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  • @MsMojo
    @MsMojo ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Which child star defined YOUR childhood? Let us know below, and check out our playlist here: th-cam.com/video/TsCNdkA0ckg/w-d-xo.html for more childhood-ruining fact videos!

    • @tylerriley2587
      @tylerriley2587 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      this channel and Watchmojo isn't afraid to speak the truth

    • @naddiithequeenholler5341
      @naddiithequeenholler5341 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Little House on the Prairie. Though both girls ended up as alcoholics. 😬

    • @fromthehaven94
      @fromthehaven94 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Drew Barrymore primarily, though I didn't see ET until I was an adult.

    • @evelynneufeld7610
      @evelynneufeld7610 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Shirley Temple ❤️

    • @shannonflickinger563
      @shannonflickinger563 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Raven shaped my childhood because she was different. She wasn’t as skinny as the other actresses and I wasn’t either. She was my role model ❤️♥️

  • @PlatinumRoseLady
    @PlatinumRoseLady ปีที่แล้ว +871

    Anybody who bullied Jake Lloyd has NO RIGHT to call themselves a "Star Wars" fan. Jake didn't write the lines he had to say - he was a little boy being verbally attacked on-line by alleged "adults". Completely shameful.
    I hope Jake is doing better and able to find peace

    • @jimb.7523
      @jimb.7523 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Probably the same POSes that nearly drove Ahmed Best to suicide and would troll Kelly Marie Tran many years later.

    • @PlatinumRoseLady
      @PlatinumRoseLady ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@jimb.7523 Yep. Starts with "scum" and ends with "bags".

    • @tedgruver7618
      @tedgruver7618 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      I agree with you, Jake Lloyd NEVER deserved all the hatred he got for playing Anakin Skywalker.

    • @PlatinumRoseLady
      @PlatinumRoseLady ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@tedgruver7618 of course he didn't but some people had to show how tough and mature they were by being awful to a child. And to anybody who did that - I hope you're really proud of yourselves.

    • @daleketchup7434
      @daleketchup7434 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      I read somewhere that Haden Christensen was also harassed and he played Anakin more than Jake did.
      The ironic thing is that people love the Star Wars prequels now! There’s a whole subreddit dedicated to it!

  • @ThatBoyRashaad
    @ThatBoyRashaad ปีที่แล้ว +735

    It’s sad that Jennette has been shaping up our childhood and little do we know that she didn’t have a proper childhood herself. I’m happy she’s doing better now.

    • @there4you19
      @there4you19 ปีที่แล้ว

      All because of her Dumb Greedy Mother.

    • @olvialee7221
      @olvialee7221 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Same

    • @leonardolim8976
      @leonardolim8976 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Funny thing is jade west was like Jennette in victorious

    • @ROBYNMARKOW
      @ROBYNMARKOW ปีที่แล้ว +5

      While McCurdy sounds like she had a dreadfully sick mother who should'nt have been a parent in the first place;I can't get behind that book cover. Her mother was most likely abused herself & many parents who are go onto do the same to their own children. Hopefully,McCurdy is seeing a a psychologist to understand why her mother was so horribly abusive to her and doesn't do the same to her own children( if she decides to have any..)

    • @leonardolim8976
      @leonardolim8976 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@ROBYNMARKOW normally as a child we would just only think about protecting ourselves bc yk...it's our lives in danger. But as we get older, while some won't forgive them for what they put us thru and dont give f--- about their upbringings, others would face the past and understand their awful upbringing. We're sorry that Jennette had a terrible childhood but she could've at least alter the title "Jennette mccurdy: a story about her live as the abuse victim and how she strive thru it". Not this horrendous title. It just sounded like a bad meme and it ain't even funny

  • @trinaq
    @trinaq ปีที่แล้ว +642

    Poor Jennette, the title of her memoir is so tragically poignant. I'm glad that she seems to be happier now that she's doing something that she truly loves, as opposed to being forced into it by her overzealous, abusive mother.

    • @austinhowells20
      @austinhowells20 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      She have a father

    • @loganyenser9615
      @loganyenser9615 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@austinhowells20 No she didn’t. The man she thought was her father turned out not to be

    • @austinhowells20
      @austinhowells20 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@loganyenser9615 I hope her father will be found

    • @chriscollegia2901
      @chriscollegia2901 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Unrelated but TRINA Q I SEE YOU EVERYWHERE!!!😭😭😭😭😭 I keep seeing your Addams family profile picture and thinking it's another fan of the musical but it's just the same person😭😭😭😭

    • @crazycountryboy8941
      @crazycountryboy8941 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And she has a nice life that resulted because of it . I'm not trying to sound like a ass but I get the feeling that if her mom didn't push to do it and let her quit a young age she would be bitter that her mom let her quit and didn't push her to keep on acting.

  • @gensai93
    @gensai93 ปีที่แล้ว +380

    The saddest story is probably the one of the voice actress of Ducky from the first Land Before Time Movie. A year after the movie was released, she and her mother were murdered by her abusive father as the mother was trying to arrange for them to escape (his first wife also left him due to abusing their family). It was said that she was starting to show off behaviors like breaking down during auditions.

