And she never wanted me to feel insecure."
“She was great.
I spent all my time with her,” she said.

Cher and Christina Ricci in ‘Mermaids’.Orion/courtesy Everett
It was the first time I had ever seen sparkling water, also.
I was like, ‘These rich people with their bubbly water!'"
Lovato asked, “Was she a mentor to you?”

Christina Ricci at the 2024 Golden Globes.Monica Schipper/GA/Getty
And that’s one thing that I definitely got from her."
Lovato said she would have appreciated that kind of experience.
“I didn’t have that experience.

Christina Ricci and Demi Lovato in ‘Child Stars’.Disney/Victoria Time
It was a man’s world for me.
Nobody around me really knew, ‘This is what can happen to your kid.'”
TheYellowjacketsstar told Lovato that her early acting escapades served as an escape from a tumultuous home environment.
All the trouble, everything."
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Child Star, which is co-directed by Lovato, is now streaming on Hulu.