and to be a part of something that's meant so much to so many people, not just myself."
Anneliese - who left the show in season five after the show moved from Chicago to San Francisco so Raven and her son Booker could care for her dad - admitted to not being “sure” about how she would react coming back.
She said: "I wasn't sure how I'd feel. A little indifferent, of course bittersweet missing anyone. [But] no bitterness. Only sweetness. Just sweet, because I'm seeing so many people that I haven't seen. You realize it's all just creative, and the show, everything moves along with you. I've had an opportunity to take a step back from the show and do my own thing, which has been a really growing process for me. Amazing, like I said. When you're in the Disney family, you're in."
Anneliese gushed about meeting Raven and their “honest relationship” that blossomed when they first met as teenagers.
She said: "We met when we were 15-years-old when we auditioned for something called ‘Absolutely Psychic’, which then turned out to be the show ‘That's So Raven’, and then ‘Raven's Home’. When we met, it was to do a job, but instantly we connected on a sense of reality. Right in the moment, we asked each other honest questions while waiting in that green room in this audition. We talked about real things immediately when we spoke, right when we were only just 15-years-old. That's continued, an honest relationship, a business relationship, but also a friendship relationship which comes first."
Raven agreed, telling the outlet that the “phone call” to Anneliese was “easy”.
The 36-year-old actress said: "The phone call was easy. Jed Scott and Anthony, the other EPS of the show had a wonderful idea to make the 100th episode a 100th celebration on camera as well. So we're celebrating off camera, on camera. I can't even take full responsibility for the comeback. It's everyone involved, even Disney Channel because they know how important it is. And especially for a kid show to last, as long as it has. It's amazing."
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