    • @DieHardAnimeOtaku15
      @DieHardAnimeOtaku15 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      She also played Anne-Marie in All Dogs Go to Heaven

    • @ShadowSora8491
      @ShadowSora8491 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@DieHardAnimeOtaku15 That movie tributed to her, since it was released after she died.

    • @caressabashful4714
      @caressabashful4714 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Judith Barsi. Poor kid. She deserved better. Everyone on this list deserved better.

    • @your_local_questerian
      @your_local_questerian ปีที่แล้ว +21

      i remember hearing about it. even for an 18 year old who is into dark crap, that's too far. i feel awful for judith and her mom that they had to put up with this monster and i wish they didn't have to go too soon. i have zero tolerance for child abuse and any other form of abuse (especially sexual and abuse from partners and families, specifically gaslighting)

    • @julz3tt3
      @julz3tt3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Poor little Judith Barsi. Her Father was an alcoholic and very abusive. The Mother tried to get away but there were alot of unnoticed things by child services.

  • @ConnorMiller417
    @ConnorMiller417 ปีที่แล้ว +275

    I’m very proud of Jennette for sharing her horrific experiences as a child. It’s a classic example as to why you don’t force kids into professions they don’t want to do. And I’m really proud of her for not taking the bush money because so many people would fall for that temptation. That speaks volumes as to how much she cares about getting her word out. I agree with Jennette, I’m glad her mom died so she can finally be free of her control. I hope she has a great rest of her life! ❤

    • @andreasmeelie1889
      @andreasmeelie1889 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      While I don't wish death on anyone I can't deny that I'm glad that she still found a way to better herself after her Mom's death and find her own way.
      I just wish that she could realize that she even could have been stronger even before she died so that she wouldn't have to see it as a way of it because her Mom died that she came out strong. She would have come out strong either way.

    • @tiffprendergast
      @tiffprendergast ปีที่แล้ว

      @@andreasmeelie1889 no she would be still b treated like dirt

    • @rachelrodriguez3177
      @rachelrodriguez3177 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m very grateful everyone that had thee‼ most awful childhood shared any of their memories‼❗

    • @Jade_902
      @Jade_902 ปีที่แล้ว

      There’s two sides to every story. She’s a piece of junk for doing that title.

  • @LoveHandle4890
    @LoveHandle4890 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    R.I.P Judy Garland. You’re in the great Oz in the sky now.🙏

  • @TheCommenterDragon
    @TheCommenterDragon ปีที่แล้ว +233

    Even though it mostly sucks when someone's mom dies, for Jennette she was lucky because after her mom died she felt that she could finally quit the nightmare that was her acting career.

    • @laurenpatrick4609
      @laurenpatrick4609 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      My mum died. I suppose ut just depends on the mum

    • @andreasmeelie1889
      @andreasmeelie1889 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      While I don't wish death on anyone I can't deny that I'm glad that she still found a way to better herself after her Mom's death and find her own way. I just wish that she could have seen that even before she died so that she wouldn't have to see it as a way of it because her Mom died that she came out strong. She would have come out strong either way.

  • @angelaholmes8888
    @angelaholmes8888 ปีที่แล้ว +155

    I'm shocked that someone would body shame a child poor raven she didn't deserve that no child does 😥

    • @tylerriley2587
      @tylerriley2587 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Exactly you don’t do that to a child

    • @aprilfaith765
      @aprilfaith765 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I know right and I know that had to scar her for life!

    • @lordybelance3410
      @lordybelance3410 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How disgusting!

    • @manzanitakatznellenbogen2870
      @manzanitakatznellenbogen2870 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      As a child who experienced body shaming, it does scar you for life. I'm 43 now and I can still hear those words all the way back from the mid 80s :(

    • @aprilfaith765
      @aprilfaith765 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😿 people who say crap like that to anyone should be put to shame!

  • @biasalavaria5915
    @biasalavaria5915 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    Brook Shields should be included on the list. She also has same experience and her's, she made a film as a youngster in an adult concept films

    • @lijo4518
      @lijo4518 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And that damn Calvin Klein Jeans commercial 🫣

    • @nightmarefanatic1819
      @nightmarefanatic1819 ปีที่แล้ว

      She was done so disgustingly wrong by her mother, Garry Gross (apt name) and the judge who shamed her for daring to want photos of her naked, ten-year-old body taken out of the public eye.

  • @ShatnerLover
    @ShatnerLover ปีที่แล้ว +237

    Judy Garland’s entire life is a tragedy

    • @laskmj24
      @laskmj24 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      It’s so sad that the movie that made her a star was also the beginning of her downfall. It’s because of the Wizard of Oz that she got addicted to pills and developed a low self worth that would continue for her whole life.

    • @Ohboycommentsection
      @Ohboycommentsection ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Judy was a wonderful performer who could break your heart with her voice. She died at the age of 47, only weighing around 90 pounds, malnourished from substance abuse.

