Us Weekly<\/a><\/em>). \u201cIt\u2019s really a story of self-discovery and finding who you are as an authentic person in any way that you want to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\u201cBack when I was getting into it \u2026 they looked at these young actors as like property coming in,\u201d Ward added while discussing the industry\u2019s \u201ctwisted male gaze.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWomen were just put into this box where you had to be this young woman that was either a virgin and a slut all at once. And I hate to use those terms exactly, but that\u2019s what it was,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n
In a previous interview, Ward claimed that she was given \u201cmore respect\u201d working in the porn industry than she received as a mainstream actress.<\/p>\n
\u201cI really got a lot of positivity overall, which shocked everyone I knew,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody thought people were just going to rip me apart, and I was going to be judged and raked across the coals.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ward recently made headlines by clashing with some of her former Boy Meets World <\/em>co-stars<\/a>, but for the most part, her life seems to be drama-free these days.<\/p>\nAnd she\u2019s certainly not the first former child star to warn of the perils of Hollywood.<\/p>\n
Ward\u2019s episode of Hollywood Demons<\/em> premieres tonight on HBO Max.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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