Raven-Symoné and Adrienne Bailon excited their millennial fans across the world earlier this week when they, alongside Disney Channel, announced an upcoming fourth “Cheetah Girls” movie. The new flick, dubbed “Next Gen,” will air sometime in 2027 and star Symoné and Bailon as Galleria and Chanel. The movie will also feature special appearances by Sabrina Bryan (Dorinda in the first three movies), Lynn Whitfield, and Lori Alter. Kiely Williams, the fourth member of the original quartet, is not attached to the film, and her absence has caused quite a stir online. Fans have voiced their displeasure at Williams’ exclusion, and her sister, Tse Meidas Williams, also expressed her displeasure. In a post online, Tse blasted Symoné and Bailon, calling them “hateful b-tches” before turning her anger toward Bryan, a longtime friend and supporter of Kiely.
Tse took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to blast Symoné and Bailon after Disney announced that “The Cheetah Girls 4: Next Gen” had just begun production.
“Raven and Adrienne are truly hateful b-tches,” she wrote. “They are also 2-faced and liars.”
Tse, who reportedly raised Kiely when she was younger, also turned her anger toward Bryan, one of Kiely’s longtime friends, calling her a “pick me.”
“Kiely was the easy person to villainize since the 3LW, so here we are. I believe in karma. They will get [what’s] due; they will have earned it,” Tse continued.
Don’t forget, Bailon and Kiely have decades’ worth of history, given that they were both part of the real-life girl group 3LW (3 Little Women) from 1999 to 2007.
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There have been rumors about drama between the cast of “The Cheetah Girls” for nearly two decades now. For those who may be unfamiliar, Symoné appeared in the franchise’s first two films in 2003 and 2006 but opted not to return for the third movie in 2008.
In 2020, Symoné and Kiely discussed their issues with each other during an Instagram livestream, in which Symoné revealed that she felt excluded from the group while making the first two films.
“The cliquish way that there was during that movie made me feel excluded from my original team set,” she said. “Not that it was strong to begin with, but I felt excluded. That was when me and Belinda started being friends because we felt ostracized.”
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Later in the conversation, Symoné told Kiely that she had problems with more than just her. “You know what’s next on the list. I talked to Adrienne,” Symoné said before telling her that she needed to fix their issues.
Kiely, though, wasn’t going for it, telling Symoné that she wasn’t interested in connecting with the “Real” alum for deeply personal reasons.
“She didn’t come to my dad’s funeral or call me when he died,” Kiely said. “I’m sorry, I’m not trying to be messy. I’m being for real with you, no. You can say what you want about me and how you felt about me, but you can’t ever say that I didn’t f—— ride for Adrienne. You can’t say that.”
Bryan Has Spoken Highly Of Kiely In The Past, Recounts Days On Set Of ‘The Cheetah Girls’
As for Bryan’s relationship with Kiely, she said in 2024 that she and Kiely, who played Aqua in the franchise, were on great terms. “Kiely has been one of my best friends since the start to end,” she told E! News.
“From the first movie, we really connected,” Bryan continued, before sharing that they’ve made special memories together since they first connected in the early 2000s.
“She was my maid of honor in my wedding,” she said. “I was her maid of honor.”
‘The Cheetah Girls 4’ Will Feature A New Group Of Aspiring Pop Stars
According to a previous report from The Blast, “The Cheetah Girls 4” will be executive produced by Symoné and Debra Martin Chase. The movie will follow Symoné and Bailon’s characters, along with Symoné’s daughter and Bailon’s sister, as they travel to Africa to volunteer at a wildlife sanctuary.
There, the group of young, aspiring pop stars will “find their voice and discover the true Cheetah spirit as they save the preserve and ultimately take the stage as the new Cheetah Girls.”