    • @tabithadickson36
      @tabithadickson36 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@laskmj24 no it wasn't the wizard of ozs fault she was on pills long before that it was Judys mother who doped her up and it started back when she was doing films with Mickey Rooney theres a story were her mum would rip the wings off of butterflies in frunt of her to get her to cry when she was small so no it gos back long before she was in the wizard

    • @joshmg25
      @joshmg25 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      It seemed like the entire cast of that movie were treated horribly. The tin man had to use lead-based makeup, the lion had to work hours in that burning suit, etc. the 1930s just weren’t a good time for actors.

    • @Nikkistrict
      @Nikkistrict ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ive been absolutely in love with her my entire life. Wizard of oz shaped my entire life. I got to know her story and she was used and abused by everyone around her

  • @RhaegarTargaryen1st
    @RhaegarTargaryen1st ปีที่แล้ว +127

    I'm not that much older than Jake Lloyd and I remember the horrible treatment he received. Even for the often toxic realm of fandom that was too much.

    • @mattalan6618
      @mattalan6618 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      yeah and because of that i totally understand why he wants nothing to with Star Wars anymore

    • @MASTEROFEVIL
      @MASTEROFEVIL ปีที่แล้ว

      How old are you?

    • @waterjade4198
      @waterjade4198 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It saddens me that Jake Lloyd was bullied to the point of quitting. He was my favorite Anakin and I feel he did a great job at playing the role.

  • @nans969
    @nans969 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    I'm surprised that Patty Duke wasn't on this list. Her parents literally handed her over to her " Agents" . They treated her horrifically.

    • @harperstacey9604
      @harperstacey9604 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Patty's agents also stole most of her money. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

  • @ProfessorTakatoPalm
    @ProfessorTakatoPalm ปีที่แล้ว +86

    I’m glad that The Child Actor’s bill/The Coogan Law was passed. Parents forcing their children to act is one thing (and I despise it), but taking all your child’s hard earned money from their job for yourself (and making up excuses like “Their a kid, they don’t know what to do with money”) is deplorable! I’m glad that most these kids were able to take their parents to court and some don’t have any relationship with them anymore.
    When you only see your kid as a money maker or something that can grab attention, you’re a horrible parent! Shows like Toddlers and Tiaras shows that perfectly. You’re only making your kid do this so these parents can brag about their child and make money off of them. It breaks my heart. Parent and child bonds are suppose to be all about love, NOT MONEY!!!

    • @MPbmfm
      @MPbmfm ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah parents like that only sees their child as a money machine, that hey need to milk till the last drop

  • @HeyItsBruin
    @HeyItsBruin ปีที่แล้ว +33

    One that'll forever haunt me is the story of Judith Barsy, known for her role as Ducky in Land Before Time and Anne-Marie in All Dogs Go To Heaven. Her father was an abusive alcoholic who killed Judith and her mother in a murder-suicide. Judith was only a month away from her 10th birthday.

    • @theyluvtwoset.13
      @theyluvtwoset.13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Poor girl. I thought she was still alive and just her mom died

  • @stingrey1571
    @stingrey1571 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I remember one of the Corey’s (haim or Feldman), said the power dynamic is what messes up kids stars. The quote I do remember is “how can you send me to my room in the house I bought?”

    • @jacklow9611
      @jacklow9611 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's also been said that both of the Coreys were subjected to a lot of sexual abuse by their "bosses", which Corey Feldman is calling them out for now especially after the Weinstein cases were brought to life.

  • @pbsfundingaddict790
    @pbsfundingaddict790 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    I have Jennette McCurdy’s book and it’s so far so good! I just couldn’t help but feel sorry for her!

    • @yadielenielbellecolon982
      @yadielenielbellecolon982 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Me too 🙏😇

    • @trinaq
      @trinaq ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Seconded, I would never force any child of mine into a showbiz career, unless they were really passionate about it.

    • @tiffprendergast
      @tiffprendergast ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too

  • @detmstr341
    @detmstr341 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    After hearing these stories, I feel bad for the child actors. You only see their success, but, never the struggles they go through nor the demons they've battled. It's like that saying, "You don't know what goes on behind closed doors."😟

    • @lordybelance3410
      @lordybelance3410 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ditto. It makes me glad that I wasn't a child star

  • @yolandaponkers1581
    @yolandaponkers1581 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I feel so awful for Jake Lloyd. Imagine being an adult and bullying a child for something they had no say in in the first place.

  • @nibello
    @nibello ปีที่แล้ว +39

    I LOVED Jennette’s performance as Sam, but ever since she revealed the truth about her mother, as well as the allegations with Dan Schneider, it kinda makes me sad now looking back at her past performances. She gave us a childhood that she never had.

    • @thereal_sunset
      @thereal_sunset ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh yeah I also watched Sam and Cat and iCarly

  • @krissykrupski4973
    @krissykrupski4973 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    You could do a whole show on poor Amanda Bynes. What Schneider did to her was grotesque and criminal.

