Abused and ignored: A former child star’s journey

Today, she says Hollywood ”exploited” her entire childhood and that ”they knew exactly what they were doing”

”My whole childhood and adolescence were very exploited,” she told The New York Times. “It still gives my nervous system a reaction to say it. There were cases where people had the best intentions and maybe didn’t know what they were doing. And also cases where they did — they knew exactly what they were doing.”

On one occasion, she says her mother did nothing when an authority figure, whom she calls “the Creator,” gave her alcohol.

At another point, she wished her mother had stepped in when she was pressured to pose in a bikini as a teen. Instead, she told the Times that her mother would simply remind her, “Everyone wants what you have.”

In 2025, Jennette began adapting her memoir into a television series under the same title, and fans are eagerly waiting to see how it will turn out.

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