Child Stars Who Lost It All And Never Managed To Recover 

Hollywood in general is a place based on fakery, manipulation, lies and abuse, and while they may have managed to cover it up to some degree in the past, increasingly we are seeing people coming forward with disturbing exposes on what goes on there Their *job* is fabrication, it's literally why it exists. They manufacture fantasy and a person's ability to stay employed is directly dependent on their ability to pretend to be someone else, aka act, and as we've been seeing more and more, their willingness to submit to the inappropriate, perverted, degraded and wholly criminal yet overlooked demands of individuals with the power to get them where they think they want to be. It's a dark place and seeing what comes out of there recently seems to be almost openly admitting to its iniquity and saying 'we don't need to hide anymore' For every 'successful moviestar', there's 99 failed ones, still clinging on to that unrealistic dream of stardom because they're living in fantasyland in their head and unwilling to accept reality. If this business chews up and spits out grown adults onto the streets homeless without the slightest care or hint of remorse, imagine what it does to children Child actors should not be a thing and no parent should be allowed to essentially pimp their child out, especially when there is no vetting of any kind as to whether they have the capacity, or intention, of handling their child's career and earnings properly. Too many kids have had their parents steal the money they made and mismanage their careers leaving them broke and way beyond the point of no return for a career. It's a travesty, disgusting, and everyone knows that, yet it's still allowed to just keep on happening for some reason. People with moral and ethical integrity need to speak out more against this morally bankrupt and corrupt industry.

@@J3diMindTrix damn that's a long diatribe!

@@J3diMindTrix Well stated and true. Bravo! The bottom line is regardless of the industry when a child/family member becomes the source of financial support for others greed takes over. The "star" is literally prostituted. Talented people become slaves. When they become overworked and overwhelmed the leeches (family included) prop them up with drugs. It is a pattern we see over and over. When parents step in to manage a career they are motivated by greed. They don't have the mental acuity to handle the intricacies of money management. They get bamboozled by accountants, money managers, agents, and a variety of industry insiders who lead them to believe they're in charge. In truth, they are not. Parents, along with their golden goose, are being played for patsies. They only wake up when the IRS notifies them of back-owed taxes. When that happens all "handlers" have disappeared. When the next dreamer appears the "machine" goes to work and in the end, we see broken, disheartened, drug-addicted people who have been used, abused, and toss like everyday garbage. From Judy Garland to Michael Jackson to Whitney Houston to Brittany Spears and other current-day notables the same fate awaits. They are utterly and completely destroyed. Prince and MJ spoke publicly of their predicaments and both succumbed to their manufactured addictions.

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It was the parents or drugs.

Corey Feldman too. Feldman as of now advocates against abuse of child actors due to him being exploited earlier on in his life.

And her daughter

Didn’t Corey Haim talk about the sexual assaults perpetrated on him and other boys?

@@spotlightspanther wait that

It's been happening for years.

@andree france paquette Who is it that you do not agree with ?

Very true it’s way better to be a actor when you are in your 20s and 30s and 40s

@@actionfigurescollectionssu7854 Well I’m 14 now and have had aspirations about acting, what are your thoughts on that?

@@michaelterrell5061 Hey I want to be a actor too I am 32 soon to be 33 I got great Talent, do you have great Talent too if you do then go for it man try to be a actor and good luck.

@@actionfigurescollectionssu7854 Thank you, and good luck to you sir(I’m sure you won’t need it).

@@michaelterrell5061 You welcome, thank you son.

Hollywood in general is a place based on fakery, manipulation, lies and abuse, and while they may have managed to cover it up to some degree in the past, increasingly we are seeing people coming forward with disturbing exposes on what goes on there Their *job* is fabrication, it's literally why it exists. They manufacture fantasy and a person's ability to stay employed is directly dependent on their ability to pretend to be someone else, aka act, and as we've been seeing more and more, their willingness to submit to the inappropriate, perverted, degraded and wholly criminal yet overlooked demands of individuals with the power to get them where they think they want to be. It's a dark place and seeing what comes out of there recently seems to be almost openly admitting to its iniquity and saying 'we don't need to hide anymore' For every 'successful moviestar', there's 99 failed ones, still clinging on to that unrealistic dream of stardom because they're living in fantasyland in their head and unwilling to accept reality. If this business chews up and spits out grown adults onto the streets homeless without the slightest care or hint of remorse, imagine what it does to children Child actors should not be a thing and no parent should be allowed to essentially pimp their child out, especially when there is no vetting of any kind as to whether they have the capacity, or intention, of handling their child's career and earnings properly. Too many kids have had their parents steal the money they made and mismanage their careers leaving them broke and way beyond the point of no return for a career. It's a travesty, disgusting, and everyone knows that, yet it's still allowed to just keep on happening for some reason. People with moral and ethical integrity need to speak out more against this morally bankrupt and corrupt industry.