  • @heatherr0420
    @heatherr0420 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    This doesn't ruin my childhood, but as a child I would start to hear things about what has happened to child stars and I continue to do so. At one point I was glad I decided to not ask my parents for permission to pursue acting or a possible music career which I wanted to as well, I wouldn't have had the mental strength then & I really wouldn't now to be a celebrity in this world of the internet, way too many sick & dishonest people, and all the temptations out there. Have nearly 14 years sobriety and if I was celebrity I probably never would have gotten out of that mess known as addiction

  • @markalexander3659
    @markalexander3659 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    As well as being referred to as a "Little pig in pigtails" and being groped by the little people playing the Munchkins, Judy Garland was also given amphetamines to not eat and barbiturates to calm her down (both of which became life-long addictions), she was also put on a diet of soup and black coffee and made o smoke EIGHTY cigarettes a day

    • @MASTEROFEVIL
      @MASTEROFEVIL ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The fact that she lived as long as she did was nothing short of a miracle

  • @dirtybird311
    @dirtybird311 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    The Shirley Temple casting couch broke me. Wow! That’s really upsetting. Then Judy Garland just went on in and finished me off.

  • @shannonflickinger563
    @shannonflickinger563 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    I loved Raven because she wasn’t so skinny like the other actresses. She is still one of my favorites. I wasn’t skinny either and she was a great role model ❤

    • @lessismore8533
      @lessismore8533 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Me too she was my ROLE MODEL as a kid!

    • @xladyfayre
      @xladyfayre ปีที่แล้ว

      I loved her because she was funny. Seems like the body shaming episode of That's So Raven had a personal meaning for her. I nearly cried when I learned about that because no one deserves that.

  • @christophercraig9611
    @christophercraig9611 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Wil Wheaton talks a lot about this kind of abuse he endured too. In his book he mentions how his parents incorporated him and then named themselves "employees." Then later in his life when he wasn't working as frequently his parents loaned him money, likely from his own corporation, and charged him and his wife interest.

    • @Ookami31
      @Ookami31 ปีที่แล้ว

      I waited for him to appear on this list the whole time.

  • @stevekoller3314
    @stevekoller3314 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I was horrified to hear about what poor Shirley Temple went through 😱🥺

  • @amandastjohn4735
    @amandastjohn4735 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    There's also the "casting couches". How many child actors were sexually abused by studio staff?
    How many *other* child stars were rapdd by studio staff and execs?

    • @madisonsvensen1590
      @madisonsvensen1590 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What are the “casting couches”?

  • @TCWRebelsResistanceWords
    @TCWRebelsResistanceWords ปีที่แล้ว +32

    2:51 I remember meeting Lalaine and even Orlando Brown (star of “That’s So Raven”) back in 2003 when I was in 6th grade when Disney Channel had a couple of their hit stars touring schools around the USA to promote Disney’s newest company, Imagineering. Lalaine and Orlando were the sweetest guys ever and I never even suspected that Lalaine was struggling with substance abuse. WOW!!!

    • @kaylajames3098
      @kaylajames3098 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Did you know about Orlando? He was struggling as well. Still is in fact.

    • @TCWRebelsResistanceWords
      @TCWRebelsResistanceWords ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@kaylajames3098 NONE OF US KNEW!! Like I said, I was in sixth grade when my school got to meet them, so we were only eleven to fourteen years old, and if anyone did know, either no one said anything or I just didn’t hear about it.

    • @lessismore8533
      @lessismore8533 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m about your age! I was on 6th grade too! But never met Raven

    • @lordybelance3410
      @lordybelance3410 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are so lucky that you got to meet her!

  • @thereallg4587
    @thereallg4587 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    *Man, I feel bad for any former child star who had to go through tough situations like parents stealing their money go going through a tiring schedule.*

  • @ashleypardue1870
    @ashleypardue1870 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    It didn’t ruin my childhood about what happened to Jennet she is still a good actor and her mom treated like shit

    • @PhoenixRising87
      @PhoenixRising87 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      She is genuinely talented, but I'm happy for her decision to step away from acting, since that's going to make her happy.

    • @tiffprendergast
      @tiffprendergast ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PhoenixRising87 yup

  • @arirenzi-surprenant6915
    @arirenzi-surprenant6915 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I read Jeanette’s memoir and it was heartbreakingly beautiful. The title itself is a perfect summary of her feelings and the book itself is even better. I highly recommend reading it.

    • @sabinahoudkova1417
      @sabinahoudkova1417 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      and amanda bynes too SHE was abused by dan schneider i always enjoing her movies

  • @rrr271003
    @rrr271003 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I feel like Jeanette McCurdy and Jodie Sweetin have similarities on a sad history. Both are blonde actresses with J as the start of their names, both have been a part of a popular Sitcom which not only is family friendly and has a secondary series related to it as a sequel/spin-off, but both also have had difficult lives which prompted them to write a book about their experiences. I felt that Jodie deserved to be on this list as well.

    • @lordybelance3410
      @lordybelance3410 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Definitely

    • @robirvine6970
      @robirvine6970 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What? ".these people are the same because they are blonde and have a random letter in their name" - Moron.

