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Have been aware of Dan Schneider's noncery for a while, Jennette McCurdy ("Sam" from iCarly / Sam & Cat) has spoken about it and writted about it in her autobiography, she was also on the Louis Theroux podcast a while back. The really sad thing is, so many of these showbiz kids come from really messed up/troubled families already, end up feeling the pressure of financially supporting the whole family, only to be further abused by the adults in power. They're all at it -- look at the "Disney Stare" -- kids who were Disney kids hit around the late 20's/early 30's and develop a sort of "look" and often clear mental health issues. IMO, this is the age people stop being as "YOLO, live in the moment" and start to reflect on their lives and past a little bit. And the result for these young people, is looking back and realising that they were exploited and abused. So they end up with anxiety, depression, substance abuse issues... etc.

Look at Macaulay Culkin, or the Coreys (Feldman and Haim). I'm also strongly of the opinion that Michael Jackson was both abuser and abused. I'm fairly convinced that he had deeply inappropriate relationships with young boys - but also, I think he was clearly extremely ****ed up by his own childhood (fame & family).