The Exploitation of Vanessa Hudgens | Deep Dive

In the second installment of our series The Disney Channel Machine we will be diving deep into the career of the fastest growing Disney Channel Original Movie star of all time… Vanessa Hudgens. We will chronicle the rise of Highschool Musical & how Disney executives were willing to throw Vanessa under the bus at the first sign of trouble.

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[BethanyGordon]

Never forget how Megan Fox stood up for Vanessa at the time, saying she should never have to apologise for someone stealing and selling her pictures and "I hate Disney for making her do that... fuck Disney".

[justhearmeout]

"Parents who rely way too heavily on television to find role models for their children were outraged"
This is the best quote out of a whole lot of good reporting. Incredible job!

[smilerachel]

The male reporter asking “so are there more photos coming?” DISGUSTING.

[kaio]

"Actually I shouldn't be ashamed, they should be." Perfect quote!!!

[chimichin]

The fact that young Miley and Zac were way more mature than the grown-ass adult media reporters around them is seriously disgusting.

[jkbaby]

Tisdales "I'm not laughing, i'm uncomfortable." was so sad, that was her friend and he was trying to get her to mock her.

[cooterflowers]

I remember My mom was so mad about how they treated Miley. She kept saying... "When are they going to let stop blame little girls whose lives are ran by adults". I absolutely love her still.

[aislinnsaoirse]

Ashley tisdale saying she was uncomfortable and the interviewer saying "Be comfortable" is the epitome of early 2000s nasty attitude to women

[kelsey]

The way Miley paused knowing she could lie and not stick up for her friend but chose to protect her friend instead was wonderful. Women supporting women

[eevietheclown]

“i shouldn’t be ashamed they should be” gave me chills. she’s so strong and what a wonderful message! f the shamers

[toriplayssg]

How did all of these adults think it was okay to bully a teenager. Disgusting

[erialmarshall]

What’s wild to me is everyone treats her like she leaked her own photos and thus deserves the backlash. Makes no sense how dense people can be. Always felt sorry for her.

[kassandramorales]

“but that’s her own fault” these reporters are so disgusting

[coffeeaddictkittyy.b]

The adults were absolutely REFUSING to say someone leaked her photos. They spent so much time saying how she took the photo and now it's online. They loved to blame girls for their own victimization

[anomaxie]

The whole “girl you gotsa keep yo clothes on” thing was SO UNCALLED FOR considering the fact that she took those photos at home and was sending them to HER BOYFRIEND of at least a year 😭😭😭😭😭 people were wildin out over young girls back in the day oh my word

[avsambart]

It's disgusting how many fully grown adults in the media would rather rip an 18-year-old to shreds than protect the person and their privacy, and go after the hacker or person who's leaking that stuff. Disgusting.

[Thatsdaiss]

The way these grown women reporters are talking about a teenager is disgusting🤢 not much has to be going on in your life to shame a child on television

[rosies.]

The fact that they all say “she did this to herself “ when these photos were maliciously leaked with mal intent couldn’t begin to comprehend in my mind. She was a NORMAL young woman, who’s photo gallery was clearly used against her in a ploy for the one who sold it to gain a monetary value. Love her poor heart..

[heyitsmira]

I was a HUGE HSM fan as a kid, and I remember seeing the leaked pics, being like "ok" and just moving on. Nothing about Vanessa's image changed to me. I was around 8, 9 years old at the time.

[diy_cat]

Adults obsessed with naked teens (adult or no, 18 is a teen) is such a gross and weird part of the past. I remember when all these things happened and its wild WILD to look back on it now. She was a KID.