Yes, this list is full of tragic circumstances

Some of them have them self's to blame for been foolish

@@Joeblogs111 Hi Shane your right we make the choices in our own lives you make the wrong decisions then you would see, that's why I stay true to myself and others if more would think in good ways alot of crap wouldn't be happening, take care now!!😊✌

@@Joeblogs111 Hi Shane your right we are given choices in life and your the only one to make the right decisions not someone else, have a good day!!😊✌🍀

I liked Diamond. RIP

Yeah he got screwed. He was such a nice human being with a truly good soul. Then his life got cut short. RIP bro.

He could not sign. His parents would have

I'm from Peoria.. this was weird to read

Most of my favorite child stars turned out fine. Kenan & Kel, Tia & Tamera (and Tahj Mowry) and others.

yes, and fame brings loss of freedom and anominity... I also feel sorry for kids of famous.

Oh my yeah, totally true! I have to admit my life is perfect compared to any of these child-stars.

Very interesting post. I agree with most of what you typed.

Same. Now that I’m much older I realize there is an advantage in being relatively anonymous and unknown.

It is. One minuet he was world famous and everyone was knocking on his door and then they didn't even pretend to know him. Very sad. I enjoyed his movie License to Drive.. think that was the name of the flick...very funny movie.

i know. that will never sit well with me. i was really into his movies too at the time of his death.

Half brother they have the dad Ryan O Neil

@@djwalkerfemaledj Your right.

She had shit parents! Most of Hollyweird have kids who are messed up.

I'm not sure what the arthritis has to do with anything...

She spent time at the Playbox mansion in her youth. That's not healthy.

Have you ever heard him speak? He's had the IQ of a raisin.

I feel bad that Gary Coleman's parents robbed him but he took his anger out on people who cared about him. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

Me too. His parents worked him to the bone so they could live well. Common theme in Hollywood and dates back to Jackie Coogan in the 1920's. I was so upset when people were annoying him at work because he had a job like the rest of us. For whatever reasons, people felt like they could ridicule him for that...for working a job! On a happier note, he was truly gifted in comedy and I enjoyed his work.

Can I borrow $2? You rich people constantly throwing your wealth in my face

@@bryannicholls200 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏👍👍👍

Lol

He seems very together and has been for a while. Over the years I would watch him on different shows and he seems very comfortable in his life now.

Aron Carter is a ticking Time bomb

Truth

He has all the exhibits and is going to drop a ton of money to sue everyone once he gets that 10 million secret trust fund comes in on his birthday.

Christina Grimmie was murdered at a meet and greet at her own show. Robert John Bardo walked up to Rebecca Schaefer's house, knocked on her door, killing her when she answered. I could go on and on and on. There are lunatics everywhere and if you're famous, you cannot be too safe.

Lol admit it, u wanted to whack him and he knew it cuz he's smart and it pissed u off...wow!!

@@beavinator420 Hahahahaha... he was about the dumbest guy around.

I actually read that in a cheap gossip mag... thought it was a joke! He really thought of himself THAT much!

Joey Lawrence is a jerk. He thought he was all that and a bag of chips. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

I mean, you can’t beat Shaq in a basketball game and not be a star

Exactly - he was always piggybacking on the success of Nick Carter and the other Backstreet Boys.

Um excuse me he was on Lizzie McGuire 🤪

He was a singer for a little bit

He was a crazy brother of a star. Is.

David Cassidy.... So sad. He was an amazing person.

Well, Jack Cassidy was killed in a fire and David's health problems were genetically connected to his biological mom.

and no mention of his gambling problem. From what I understand he lost a ton of cash on the horses.

