"When Taylor Momsen was asked to explain her "bad attitude" on the set of Gossip Girl, she answered that her parents signed her up with Ford Modeling when she was just 2 years old. She said, "No 2-year-old wants to be working, but I had no choice. My whole life, I was in and out of school. I didn't have friends. I was working constantly and I didn't have a real life.""
"When Brooke went to Cannes Film Festival, the film caused an uproar, and someone trying to cut Brooke's hair with scissors had to be restrained. She expressed how traumatic this was, saying, "I had never seen frenzy like that. It was so obscene but absurd. I couldn't identify with it...the magnitude of the attention was really scary.""
"In 2018, when asked if she would let her daughters be in a movie like Pretty Baby, she said, "In this environment and with social media and with the dangers on that level and just being a mom now, looking at my 11-year-old, I would not facilitate it.""
Many child performers begin careers very young, often enrolled by parents and missing typical childhood experiences. Some young celebrities report intense work schedules, lack of schooling, social isolation, and emotional distress. Several former child actors allege parental exploitation or financial misappropriation of earnings, including lawsuits over multimillion-dollar fortunes. Some child roles exposed minors to sexualized content and public frenzy, producing trauma and lasting attention. Some adult former child actors now reject allowing their own children to take similar roles because of modern social media risks. Warnings note mentions of eating disorders and abuse among these accounts.
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