Originally Posted By phruby Why do Disney channel stars go crazy when they grow up and aren't cute anymore?
Originally Posted By mawnck Because if they don't, you never hear from them again. (What's a Hilary Duff?)
Originally Posted By kennect well when they get older Disney has no further use for them. they have to do something. I feel sorry for the ones that get caught up in it. for most it is like being a foster child. turn 18 and your out on the street.
Originally Posted By phruby Possibly but how many Nickelodeon stars go nuts to same extreme as Disney ones? I guess they are just not as famous.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>Possibly but how many Nickelodeon stars go nuts to same extreme as Disney ones? I guess they are just not as famous.<< Exactly, but not in the way you're thinking. When and if they do go nuts, you don't hear about it *because* they're not as famous and/or they aren't saddled with the Disney brand. (And because they're not as famous, they can't go as *extravagantly* nuts as the Disney gals do.) Again, keep in mind that you're thinking about 5 or 6 high-profile cases (all female, I'm guessing) out of dozens of "stars", most of whom turned out just fine, thanks. You're never going to see TMZ do a story on "NEWS FLASH! Ashley Tisdale had a perfectly ordinary, boring day taking care of her kids, walking the dogs and minding her own dang business!!" (Disclaimer: I have no idea what Ashley Tisdale's current familial and/or pet status is.) Child stars were self-destructing for years before The Disney Channel was invented. It's a high-risk environment for certain personality types. The point is, it's not a Disney thing, nor is it an epidemic. It just looks like it because that's how the media rolls.
Originally Posted By ecdc Also, define "crazy." Because if its, "Adult women who were once children on television discover their sexuality and flaunt it in public," I'm gonna have to disagree. There's a difference between self-destructive and perhaps a disregard for normal social boundaries. Lindsey Lohan is the former, Miley Cyrus is the latter. I'm not necessarily arguing all of Miley's choices have been the best, but as a man, I am extremely uncomfortable lecturing a woman on what she ought and what she ought not to be doing with her body. She's in an impossible double-standard the public created for her.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox Selina Gomez has a nice little singing career, and doesn't seem to be heading down the same destructive path as Lindsay. Raven has had a lengthy successful acting career and isn't going off the deep end, either. And I agree with ecdc about Miley. She's obviously taking a page from Gaga. If it furthers her career while keeping her out of the courts, who gives a crap? I certainly don't. And even though she wasn't on the Disney Channel as the star of her show (she was on NBC), Miyam Bialik is a wonderful example of a successful adult as both an actress and neuroscientist. She also had a brief Disney Channel connection in her twenties as the voice for Justine Flanner, teen physicist, in the Kim Possible series.
Originally Posted By doombuggy Christina Aguilera is doing pretty good for her self. Or did she goes nuts and I missed it?
Originally Posted By mawnck A (kind of) timely article: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/11/16/the-cult-of-outrage-trades-in-a-mock-commodity-as-miley-cyrus-proves-daily.html">http://www.thedailybeast.com/a...ily.html</a> >>The Associated Press, once a serious news outlet, duly filed a story on the stunt: “In an unabashed—and likely successful—bid for attention, singer Miley Cyrus smoked a joint on stage and twerked with a dwarf during the MTV Europe Music Awards.” It was, of course, “likely successful” thanks to the efforts of media organizations like the Associated Press.<<
Originally Posted By Bellella Here is another timely article, in which a former Disney HOTTIE bares his soul- "Forgive me, Christian prefabricates, for I have sinned. It has been 10 years since my last confession....." www.vulture.com/2013/11/joe-jonas-talks-jonas-brothers.html
Originally Posted By mawnck >>Here is another timely article, in which a former Disney HOTTIE bares his soul <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.vulture.com/2013/11/joe-jonas-talks-jonas-brothers.html">http://www.vulture.com/2013/11...ers.html</a> << Great article - everyone should read.
Originally Posted By ecdc That was fantastic, interesting and kinda sad. Here's a relevant part for this thread: >>Being a part of the Disney thing for so long will make you not want to be this perfect little puppet forever. Eventually, I hit a limit and thought, Screw all this, I’m just going to show people who I am. I think that happened to a lot of us. Disney kids are spunky in some way, and I think that’s why Disney hires them. “Look, he jumped up on the table!” Five, six, ten years later, they’re like, “Oh! What do we do?” Come on, guys. You did this to yourselves.<<
Originally Posted By Bellella You know, for a while now I've been kind of expecting one of them boys to fess up. I just didn't think it would be Joe....