  • @funshine817
    @funshine817 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I hear you, Jennette, I wanted my mom to die as a child, I hated and feared her so much. When she actually died, I cheered. So tragic, really, to have those feelings towards your mother, but my mother was a psycopath who beat me, punished me with thousands of repetitive writings, like her classic....I will obey, mentally and emotionally abused me, it gave me massive issues all my life. My father did nothing, other than do what she told him, and my sister ignored me, thinking I was weird. I was mercilessly bullied, no friends....I am amazed I survived! I never became promiscuous or did drugs/alcohol. I did, however, marry at 18 with the first guy I liked(I met him at 16), I am sure as a way to escape. He was my savior. But that marriage was a disaster, of course, how could it have been anything else? I could go on with how my life turned out, but suffice it to say it has not been pretty. Life, when you get a bum start, can mess you up, permanently. My faith is what has gotten me through. I can't imagine going through life not believing in and trusting God and HIS plan. I have an inner strength that is quite impressive! Thank you, Father, for all I have gone through, as I trust it is all for my highest good. Amen.

    • @brendabernstein286
      @brendabernstein286 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cindy I am so proud of how great you have become. All that shit in your past is not your fault. I'm so thankful you have found God as your eternal father and friend. Keep on being strong. You deserve a great life. Much love

  • @NyNyBriana
    @NyNyBriana ปีที่แล้ว +24

    it's sad that some parents force their kids to live their lives that their parents never got to have when they were kids and they live their lives through their kids

    • @caronstout354
      @caronstout354 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It also happens in the music industry, like the Jackson family.

  • @ssaliormoon15
    @ssaliormoon15 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Man after reading that book I found myself being glad too but also I can't look at iCarly the same way anymore because all I can think about is her abuse and mistreatment behind the scene

    • @HopeGardner3amed
      @HopeGardner3amed ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I feel similarly about Home Alone after researching the #10 example a few years ago.

  • @brodiger
    @brodiger ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I feel bad for Jennette McCurdy I know she went through a rough life and I don’t blame her because of what her mom did to her her book is so amazing I’ve been reading it a lot and listening to the audio of her narrating it calms me down I met her along time ago during the filming of cupcake wars at capital records they were doing the filming there to celebrate the the release of her country music album and I was so lucky to meet her that day she will always be my hero as Sam Puckett

  • @egpmh2891
    @egpmh2891 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    On the fact of Parents abusing their child star kids the worst one was Judith Eva Barsi; her father, a retired plumber, became jealous of his daughter's fame and would often beat her and her mother to a point police and child services were called in by Don Bluth, the director of Land Before Time and All Dogs Go to Heaven (she starred in both). She always told the authorities she and her mom are ok, it got to a point that at 10 years old she was able to buy her and her mom a separate house while her father stayed in an apartment she paid for. This enraged him more that his daughter was the bread winner and not him. When she became like a normal kid again at times she began missing her dad and asked him to live with her and her mom, this was a bad idea. He drugged her and her mother both, then drenched himself and the whole house in gasoline (as the cameras the mother put around the house would show) and then he lit himself and the house on fire, killing them all. After voice actresses kept quitting the roll of Ducky between Land Before Time 2 through 5 Don Bluth retired and even blamed himself for not doing enough to protect her and he paid for her funeral and her mother's and paid for their grave and coffins.

  • @AspieGirlArianaHale
    @AspieGirlArianaHale ปีที่แล้ว +7

    What Judy Garland endured on “The Wizard Of Oz” was cruel. Being starved & made to smoke, asbestos “snow” in the poppy field scene, the “munchkins” verbally abusing/molesting her & even being slapped hard in the face by the director for laughing during filming of the Cowardly Lion scene! Poor Judy. Thank god there are laws there to protect child actors now... 🥺

  • @olvialee7221
    @olvialee7221 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    150: What about Judith Barsi? What happened to her is awful. Well known in Don Bluth’s The Land Before Time and All Dogs Go To Heaven, even the under appreciated Jaws: The Revenge

    • @theyluvtwoset.13
      @theyluvtwoset.13 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know this story. Her mother died when she was about 9 and her dad was an abisive alcoholic who wanted to kill her, but did'nt. Then she starred in other movies beside that. She's probably still alive now

  • @heathercampbell6059
    @heathercampbell6059 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Man, I feel so bad for Jake Lloyd. For all of them.
    Phantom menace wasn't that bad. It just didn't live up to what the originals were. Those were big shoes to fill. But it wasn't that terrible of a movie.

    • @heathercampbell6059
      @heathercampbell6059 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Anti SJW disagree. *shrug*

    • @heathercampbell6059
      @heathercampbell6059 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Anti SJW * Is laughing at your idiocy* I don't know if anyone has ever told you, because you're not actually acting like an adult, but not everybody has to agree with you… you do understand that, right? ( Hmm, obviously not...)

  • @happilysingle4ever177
    @happilysingle4ever177 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I’m also done with Jeanette McCurdy’s book and OMG. I can’t believe that her and her mother use to share a TV dinner together because her mother was so focused on her weight.

  • @marialuisamoraes5694
    @marialuisamoraes5694 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I f*cking hate how people treat Jennette beacuse of the title of her memoir. Like, without even knowing anything about her

  • @TCWRebelsResistanceWords
    @TCWRebelsResistanceWords ปีที่แล้ว +9

    9:25 I’ve been a lifelong fan of Shirley Temple and I still watch her films on a yearly basis via The Little Darling DVD collection. But I NEVER knew about that “casting couch” thing nor did I even know what the heck it was until seeing this! Definitely doesn’t ruin anything for me considering Hollywood really was corrupt back then. It may still be corrupt today, but in its “infancy days,” it was atrocious what went on “behind closed doors” for both the studio runners AND the stars themselves! (Case in point with poor Judy Garland when it came to The Wizard of Oz)

    • @bethklecha5945
      @bethklecha5945 ปีที่แล้ว

      Shirley wasn't assaulted by the producer, because she started laughing at him, when he exposed himself.

