Topic: rehab

9 Disney Channel Actresses Who Beat the Curse

9 Disney Channel Actresses Who Beat the Curse
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Everyone’s talking about “The Disney Channel Curse” thanks to Demi Lovato‘s reps revealing she’s headed to rehab. Demi is not the first Disney star to stray from the “goody-goody” reputation Disney likes to put out for its tween audience. Miley, Lindsay, Britney. They’ve all had their stunts (Miley’s being that she’s just being Miley) to break out from Disney’s shadow. But people are forgetting about those Disney actresses who have made it through the rough and never ended up in rehab for emotional distress or drugs or alcohol, or as a half-naked minor on stage. Being a Disney Channel star is clearly rough. And it’s these girls who have embraced being in the limelight and used it to benefit their careers and reputation that people should be talking about. More »

Not Every Disney Star Is Lindsay Lohan

Not Every Disney Star Is Lindsay Lohan

The media world is abuzz with the news that Demi Lovato entered rehab. Another Disney star, another downfall. There seem to be a million reasons that the young singer and actress has quit her world tour with the Jonas Brothers. Magazines and blogs everywhere are hypothesizing about the impact of Joe Jonas’s new relationship with Ashley Greene, Demi’s alleged new-found coke habit (all because she might have dated Miley’s brother), an altercation with a female member of the concert tour, and the prevailing theory brought to us by an anonymous People source, an eating disorder and self-mutilation. The young woman’s representatives said that Demi was seeking treatment to deal with “emotional and physical issues.”

I have no idea why the Disney star decided to seek treatment. But I hate to see a young woman, eighteen years old, become just another “Disney princess gone bad” storyline, even if there aren’t hard facts to back it up. More »