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Hellofriendinternet t1_j1eueji wrote

Man. He was the little kid in Major Payne. It seems like an axiom in Hollywood is that if you want to fuck up your child’s life, make them a child star.

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platitood t1_j1gv54q wrote

Counterpoint: millions of kids are tucked up, but we notice the celebrity ones. I hate to say it but, I don’t know if we have data that it’s worse to be a celebrity kid than not. Which is not me endorsing celebrity status for kids; rather it is me being gloomy about how awful childhood can be for so many kids.

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PartyPorpoise t1_j1h5z3k wrote

Being a celebrity kid brings about a lot of unique issues, and being in the public eye makes it harder to move past them. But yeah, some of these people might have become screw-ups even without child stardom. We’d have no way of knowing.

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pimp_juice2272 t1_j1hriyx wrote

Could be the parents. Like think of the type of parent it takes to push kids to get a lead role...now take way Hollywood and you still have that type of parent raising a kid.

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Dazered t1_j1hy9o9 wrote

When I read Jennette McCurdy 's autobiography that's what struck me is how normal her issues were. I know a couple women who struggled exactly the way she did.

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lookmeat t1_j1ihjf1 wrote

The data is pretty damming, even casual observations imply the situation is much worse. Given how consistent it is with cold actors, you'd expect to also have some friends who are in a similar place, with intimacy replacing popularity as the reason you get to follow the fall from grace.

Certainly a lot of kids go through it, but Hollywood has a way of making it worse. When you think about what the parents are ok with, and must constantly allow on their kids, you can see why they are natural targets to abusers. Also the popularity is equally traumatizing: it's like when you screw up so badly you need to move to another town to get a chance, except every town knows and is laughing at you together.

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ECW-WCW-WWF t1_j1fg309 wrote

I’m Glad My Mom Died.

Honey Boy

Sarah Lynn in Bojack Horseman.

Good examples of what you’re talking about. Honey Boy is the one to watch out of the 3. It’s about Shi’a’s life growing up and being on Even Stevens

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blaberno t1_j1fse5y wrote

Yeah, except Shia later came out and said he made all the abuse he endured up to make a better movie. Still proves the point of unstable child actor though

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FareweII t1_j1h45fh wrote

Shia's father was in prison for rape. He was also kicked from multiple sets when Shia was a kid for inapporpiate and threatening behaviour. Even the way he denied the abuse it was him saying "I never hit Shia in the face." He's a ceritifed piece of shit and i have no doubt he was abusive.

It just seems they've recently reconnected, so Shia started to deny it because the movie wasn't an autobiographical portrayal of his life.

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blaberno t1_j1ioimd wrote

Oof, makes sense I suppose that Shias personal account has changed over time since trauma and abuse are so complicated/multi faceted. Agreed, his dad sounds like a POS

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Cool_Till_3114 t1_j1gxoec wrote

Got I'm Glad My Mom Died on audible with one of my credits. Enjoyed listening to that on a flight. I'd give her next book a chance if she's going to write more, interested to see if it's still good when it's not an autobiography.

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schmittyfangirl t1_j1hwy9h wrote

I read I’m glad my mom died over two weeks. And after reading it, I think I’m done with rewatching Dan’s shows. >!When the mom put her daughter on blast on a Jennette McCurdy fan site for her secret relationship with “Joe” when she was in Hawaii I went from hating her to seeing red!< Really good book.

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flekkzo t1_j1gmen8 wrote

Look up Judy Garland. Worse than a horror movie.

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Rosebunse t1_j1gro2z wrote

Her rendition of Old Man River is one of the saddest songs I have ever heard. That woman went through hell.

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Ahambone t1_j1hbmxu wrote

It's her final rendition of "Over The Rainbow"- the one after her suicide attempt- for me. Absolute harrowing.

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Rosebunse t1_j1hq51z wrote

I think the thing about Judy Garland is, her life was a tragic mess, but she did try. She tried so fucking hard to be better and just to exist.

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terminbee t1_j1h93l2 wrote

Judy Garland just got screwed from every angle.

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expired_mascara t1_j1gxtmb wrote

Don’t think that’s a fair excuse. Too many non child star men are also guilty of domestic violence. This is an issue of male violence and misogyny.

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Frankieneedles t1_j1ie87j wrote

To be fair we only notice theirs because they talk about him so much.

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