  • @JohnRandomness105
    @JohnRandomness105 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    As a child, I kept thinking about how everyone treated talented children to get them to perform -- you're horrible to them, and they reward you for it. As an adult, I have to keep trying to recall my thoughts as a child.
    EDIT: Recall two titles: "Mommie Dearest" and "Please Don't Shoot My Dog".

  • @donnatalmage6806
    @donnatalmage6806 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I relate to Jenette. I won’t shed any tears when my mother goes.

  • @joshruth6369
    @joshruth6369 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    After reading Jennette’s book I can’t look at iCarly, Victorious or Sam & Cat the same. It’s just too depressing knowing what happened behind the scenes.

    • @tylerriley2587
      @tylerriley2587 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes there are a lot who have turned away from those shows I stopped watching victorious since I got Disney+

    • @tiffprendergast
      @tiffprendergast ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tylerriley2587 yup

  • @sunlightangel87
    @sunlightangel87 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It blew my mind to see Ariel Winter playing a knife-wielding murderous ghost child who was killed by neglect in the movie One Missed Call. The movie itself was ridiculous and bad, but she's an amazing actress and did a great job with such a role. It's really too bad that she had to deal with her mom living vicariously through her.

  • @hopebirnbaum9496
    @hopebirnbaum9496 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I feel bad for all of these stars. I'm glad Jennette can be free to do whatever she wants now that makes her happy.

  • @williamsanders2439
    @williamsanders2439 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ron Howard fortunately escaped these fates. It helped that his parents were also actors, and were familiar with the seedy side of the industry.

  • @HectorJPeabody
    @HectorJPeabody ปีที่แล้ว +8

    No Drew Barrymore?! It would be nice to see someone who was able to turn it around.

  • @leavemealone802
    @leavemealone802 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Seeing so many actors of my childhood (Raven, Laleine, Jannet) being mistreated like that.. how mess up is that? They shapped a whole culture of young girls! And to see them suffering this much. Gosh is so upsetting

  • @PaiviProject
    @PaiviProject ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Wow. It sure is sad that those things happened to all those child actors. Shirley Temple is by far my most favorite one ❤

    • @benkenobisgirl
      @benkenobisgirl ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Shirley Temple Black wrote a great autobiography called Child Star. She also reveals that her parents spent all her money, too. When she came of age and should have had millions, she had about $200K. She decided to forgive them and move on.

  • @trishathompson9595
    @trishathompson9595 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I think Judith Eva Barsi was missing from this list. What a tragic, sad story of such a promising young ball of sunshine! She voiced “Ducky” in The Land Before Time among many other things. “Yep! Yep! Yep!”

    • @theyluvtwoset.13
      @theyluvtwoset.13 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have'nt watched that movie

    • @christoperaaron8218
      @christoperaaron8218 ปีที่แล้ว

      I remember the big freeze movie. My sibling and I had rented it from the library when we were little 😢

    • @theyluvtwoset.13
      @theyluvtwoset.13 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@christoperaaron8218 LOVE THIS MOVIE IT WAS LITLERALLY MY CHILDHOOD!!!

    • @theyluvtwoset.13
      @theyluvtwoset.13 ปีที่แล้ว

      YEP! YEP!! YEP!!!

  • @mandyb2245
    @mandyb2245 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My heart breaks for all these child celebs who've had to emancipate themselves from their own parent because of child abuse. Some people should not have children, especially if they're going to try and mold them into little cookie cutter figurines of their ideal selves. I feel bad for any child who has to deal with the darker side of Hollywood. Poor Jake Lloyd! He didn't deserve all the bullying he got because of Phantom Menace.

  • @ashumz88
    @ashumz88 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I remember Alyson Stoner from the Missy Elliott clip 'Work It'

  • @samanthaboyer50
    @samanthaboyer50 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Your also forgetting Jodie sweeten from full house had a substance abuse problem but she's turned her life around now

  • @maryaltshuller885
    @maryaltshuller885 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I read Shirley Temple Black's memoir years ago and was saddened to learn her parents spent all her earnings. It's actually good that she broke away from Hollywood and later became an ambassador for President Reagan.
    Jeanette McCurdy's memoir is on my reading list.

  • @Bulletbill88
    @Bulletbill88 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I already knew the story behind Judy Garland on the set of The wizard of Oz she also was a substance abuser because she suffered from depression

    • @olvialee7221
      @olvialee7221 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Heard about that too

    • @Bulletbill88
      @Bulletbill88 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you all for the likes just saw the status of this comment 😊

  • @melissagrant4178
    @melissagrant4178 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Judith Barsi also have a rough childhood which ended with her dad killing her and her mom

    • @tylerriley2587
      @tylerriley2587 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      😢😢 he was a raging abusive alcoholic

    • @olvialee7221
      @olvialee7221 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It’s just sad

    • @theyluvtwoset.13
      @theyluvtwoset.13 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think he just killed her mom and then Judith went on to star in more movies. Is she still alive?

