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Hilary Duff Felt ‘Quite Sad’ Watching Docs on Britney Spears and Exploited Child Stars: ‘I‘m Grateful I Wasn‘t Put in Too Many Positions That Left Battle Wounds‘

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Hilary Duff Felt ‘Quite Sad’ Watching Docs on Britney Spears and Exploited Child Stars: ‘I‘m Grateful I Wasn‘t Put in Too Many Positions That Left Battle Wounds‘
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Hilary Duff Felt ‘Quite Sad’ Watching Docs on Britney Spears and Exploited Child Stars: ‘I‘m Grateful I Wasn‘t Put in Too Many Positions That Left Battle Wounds‘
Hilary Duff says she felt ‘quite sad’ watching docs on Britney Spears and exploited child stars.
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Cleffah Apr 22, 2026 +60
Joel Madden has entered the chat...
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CrissBliss Apr 22, 2026 +6
Aron Carter, even though he was closer in age, was also sort of a red flag.
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pumpkinspicecum Apr 22, 2026 +13
How did he hurt Hilary? They were like 13 and there were no issues
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CrissBliss Apr 22, 2026 -15
I didn’t say he hurt her. But he had a history of substance abuse and I believe juggled her with Lindsay Lohan, which caused their original feud.
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pumpkinspicecum Apr 22, 2026 +30
The topic is about Hilary being exploited or harmed in the industry. The person mentioned Joel because he dated her when she was 16 and he was like 26. It makes no sense to mention Aaron in that context because he never harmed Hilary. Edit: Lol this person blocked me
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CrissBliss Apr 22, 2026 -11
Thanks for clearing that up. As previously stated, I was referring to his substance abuse issue, and dating someone at a young age who’s also perhaps a bit impressionable, but okay.
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Minimum_Ad_2176 Apr 22, 2026 +9
Yeah his own mother gave him the drugs as a child so he was less tired and could perform more hours .
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CrissBliss Apr 22, 2026 -2
Sad all the way around
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fraisierdesbois Apr 23, 2026 -4
She's still friends with him though 😬
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Minimum_Ad_2176 Apr 23, 2026 +6
He's dead honey. 🙃
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fraisierdesbois Apr 23, 2026 -2
I'm talking about Joel Madden, you dumbass
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mcfw31 Apr 22, 2026 +16
> “I think I feel really quite sad when I watch a lot of those documentaries, for obvious reasons,” Duff said. “I feel very grateful that I wasn’t put in too many positions that left battle wounds on me. But I have held a job as an adult since I was nine years old. I have a very different upbringing. I have a lot of missed experiences, but also a lot of amazing [ones].”
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Applekid1259 Apr 22, 2026 +17
One line there I think people just don't even realize. Its literally a job for these children.
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CourtneyHat3 Apr 22, 2026 +71
Pop stars recounting their careers has kind of just solidified for me the lie of the pop ecosystem. Its sold as being about talented people living their dreams but its peoples dreams being monetized and corporatized and their humanity slowly eliminated bit by bit. Some have had strong enough support systems to resist the worst of it others had families like Britneys.
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Princessformidable Apr 22, 2026 +17
Literally what I hear when people like her say that is " You must have had a good mom."
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Winter-Chipmunk5467 Apr 22, 2026 +6
Yup, we are now seeing the same thing play out with Justin Bieber. 😕
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Excellent_Set_232 Apr 22, 2026 +6
Which makes the k-pop industry so weird to me like, it’s a concentrated version of what everyone says is bad about the music industry, and it’s the hottest thing in music right now
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satanssweatycheeks Apr 22, 2026 +11
I mean how long have you been a pop fan. Pop fans have known this since as far back as the 90’s. And music wise we have seen this across genres since the 30’s. But check out the movie Josie in the pussycats. 90’s comedy that shines light on exactly what you are talking about. And shows we have know this about pop stars for a long time.
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Ashland6 Apr 22, 2026 +1
Exactly this. I wouldn’t hold any studio accountable for what happens after a star moves out of the limelight as it’s purely a job like any other that is subject to terminating employment at will, but if they market it as “living the dream” then they’re putting themselves on the hook for their well being during and after.
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CrissBliss Apr 22, 2026 +27
Suprised because Frankie Muniz said Hilary’s mom was more like a manager (than an actual mom) and she sort of made him uncomfortable. He said he mentioned he was doing Cody Banks to her, and the very next day, Hilary had signed on.
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pumpkinspicecum Apr 22, 2026 +44
She was tough which is probably why Hilary was protected
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akam80thesquirrel Apr 22, 2026 +25
100%. She was probably thought of as a b**** too
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WampaCat Apr 22, 2026 +16
She’s not saying she had a perfect experience. Just that it wasn’t as bad as a lot of others had it.
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Imjustmean Apr 22, 2026 +7
"Too many" I.e. she was put in bad positions more than once. Horrible.
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Successful_Pizza6529 Apr 22, 2026 +1
Got to be a Solution to this somewhere. BS has got to be careful or else she will Die Young herself.
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LiminalSapien Apr 23, 2026 +1
I mean of course not, her mom was too busy inflicting that harm on anyone near here in Hollywood. Go ask Frankie Munez.
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[deleted] Apr 22, 2026 -1
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Ok-Entrance2908 Apr 22, 2026 +5
Eh I disagree about it being strange. She’s expressing sympathy but talking about her own experience which she’s allowed to do. Especially since this interview is regarding her times 100 honor. She really doesn’t need to speak on anyone else’s experience because she likely had no idea what actually went on in the majority of those people’s lives.  Hot take but the whole “free Britney” movement didn’t particularly help Britney at all. She still needs a lot of therapy and support which she is struggling with now. IMO that’s a good lesson to people that we don’t need to speak for other people if we don’t really know what’s best for them 
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Hopeful-Prompt-7417 Apr 22, 2026 +4
Britney did not want to be in the conservatorship. She made that very clear. She called 911. She was able to get herself removed from the conservatorship. While her fans were supportive, Britney had herself removed. Fans had nothing to do with it. If she was able to tour and care for herself, there was no reason for it. Just because someone needs therapy and support does not mean they should be in a conservatorship. Especially if the conservator does not have their best interest and is stealing from them and drugging them.
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darkeststar Apr 22, 2026 +1
That's actually a fairly normal way that Duff goes about this question. The one thing anyone ever wants to ask her about is her teenage stardom and why she's "normal" compared to everyone else and her only responses are basically just that she had a good support system. She doesn't advocate for the others like her other than to say she feels sorry for them and what they went through compared to her. There was an interview not too long ago where she said some younger teenage stars had contacted her and asked for advice on how to handle the fame and attention and she didn't respond because she "had no experience with that they were dealing with." She keeps her distance.
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