Demi Lovato on 'Child Star' doc and pressure of child stardom

The actor told ABC News' Eva Pilgrim about gathering several generations of teen idols, including Drew Barrymore, Raven-Symoné and JoJo Siwa, for her documentary, "Child Star."

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[julielemee]

Seeing Demi happy, thriving and healthy is so heartwarming. She deserves the best. She’s been through so much and people always have something to say about her… the documentary is very good and you can see she really wants to take action to help future generation.

[cardiogirl]

Demi has evolved into a very beautiful woman and a very well spoken person

[sandihill]

Only 15% what a joke, the “kid” is earning 100% of that, at a bare minimum 50% should be put away for them. 15% is disgusting

[ohheydarciemae]

Disney worked her like a dog and then abandoned her when she broke from all the stress they put her under.

[lacihdavis]

Love her work and I did enjoy watching Childstar. I hope she directs again 👌🏾

[senai]

It's not only the respectful thing to do to apologize to Alyson Stoner it's the RIGHT thing to do.

[kacperczechowski]

She does great things for people. She say truth.

[davechinwan]

She is the most AUTHENTIC out there in PR managed Hollywood & a very GOOD singer

[carlintaylor]

Was into Disney channel around the time the original camp rock came out remember falling asleep to most of her radio Disney music thank God she was able to recover from a mental breakdown and is doing much better nowadays wish her nothing but the best ❤❤

[Chatterbox-]

I’m truly amazed that Demi never cracked. You hear so many stories of child stars who were destroyed by the industry. To know she has succeeded the way she has is amazing

[nancyk]

Her parents and managers should have helped protect her and guide her. It's the adults responsibility to protect the child stars.

[gabrielamunoz]

I saw the episode on HULU and it was great! I didn’t know much about Demi so it was a good show. The fact she seems smarter and wiser after this. God bless ❤

[alcudiababe]

I wish Maculley Culkin was one of these people. He was so young, and I know his Father pushed him into an acting career to the point where he had no childhood, certainly not a normal childhood. You've got Lisa Presley who was born into that lifestyle so she was never having a normal childhood and even Michael Jackson who countless celebrities and others said he was just a performer to the public, never mind his mental health and whipped if he (previously) ever got a step wrong at home from an abusive father. There was also Judy Garland, where she was controlled by tablets to be active when she was sleepy to reherse and do those kinds of things and she wasn't allowed to have a slice of cake in her diet 😔
I just watched Elizabeth Taylor the Rebel the other day and she was controlled by her weight and what she could and couldn't eat as a woman to stay a certain shape and weight and then if celebrities do put on any they have the whole world critiquing their body

[AmazingJohnny]

She is a great person ❤ and I am a fan of her !

[Esther-]

Children should not be on social media. Especially parents profiting off of it. Its disgusting. These parents should not be parents.

[FaithBoat-ys]

I think if Demi had the choice, she wouldn't be a celebrity.

[thisIsFun-fc]

It seems like over the years, she has slowly become desensitized or more comfortable with sharing these kinds of stories.

The one thing that I'm still curious about is the fact that she hasn't spoken about the pedophilia problem of Hollywood, which other former child stars have brought up before in their experiences.

[fionaliang]

Ah I wish the Olsen twins were featured in this! Happy to see Demi doing well though :)

[ClashHQ]

Once you go down the dark path forever.Will it dominate your destiny

[OrganizationXIII]

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