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‘

Aron Carter, even though he was closer in age, was also sort of a red flag.

She's still friends with him though 😬

One line there I think people just don't even realize. Its literally a job for these children.

Literally what I hear when people like her say that is " You must have had a good mom."

Yup, we are now seeing the same thing play out with Justin Bieber. 😕

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

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.

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.

She was tough which is probably why Hilary was protected

She’s not saying she had a perfect experience. Just that it wasn’t as bad as a lot of others had it.

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 

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.