"Child Star" explores the highs and lows of growing up in the spotlight through the lens of some of the world's most well-known former child stars.
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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