Drew Barrymore

Jodie Foster

Mayim Bialik (Blossom), Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael J. Fox.

Keenan Thompson (SNL), Britney Spears, Christina Aguilara, Justin Timberlake, Mario Lopez. Depends on definition of success I guess, but ya.

Leo, Jared Leto!

This happens alot in pro sports, sad to say.

They get too much, too quickly and too young. They've never learned to handle money, also wealth and life style are addictive (the same goes to most lottery winners).

I find that people who mismanage their finances do so on the scale of their earnings, no matter how great.

You can still go broke its call taxes you have to make more than the interest earn

They can't live a "normal life" because they're not "normal"

Boom 💣 facts

No need to have sympathy for Amanda Bynes, she’s a multimillionaire.

@@TheIkaika777 She also said mean things to Rhianna after she got beat by her boyfriend. What a bish.

What a judgemental person you are

Dustin Diamond for years came off as a really mean person. I am gathering it was an attempt to distance himself from the character he played. Joey Lawrence, well frankly, if I were young and hot and rich, I would probably be broke in Hollywood too. But he is still working. I saw him on the new show with his former co-star. Lindsay Lohan, I mean, when your mother is out partying with you...that pretty much explains her story. I thought she was great in comedy and hope she makes comeback. I don't know a lot of Amanda Bynes.

Also their inability to make sound financial decisions. Can't blame it all on the parents or Hollywood.

Hollywood in general is a place based on fakery, manipulation, lies and abuse, and while they may have managed to cover it up to some degree in the past, increasingly we are seeing people coming forward with disturbing exposes on what goes on there Their *job* is fabrication, it's literally why it exists. They manufacture fantasy and a person's ability to stay employed is directly dependent on their ability to pretend to be someone else, aka act, and as we've been seeing more and more, their willingness to submit to the inappropriate, perverted, degraded and wholly criminal yet overlooked demands of individuals with the power to get them where they think they want to be. It's a dark place and seeing what comes out of there recently seems to be almost openly admitting to its iniquity and saying 'we don't need to hide anymore' For every 'successful moviestar', there's 99 failed ones, still clinging on to that unrealistic dream of stardom because they're living in fantasyland in their head and unwilling to accept reality. If this business chews up and spits out grown adults onto the streets homeless without the slightest care or hint of remorse, imagine what it does to children Child actors should not be a thing and no parent should be allowed to essentially pimp their child out, especially when there is no vetting of any kind as to whether they have the capacity, or intention, of handling their child's career and earnings properly. Too many kids have had their parents steal the money they made and mismanage their careers leaving them broke and way beyond the point of no return for a career. It's a travesty, disgusting, and everyone knows that, yet it's still allowed to just keep on happening for some reason. People with moral and ethical integrity need to speak out more against this morally bankrupt and corrupt industry.

yeah, and of cancer, that's scary. Cancer can strike anybody at anytime

Amen💯

That should've been an indication that money does not buy happiness or sanity. But you're too busy lacking empathy WHILE lacking money. 😂

@@SteveAyanami Nope, I have empathy for people that had their life ruined by cancer or a family destroyed because of a drug problem or an entire generation killed off in a car crash. I do not have empathy for a rich person that lost a bunch of it because of poor planning or management and are less rich now. I'm not unempathetic. I am apathetic to their situation though.

Isn't she under a conservatorship? Meaning she has no control over her money?

Most net worths listed on the internet are inaccurate

@@alicekranyk4173 appearanlty her learners are living large of her money. They just bought their third home in Texas.

@@alicekranyk4173 she’s trying to appeal it now recently

The IRS are a bunch of crooks. Abolish the IRS and let the people keep the wages they earned

Emilio Martinez ... That's a nice idea until the roads in your city need repair

Will Smith almost got put away by the tax man... His paycheck from the first season of The Fresh Prince went to the IRS.

@@MikeHart72 the roads never get fixed anyways 😂

I love Regina King she's an amazing actress

Who? Never heard of him. Her imean.

@@angelo_giachetti Google her

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Regina King is a terrific actress and a lovable human being. She has worked with every major star in Hollywood. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

Some child stars do well into adulthood if they can stay out of trouble and away from drugs. And if they keep landing roles and have trustworthy families.