    • @frankiewelsh8802
      @frankiewelsh8802 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@theyluvtwoset.13no Judith barsi died

    • @theyluvtwoset.13
      @theyluvtwoset.13 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@frankiewelsh8802 Oh no that's so sad

  • @lhynneilmhaeluna2055
    @lhynneilmhaeluna2055 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Raven and Ariel were the ones that shocked me because I didn't know that happened to them and I loved them on these shows and I've only found out these things happened to them too, as for the other actors and actresses, I know it happened to them already but I still feel bad equally for all of them because none of them should experience any of that specially at that age

  • @TCWRebelsResistanceWords
    @TCWRebelsResistanceWords ปีที่แล้ว +18

    It’s hard to imagine Wizard of Oz without Judy Garland, but knowing all the horrible stuff they did to her just to “make her look younger,” it kinda makes us wish they really did hire someone else. Little known fact, Shirley Temple was actually once considered to play the role of Dorothy, but Fox Studios didn’t want to hand her over to MGM so they refused her even getting a chance to do a casting call rehearsal

    • @godkinghell15
      @godkinghell15 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow she dodge a bullet imagine if she did take that role

    • @TCWRebelsResistanceWords
      @TCWRebelsResistanceWords ปีที่แล้ว

      @@godkinghell15 IKR!?!

    • @godkinghell15
      @godkinghell15 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TCWRebelsResistanceWords Yea but at least she have a good and normal life she's very beautiful as a teenager and you young woman

  • @michelleallred8521
    @michelleallred8521 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I'm so glad Macaulay has straightened out & is now happy w Brenda & their new baby

  • @jacobdrolet4262
    @jacobdrolet4262 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing video Rebecca from ms mojo of child stars childhood might ruined memories of there great work in movies/shows, fantastic job.

  • @Vib_me_is
    @Vib_me_is ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Not as much as it ruined their childhood. It’s sad that kids are ever put in these situations

  • @joshmg25
    @joshmg25 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    @4:40 when they said “stage mom” I thought that meant Julie Bowen(Claire). I’m glad that wasn’t the case, but it’s still a shame what happened to her. I wonder if her brother had the same problem(he played Pugsley in the Addams Family movies).

    • @lordybelance3410
      @lordybelance3410 ปีที่แล้ว

      That was my second guess

    • @froyboy267
      @froyboy267 ปีที่แล้ว

      I heard Ariel is also estranged from her brother Jimmy as well. Is that true?

  • @estebangutierrez160
    @estebangutierrez160 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Jennette McCurdy is probably the only actress that has my full respect.

  • @helpyourselfimbusy5747
    @helpyourselfimbusy5747 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    All of these child stars deserved better.

  • @estherkeizer6080
    @estherkeizer6080 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Where is Michael Jackson? I'm sure his early dead has at least something to do with his youth.

    • @fromthehaven94
      @fromthehaven94 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      His whole adulthood was out of the ordinary. Besides being "The King of Pop", of course.

    • @Ohboycommentsection
      @Ohboycommentsection ปีที่แล้ว

      His early death has to do more with being fed drugs...and money matters

  • @joannryan5929
    @joannryan5929 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Patty Duke had a horrible childhood too!

    • @krissykrupski4973
      @krissykrupski4973 ปีที่แล้ว

      Her mother sold her to a couple. ?!?!?! Sick

  • @littleraeofsunshine
    @littleraeofsunshine ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You forgot that Shirley Temple was gaslight by her mother and her parents ran through her entire fortune. She easily ties with Garland.

  • @Moiyafromnyc
    @Moiyafromnyc ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Raven isn't even big...what is big to these people I'm so confused

  • @caronstout354
    @caronstout354 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Patty Duke should be on this list.

  • @Chamelionroses
    @Chamelionroses ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Ah Hollywood is generally ruining childhoods ever since Hollywood existed.

  • @virginiaviola5097
    @virginiaviola5097 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just watched a documentary about Lora Lee Michel and how it was the judge who oversaw her custody cases between her adoptive parents, birth mother and acting coach through which he became aware of the exploitation of children in Hollywood then went on to focus on the rights and welfare of children within the entertainment industry and put in place laws to protect them physically, emotionally and financially. What is sad about that is those protections were put in place almost 80 years ago but children in the entertainment industry are still experiencing exactly what Lora Lee Michel did all these decades later. Nothing really changed at all.

  • @frankt285
    @frankt285 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Damn! Hollywood is evil...

  • @briannaharrison9174
    @briannaharrison9174 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I have Jennette McCurdy's books and I really love the book I just feel sorry for her in the book and behind the scenes of icarly

  • @lifewithlee6298
    @lifewithlee6298 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Really wish they put a list with time codes

  • @kbramlett6877
    @kbramlett6877 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jake Lloyd also had some major legal troubles. He was convicted of assaulting his mother, reckless driving (going over 100 mph) while avoiding cops in his home state of South Carolina, resisting arrest, and driving without a license. He spent 10 months in jail, without a trial, no doubt. While he was incarcerated he was diagnosed with schizophrenia which he now has under control.

