Bella Thorne
Bella starred on The Disney Channel’s Shake It Up from 2010 to 2013. In 2021, the actress told Fox News, “I wish I would have been true to myself. When it came to filming, I would talk in a higher voice or do different things to make myself appear more innocent. It made me feel like a liar because I had to pretend to be someone I was not — even if it made me famous.”
She revealed that she took the job to help her relatives out financially. “I did it for my family because we were on the brink of poverty, and I was told this is what I had to do,” Bella told the outlet, adding, “I don’t like being recognized as a former Disney child star because I was always told I had to fit into a certain mold and be this person I wasn’t. It was like being in a box.”
The Disney Channel stigma followed Bella as she pursued adult roles. “It’s been hard for me to still be recognized in that light. People didn’t want to read me or see me because they only saw me as a Disney Channel star. When everyone expects you to be perfect, falling short of those impossible standards gives people the wrong impression,” she explained, adding, “I basically had to start from the bottom and work my way up again after Disney.”