I don't blame you. He died if the same thing my son's father died from

Aaron carter is a douchebag. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

So true , people can't get their priority's straight then go crying for money.Some stars have mentioned that they were poor growing up and there was not enough food . Did their father and mother have money to buy booze?

just like my partners son. total ponce

This statement made me think of TikTok by a girl from New Zealand who says American prices are false advertising thanks to all the hidden fees & sales taxes

🤣🤣🤣so true

Sad people trying to feel better

It's because he has worked his way up the ladder. He is now untouchable.

@@Susieq26754 He also switched to working behind the camera as a director.

He also had very responsible parents who didn’t use his money. The family lived off the money his father earned from his own job as a stuntman. They wanted their sons to live as normal a life as possible. They ended up being 50% successful. Ron became successful but his brother Clint (who was also a child star, in Gentle Ben) had horrible problems with addiction.

….and so many believe he started with Happy Days… but you and I know he was Opie Taylor in the Andy Griffith Show.

Talent?

@@AyitaLightfoot622 THANK YOU!!! Her name and the word 'talent' have no place being in the same sentence together.

Elijah Woods is another. A lot of it has to do with how well your family copes. Some parents become incredibly greedy when their kids start making that kind of money

Dude, it's hard to feel sorry for Lindsay Lohan. She's an adult now, and every chance she gets she seems to piss away like a spoiled brat...

Dude, she's currently living in the Middle East somewhere working as an escort for sheiks and other rich Arabs.

@@RogueReplicant isn't she also a lesbian? Is she "straight4pay."?

Aaron Carter is the saddest. What you talking about Lindsey Lohan !!!! She is Doing quite well choosing to be a escort,🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 sad

@@RogueReplicant are you serious... That's disturbing

Britney Spears, too. As well as Karen Carpenter. The list goes on and on.

@@sarahalbers5555 Karen Carpenter died from anorexia.

@@cathybroadus4411 Karen was never a child actor. She was a recording artist as one half of The Carpenters.

How so?

That's why she married him: for the money!

@@beverlyledbetter9302 He was broke.

Willie aames has been through some tough times. I hope to see him again on a new TV show in the future. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

Yeah, from Eight is Enough to Charles in Charge.

Scott Baio sucks.

It should be in the contract now - 1/2 the warning go into a savings or something the parents cannot touch - until they are 25. This should be stopped. No parents should steal from their kids.

And his brother Clint.

Ron howard grew up to be a well adjusted adult.

Just Remenber that Donald Trump hit Bankruptcy 3 times

"Here's my advice - whatever you do, don't do what I did. That'll be $500."

I was thinking the same thing

@ Batcow1138 yes he did and lost 1 billion dollars and he is still worth more than you …

Mary Kate and Ashley oleson have a billion dollar empire.

Leif garrett was a child actor before he became a rock singer.

IDK about that. His mom was supporting him.

It is spelled correctly.

He pulled his teeth because he was on heroine.

Don't judge those who have

If you can relate to an arrogant prick, then sure.

The current version of the law is codified in sections 6750-53 of the California Family Code and section 1700.37 of the California Labor Code, not the state's constitution. This law requires a child actor's employer to set aside 15% of the earnings in a trust (often called a Coogan Account), and codifies issues such as schooling, work hours, and time off. At present, Coogan Accounts (a.k.a Blocked Trust Accounts and Trust Accounts) are required by the State of California, New York, Illinois, Louisiana and New Mexico.

@@RaymondHng Question answered, thank you

Dana's son, Tyler committed suicide because he missed his mom. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

This comment cracked me up! 😂

ah.... Afluenza..... such abuse..

Yes, but Will Smith is just another parent/star that has succeeded in having a first class dysfunctional family life that spits out dysfunctional offspring. 🙄

@@jbass69goat84 His wife Jada screwed their son's friend ffs 😑

@@RogueReplicant.......Yes Sir! Just a small part of the bigger picture behind my " dysfunctional family and offspring " comment.

Who in the heck would hire Gary Coleman as a security guard? Was he guarding barbie's townhouse 😂? From Ms. Harper Stacey.

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Zilch sympathy for these overvalued a holes!

ah.... Afluenza.... such abuse...