Child Star | movie | 2024 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

Examine how some of the most well-known former child stars, such as Lovato, deconstruct the highs and lows of growing up | dG1fME02aTF0RFdKb3M

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00:00Hi, thank you so much for talking. I'm glad you we finally get to do that

00:05Do you remember this? Oh, yeah

00:09Why do I know this dance?

00:14Everyone wanted to make it in the industry at a young age

00:18I was seven or eight years old first time. I was in front of a professional camera. I was 16 months old

00:23That's just how I grew up. You were sort of born into it. It changed my life. I had so much fun

00:30We were dating each other. I secretly was bummed. I never got to get slime. I knew it

00:35I was a huge fan of Nickelodeon like for that reason. It was the first time I had ever seen

00:40Sparkling water. I was like these rich people. They're

00:44There were just these intense pressures

00:46I was struggling my first accountant ran away with my biggest earnings up to that point

00:51There's nothing left for me at the end of the day

00:54The popular girls signed a suicide petition saying that I should kill myself

01:00How old were you when you were first given?

01:02Substances hen I immediately went right to drugs and alcohol. We first got on the phone

01:07You were like I was on your show

01:09I don't even remember something that I was on there was a sense of walking on eggshells. I'm genuinely so sorry

01:16there definitely is not a manual on how to

01:19Navigate this industry at such a young age and it's a whole new world of

01:25Social media just scares me to hear that. These kids are making tens of millions of dollars

01:30You know there have to be protections put in place if you had to do everything from the very start all over again

01:39Is it worth it I

01:41wouldn't end up where I am had I not made all the choices leading up to this point, but

01:47It came at a price