“I immediately went right to drugs and alcohol in my teens,” Ricci recalled.
“I don’t remember feeling like there was any other way to be happy.
Disney/Victoria Time
Lovato, who uses she/they pronouns, explained their own justification for drinking in their youth.
Christina Ricci and Demi Lovato in ‘Child Star’.Disney/Victoria Time
“I had to be so conscious of everything that I did as a Disney kid.
You obviously couldn’t cuss or swear in public.
Ricci had a similar experience.
Christina Ricci and Demi Lovato.Universal/Getty;Disney
“So I put my booze in my Diet Coke can.”
Lovato had developed a nearly identical strategy: “I put it in a coffee cup!”
theCamp Rockstar said, laughing.
Ricci also had a not-so-subtle code with her team.
“I would say to my assistant, ‘Could I have a warming Diet Coke, hey?'”
“You know, like, what image am I going to put out there of myself?
It’s confusing when you start profiting off of your brand, which you confuse with yourself.”
Those factors still impact how Lovato views herself.
“I still think about what’s on-brand,” she said in the film.
“That’s something that I deal with to this day.
This teenage role model.
Those words should never be put together: teenage role model.”
Child Staris now streaming on Hulu.
