Judy Garland’s mother made her start performing when she was only 2 years old.
She sang and danced with her sisters before movie screenings at the local movie theater her father owned.
Because of their youth, they can easily get taken advantage of.
And I remember people would be like, You cant eat that.
Im like, Im 7!
At 6 years old, she was already booking small roles on television.
5.Miley Cyrus hasstatedhow the fame from starring onHannah Montanaprobably caused her some serious psychological damage.
She said, “I think that’s what’s probably a little wrong with me now.
I mark that up to doing some extreme damage in my psyche as an adult person.”
Shesaid, “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.”
I wasn’t Lolita.
I didn’t have that precocious understanding of my sexuality."
She’s often defended her mother for letting her participate in the film.
She expressed how traumatic this was, saying, I had never seen frenzy like that.
It was so obscene but absurd.
I couldnt identify with it…the magnitude of the attention was really scary.
She still has no regrets about doing the film.
9.Judy Garland’s mothermadeher start performing when she was only 2 years old.
She sang and danced with her sisters before movie screenings at the local movie theater her father owned.
When Judy was 4, her mothermovedthe family to California.
Suddenly mother decided we had to be stars.
She started to drag us to anyplace someone important might see us.
By the time she was 7, she wasperformingwith her siblings every night.
The only time I felt wanted when I was a kid was when I was performing, she said.
10.Macaulay Culkin’s father Kit managed him during his childhood career.
Macaulayhas sharedthat his father was controlling and had him on a very busy filming schedule in the early ’90s.
His parents were never married and after he stopped acting, his motherfiledfor custody.
Macaulay ended up taking his parents to court to stop them from controlling his $17 million in earnings.
Since then, he and his father have been estranged.
By the time she was cast iniCarly, she was struggling with eating disorders.
Shestated, “I know if my mom were alive, I’d still have an eating disorder.”
12.Drew Barrymore’s mom Jaid got Drewstartedin acting at 11 months old in a dog commercial.
Drew was first exposed to drugs here, and by 12 years old, she’d been in rehab.
13.The Jackson 5 experienced physical abuse from their father.
Michael Jacksonrevealedthat their father, Joe Jackson, would physically abuse the group to work longer and harder.
14.Ariel Winter hasspoken outabout how acting wasn’t her choice, but it was her mother’s.
Ariel shared that her mother, Crystal Workman, had dreams of being an actor herself.
Ariel said that with Crystal as her stage mom, she dealt with a lot of abuse and exploitation.
Her mother also had her dress in outfits that sexualized her.
People thought I was 24 when I was 12.
Ariel legallyemancipatedherself at 14.
He claimed that when his parents sold the houses, he didn’t get a cut of the profits.
