Being raised in a high stress, high maintenance world can cause issues to young actors and actresses everywhere.
Many young children that start off on television shows get fame and fortune, but in the end are trashy and awful role models to everyone.
For example, one of the many actresses that people are talking about is Miley Cyrus. “Sweet ol’ Hannah Montana” inspiring young girls to fulfill their dreams and being a great role model has turned to a young adult who loves to wear skimpy clothes and “twerk” on stage.
Miley Cyrus is one of the best and most current actress that has gone down the drain. From her new songs talking about drugs and not caring what anybody thinks to her outfit choices and public performances.
Between her break up with famous actor Liam Hemsworth, and her fans turning their backs on Miley, she has lost a lot more than just her mind.
Having as much money as those young actors and actresses do, they do not have enough time to mature and figure out the right things to do with that kind of money. Most wealthy teens (celebrity or not) usually turn to drugs like marijuana, etc.
Making as much money as they did (at such a young age),with the right budgeting can let them be set for the rest of their life. But what if they loved the attention? Actors and Actresses that are famous for such a short period of time become desperate and need attention.
So nowadays the quickest way to get in the news is a) to get involved in drugs and illegal things or b) to become crazy and change their entire appearance just to make a statement.
The pressure to stay trending pushes these amazing stars to break their morals. Take any star from Miley Cyrus to Vanessa Hudgens; their sense of fashion has shifted over the year to appeal to teenagers rather than kids.
Our Disney stars back in the day wanted to appeal to our generation when we were kids,but now that our generation is older and more risque; they have to change to keep up with us.
Our generation’s Disney stars have to compete with younger cuter actors/actress’ now. Bella Thorne and Chyna McClain can stunningly sing and dance their way into a new generation of Disney fame.
Another example is Lindsay Lohan, being starred in Parent Trap, Herbie Fully Loaded, Mean Girls and Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, made more money that she could ever do with. In 2007, Lohan was twice convicted of driving under the influence, once for cocaine use, and was in jail for 84 minutes.
Along with all of that, Lohan has gone to rehab a couple of times for the drug usage. According to CNN Entertainment, Lohan quoted that another trip to rehab “is pointless” and that she would “rather to go another country and work with the children”.
Other Stars including Mitchel Musso who was jailed for a DUI and was starred on the famous Disney Channel show Hannah Montana. Matthew Underwood, from an old popular Nickelodeon Show, Zoey 101, was caught with marijuana and an underage girl.
Then lastly, Britney Spears had a mental breakdown a couple years ago; shaving her entire head and got into drugs.
“I think that having an excess of money will not change how they act but it can and probably will change their morals. Cause they have more freedom as actors and they can pretty much do anything they want without consequences,” senior Carly Klima said.
Not all young actors and actresses turn out bad though. For example, Hilary Duff is married and has a child with Mike Comrie. Which is a very respectable life she is living considering she had her own TV shows and movies when she was a lot younger.
Selena Gomez also turned out perfectly fine; between Wizards of Waverly Place, A Cinderella Story and becoming a singer, she is one of the most accomplished “Disney babies”. Gomez didn’t go off on any crazy rants, she didn’t go crazy with her outfits and the biggest difference between her and her co-stars is that she stayed away from drugs.
One last and most current young actress that has resorted to drugs and breakdowns is Amanda Bynes. First with the inappropriate pictures, then the incident with the blonde wig and getting mixed up with cocaine.
She did end up going to a mental institute to gain help fo her not being able to get a grip of herself and is expected to react well.
Bynes was featured on many things including The Amanda Show, She’s the Man, What I like about You, Rugrats, and Big Fat Liar.
What’s ahead for our new Disney stars? Will the pressure push these young stars to drugs, sex, and scandals?
Does anyone really know what goes on when the stage lights are off? These stars could be facing psychological and emotional abuse. Maybe the Bambi face of Disney is only disguising the hunter hiding behind.
There are many more young celebrities out there that have had mental breakdowns, or are even doing extremely well.
But the bottom line is: these young stars do not know how to manage their money and become desperate to get attention, therefore leading to terrible decisions and even worse reputations.