  • @angelaholmes8888
    @angelaholmes8888 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I was shocked to find out that macaulay culkin father was an abusive monster towards him and his other children

    • @faithnoellecurtis3360
      @faithnoellecurtis3360 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      For real, I always wondered how Macaulay Culkin became a drug addict, then I learned he had an abusive father, and I was like, "Oh, that's why..."

  • @Jp-je5qj
    @Jp-je5qj ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My childhood is still intact after watching this.

  • @elonymariesanchez5951
    @elonymariesanchez5951 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    These child stars deserve the world

  • @m.s.4238
    @m.s.4238 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What happened to Judith Barsi would be top of that list for me. Also, Natalie Wood.

  • @Bulletbill88
    @Bulletbill88 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I never knew that about Macaulay Culkin that was surprising about his father mistreating him or being jealous of his Fame

    • @angelaholmes8888
      @angelaholmes8888 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      From what I heard kit tried to become an actor when he was a kid but he wasn't good so yes he was jealous of his son's fame even his sister is a successful actress bonnie bedelia from the die hard films

    • @Bulletbill88
      @Bulletbill88 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@angelaholmes8888 ok that's cool to know about his sister too

    • @Bulletbill88
      @Bulletbill88 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you all for the likes on this comment 😊

  • @alyssatwine8710
    @alyssatwine8710 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Legendary child star Natalie Wood had a tough childhood she had psychological problems as a child star growing up, from relationships with men, a controlling mother, and wanted to end her life.... The dark side of Hollywood today for child stars is very difficult, because as a child gets older, there is psychological problems and disorders that children go through at a young age into their adult years. Just research about legendary child stars that had psychological problems in Hollywood.

  • @tvalokibatman6563
    @tvalokibatman6563 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    My childhood has been ruined since I turn 18

  • @byronic-heroine
    @byronic-heroine ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I read somewhere that the munchkins got handsy with Judy on a few occasions. Ugchhh.

  • @ericbnielsen
    @ericbnielsen ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I have a hard time watching The Wizard of Oz with out thinking about how bad the actors where treated. Beyond the horrible treatment of Judy, Buddy Ebsen the first Tin Man had a bad reaction to the Aluminum make up. Margret Hamilton received first and second degree burns from a stunt that went bad. The “Munchkins” were under paid and Toto was run over in one scene.

  • @thomasm.longiii3752
    @thomasm.longiii3752 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I sure feel sorry they had to go through all that, though, I understand it can be harder for the kids then adults when being in the industry. I understand it was pretty hard for Michael Jackson when he started in the industry as a child but would go on to be great and helpful with other (regardless of what people said about him), I believe.

  • @feliciajenkins5041
    @feliciajenkins5041 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I'm glad more of these tv studio heads are being exposed after all the undeserving admiration they used to get.

  • @chelseacanales8763
    @chelseacanales8763 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Damn…those people who are forced to work in Hollywood underaged and working like a dog. Being bullied or harassed.… I am so sad that they will have live with that.

  • @tj921able
    @tj921able ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is why Hollywood is called the world of "fantasy". Things appear wonderful onscreen, while offscreen, it's a whole other story. People also don't know how much work is put in to entertain us.

  • @anetordeborah9199
    @anetordeborah9199 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Whenever I hear “somewhere over the rainbow ” my next immediate thought is “blue birds DIE❗️” (that one scene from a series of unfortunate events)

  • @ReverendBrown.
    @ReverendBrown. ปีที่แล้ว

    Thongs change scent from one end to the other. Knowledge is power. God bless

  • @DaniellaCartwright
    @DaniellaCartwright 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When I was 9 I went to a talent agency and the first thing they asked me was "Do you really want to do this?" I said yes and my mom completed saying it was all my idea, which was true. My parents didn’t want me to be an actress, so they took me out of the agency the next year. I only got back on acting at age 25, 4 years ago. I blamed my parents for it all, but when I see these kids, maybe they were just trying to protect me. OR trying to control my life because I ended up following what they wanted anyway.

  • @tigerspeek7446
    @tigerspeek7446 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow Macaulay Culkin’s father was jealous of his success. Wow raven Symone body shaming as a child. I know that boy from jingle all the way. Wow in modern family that’s just wrong. Eating disorder sounds like it’s scary.

  • @Showtunediva
    @Showtunediva ปีที่แล้ว

    I am so excited to read Jeanette MCCurdy’s book.

  • @danielbracken2792
    @danielbracken2792 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It is so sad to think that now all you think is "what are the current gen going through?" You almost don't want to know some of these stories.

  • @dreamsteddybearsmaster
    @dreamsteddybearsmaster ปีที่แล้ว +2

    1:56 She's sporting a Chinese traditional outfit and I love it!
    5:08 Not to mention how she needed to get breast reduction surgery.

  • @everlenaoliver6912
    @everlenaoliver6912 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Stage parents and studio heads are the worst. The treatment of children are criminal. 🤬