How did the fate of talented children, of whom parents wanted to make stars

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

Each parent is sure that his child is talented, one and only. But often this conviction, together with their own unfulfilled ambitions, make moms and dads strive to make stars out of children. The desire is laudable, but sometimes adults, striving for wanting daughters and sons, go so far that they do not think about destroying their destinies. After all, the price of popularity is sometimes too high. And fame, as you know, is a capricious lady and is not synonymous with happiness.

Alana Thompson ("Cutie Booboo")

Alana's mother, June, did everything to become famous, and since she herself was deprived of talents, she began to send her blonde daughter to children's contests from the age of 6. I must say, the girl was very much like a doll: charming curls, big eyes framed by lush and long eyelashes, plump lips … And soon the parent's dream came true, and even how: their whole family was invited to appear in the reality show “Here's Cutie Bubu ! . But the format of the project turned out to be, to put it mildly, unexpected: viewers were invited to spy on the life of ordinary people who were not burdened with moral principles (alcoholism, quarrels, scandals, gluttony, obesity, unexpected pregnancies and early marriages). The producers, who relied on the popularity of vices, did not lose: the first season of the program was watched by more than 2 million people.

The spectators, albeit with bewilderment, but with interest watched how the family members got drunk and belched. But they were even more surprised that the energy of little Alana was overflowing. As it turned out, June, so that her daughter was always cheerful, gave her lethal doses of energy drinks and, according to rumors, added alcohol to them. All this led to the fact that already at a young age, cutie Bubu gained excess weight.

Despite criticism, the show lasted several seasons, but even the producers' patience came to an end when June left her husband for a man who served 10 years in prison for sexual harassment … to her eldest daughter. However, a year later, the mother and Alana reappeared on television, but the girl was unrecognizable: at the age of 9 she already weighed 56 kg and was brightly painted.

Now the girl is 14 years old, she is still struggling with excess weight, lives with her sister, does not communicate with her mother and does everything to attract attention again (she pretends to take drugs, for example).

Eva Ionesco

Eva's mother, Irina Ionesca, was a very popular photographer, but just taking pictures was not enough for her, and she decided to involve her 4-year-old daughter in the case. True, she did it in a very non-standard way: she started selling pictures of a half-naked girl in obscene poses. And already at the age of 11, the young model appeared in Playboy magazine. Soon, Eva starred in several erotic films. And only after that a scandal broke out, and Irina was deprived of her parental rights. But she still secretly continued to sell naughty photos of her daughter.

As an adult, Eva wrote an autobiographical book, My Little Princess, where she tried to convey to her mother what she had to experience. But she, it seems, did not draw any conclusions for herself.

Richard Sandrak

Richard's father was once a martial arts champion, so he instilled in his son a love of sports from an early age. True, he chose strange methods: the child was not allowed to play with peers, eat "unhealthy" food, skip workouts. But already at the age of 8, the boy could boast of abs cubes and the title of the strongest child in the world. It is not known how long the harsh upbringing would have continued if Richard's father had not gone to jail for beating his wife. Moreover, the child himself called the police.

"Little Hercules" gave up training, and now, at 28 years old, his form is far from ideal. However, the guy does not regret that he quit sports, and he still does not communicate with his father, who has long been at large.

Bjorn Andresen

Bjorn was raised by her grandmother, who dreamed of making a star out of her grandson. And soon, through the efforts of the boy, she was invited to appear in the film "Death in Venice". True, Andresen got an ambiguous role - his hero becomes the object of the passion of an adult writer.

After filming, Björn woke up famous, but his fame was controversial: he was called the most beautiful boy, but at the same time they tried to discern signs of unconventional orientation in him. The filmmakers, on the other hand, took Andresen to gay clubs to stir up interest in the film. And soon the guy gave up and really started dating men, which he soon regretted. Now Bjorn is already 65 years old, he got married, raised a daughter, and he tries not to remember "Death in Venice", as well as about the past, "wrong" life.

Lindsey Lohan

It seems that everyone knows the story of the once promising actress. Lindsay began acting at the age of 3, and at the age of 11 she got the main role. However, the suddenly collapsed popularity blew the roof of the young star. Lohan, feeling like a superstar, began to lead a wild lifestyle, became addicted to alcohol, underwent rehabilitation in a drug addict clinic, was arrested for drunk driving, rolled up scandals on the set …

The result in this case is logical: the actress has not been offered new roles for a long time, but her name often flashes in the press in connection with new scandals.

Macaulay Culkin

The star of the movie "Home Alone" has almost a similar fate. I must say that no one doubted the boy's acting talent, including his parents, who soon began to request huge fees for their son to star in a particular film. As a result, mother and father, unable to agree even with each other about financial issues, divorced.

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While the divorce proceedings lasted, Macaulay took a break in his career, and when he decided to return, it turned out that he had already been forgotten. Moreover, already at this time alcohol and drugs became his companions. Already at the age of 17, Calkin got married, then divorced, then he met with Mila Kunis for almost 9 years, and after parting with her he tried to commit suicide.

Now the actor is 39 years old. He confesses that he is tied up in the old riotous lifestyle, but still no one calls him for a long time to act.

Fun Popeou

In the 50s of the last century, a rare Chinese film did without the participation of little Fun: in her filmography there are about 80-160 films (the actress herself does not know the exact number). The thing is that the girl's stepfather was obsessed with making her a star, and sometimes Poupou could star in three films at the same time. As an adult, Fung left for London, mastered the profession of a designer, but soon decided to return to cinema. True, he does not like to remember his childhood experience, as well as to review films of those years with his participation.

Volka ibn Alyosha's film career was also short. About, How was the fate of the star of the film "Old Man Hottabych", we talked about in one of our reviews.