Gwyneth Paltrow said, “I would scrounge quarters to buy Starbucks and walk there to save gas.
I remember once asking my dad for money, like, ‘hey, I’m really stuck.
Can you help?’
And he said, ‘You’re more than welcome to come over for dinner.’
That was it.”
Even “nepo babies” don’t always have parents who are willing to support their dreams.
Because what in the world would he do?"
2.Dakota JohnsontoldToday, “[My dad Don Johnson] cut me off.
It was difficult, but I figured it out.
It’s an allowance.
He said if you go to college, you still get an allowance.
She was the nice one.”
She continued, “I was like, ‘Yeah, right.’
And he was like, ‘No, I’m not.’
I remember once asking my dad for money, like, ‘kindly, I’m really stuck.
Can you help?’
And he said, ‘You’re more than welcome to come over for dinner.’
That was it.”
His mom and dad essentially disowned him.
He supported himself as a Columbia Recording Studios custodian, making $58 a week.
He also bartended part-time.
Eventually, his wife left him and took their kids back to California.
He toldPeople, “I’m still amazed at my audacity.
But whatever momentum carried me back then helped me through performing and acting.
I found it terrifying, but I was doing it.
After that, it was like stepping onto a roller coaster.”
5.Jennifer LopeztoldW Magazine, “My mom and I butted heads.
I didn’t want to go to college I wanted to try dance full-time.
So she and I had a break.
I started sleeping on the sofa in the dance studio.
I was homeless, but I told her, ‘This is what I have to do.'”
She continued, “A few months later, I landed a job dancing in Europe.
When I got back, I bookedIn Living Color.
I became a Fly Girl and moved to LA.
It all happened in a year.”
But I have to respect my feelings."
Consumed by the criticism, she ultimately decided to get double eyelid surgery.
OnThe Talk, she said, “It divided the [extended] family.
Members of my family wanted to disown me if I got it done.”
She told theHollywood Reporter, “We lived in one room.
My mom and I shared a bed, and my dad and little brother shared a couch.”
But when I turned 18, I only had $800 to my name.
My parents weren’t back together, and there was nothing I could do to help."
It was like a six, seven-hour round trip LA and back for auditions."
“And she has five other kids!”
Those two jobs paid for all of our car trips back and forth for the year I was auditioning.
Luckily, I had parents who were like, ‘You know what?
We believe in you.'"
It was very difficult because I was dealing with all the pivotal girl moments.
I remember getting my period and him not knowing what to do.
It was a weird transitional phase."
12.Millie Bobby Brown’s mom and dad reportedly sold all they had to relocate to LA.
They “went through tough times” and even borrowed money from her manager.
Millie reportedly told theDaily Mail, “My older sister left.
She didn’t want to do [America] anymore.
It was tears, tears, tears.”
After their funds ran out, they all returned to the UK and lived with Millie’s aunt.
However, a few weeks later, she bookedStranger Things, so they headed back to the US.
So, he applied for a different residency program in southern California instead.
Mckenna toldVariety, “I’ve had blonde hair and lived in LA ever since.”
So it was like, all of our roles were switched.
Or how could my parents have a job?
Or how could we sustain the same lifestyle even if they did have a job?
Because I was making the kind of money that many people never make.
It put us in a crazy position," she said.
