Overdose, depression and scandals: what became of the most famous Disney girls
They rose to popularity as children but soon realized that success was not necessarily synonymous with happiness.
For many of the Disney girls, reaching popularity also brought depression, illness, overdoses and scandals that some never quite managed to overcome.
What began as a story of international fame and recognition soon turned into a hell from which some are still trying to get out.
Britney Spears
Perhaps one of the most dramatic cases so far is that of the "Princess of Pop" and that is that the star's lowest hours were at the mercy of the public.
Britney debuted in The Mickey Mouse Club alongside other children who are today figures (Christina Aguilera, Ryan Gosling and Justin Timberlake).
She managed to survive the changes of adolescence and in 1999 she became a world star as a singer.
It seemed that everything was going well, but some decisions by Spears (in addition to a change in the lyrics of the songs she performed, much more daring, and a more sensual image, a kiss on the mouth with Madonna) made it seem that she wanted to modify your course.
After her came problems in her personal life: a marriage of a few hours in Las Vegas, her wedding to Kevin Federline, and her divorce.
Then came one of her darkest chapters: mental problems led her to be under the guardianship of her father, a helicopter went to take her out of her house in the middle of a health crisis, she shaved herself in public, with the paparazzi lenses on her, and that aggression occurred in which a totally enraged Britney, already shaved, threw herself -with umbrella in hand, against a truck.
It was time to stop and after being a few years away from the public scene, it seemed that Britney was back, but-again- her mental problems took their toll.
Last year she decided to pause her career after spending a few days in a psychiatric facility.
“My situation is unique, but I promise you that I am doing my best right now. Her love and dedication are incredible, but what I need right now is a little privacy to deal with all the difficult things that life is presenting to me, ”she asked in a video on Instagram.
Since then, Spears' public appearances have been rare, much less her interviews. She only keeps her followers aware of her life through social networks, without for now she is seeing a return to the stage.
Lindsay Lohan
The beautiful redhead from Game of Twins was radically transformed in just a few years. Her work never stopped knocking on her door, at least not at the time that she was not yet a constant protagonist of the pink press in the United States because of her scandals.
The Heavy Girls and Herbie actress seemed destined for the highest places in Hollywood, but her love of her party and her many bad decisions made her little by little one of those undesirable characters she condemns herself to. forgotten.
And it is that Lohan was during some years "the queen of the night" next to Britney Spears or Paris Hilton. He was frequently seen arriving at fashionable places, where he starred in painful scenes (he was seen uncovering a beer with his dress, which made it clear that he was not wearing underwear and was caught sleeping in full aboard a vehicle, what which even now makes her the object of memes).
With the nights out came arrests for driving under the influence, alcohol and drug abuse, and even a trial in which she was sentenced to three months in jail.
There was a time when Lohan was the protagonist of the scandalous press. It was said that she was addicted to sex, she got naked in Playboy and worked alongside a porn actor, it seemed that her downfall would have no end.
Lindsay's salvation, perhaps, occurred thanks to her escaping the clutches of Hollywood.
She moved to Europe and was no longer the coveted object of the press. The scandals, it is true, did not abandon her. Just remember her stormy relationship with Egor Tarabasov, with whom she was seen fighting in Mykonos, the place where she Lohan opened a beach club.
"No woman can be beaten and stay with that person if he is not prepared to say sorry," confessed the actress on Instagram.
At 33, Lohan seems a long way from her darkest days. "To this day I don't drink or party because I'm too busy running the business and overseeing everything," she said last year.
“People have said too many negative things about me about that time when I still went out at night and liked to dance at the disco, where I had fun like any girl my age. I am who I am and it is clear to me that I have always been a good person. I take care of myself, I stay healthy and I continue to have fun when I have the opportunity, even if I don't go out too much, I drink and I go crazy ”.
Demi lovato
She was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, had eating problems, and survived a drug overdose.
Anyone who says that Demi Lovato's life has been simple would seem to be left only with the image of the successful actress and singer that she began her career when she was a child and rose to fame as a Disney girl at Camp Rock.
Demi herself had "deceived" people, as few imagined the drama of her in her life until the situation overwhelmed her and in 2010 she (at only 18 years old) she entered a rehabilitation center.
It was the start of a long journey for Demi, who she confessed that she didn't even expect to turn 21.
In 2011 the young woman learned that she is bipolar, although she acknowledged that she is tired of being labeled for this condition. "It is something that I have, it is not something that I am."
Lovato stopped drinking and controlled her eating problems, but a relapse of her in 2018 brought her to the brink of death.
A party at her house got out of hand and Demi had to be hospitalized for an overdose of fentanyl, the same substance that killed Prince.
The 27-year-old has never hidden her struggle to stay sober. In March 2019 she wrote on Instagram: “Today she would have been seven years sober. She needed to make those mistakes, but I must never forget that that's exactly what they are: mistakes. "
Demi Ella reappeared on the scene last February, when she performed the United States anthem at the Super Bowl.
Selena Gomez
For the "Wizards of Waverly Place" star, her dark ages did not come from an addiction, but from her turbulent relationship with Justin Bieber and serious health problems.
What began as a teenage romance with Justin soon morphed into a toxic bond of twists and turns, affectionate public appearances and abrupt breakups, to start the cycle all over again until Bieber fell in love with Hailey Baldwin, ended with Selena and he married the model.
In that intermission (which lasted years), Selena was diagnosed with lupus, which led to a depression that led her to be in a rehabilitation center.
Her lupus also had consequences for which she had to undergo a kidney transplant.
And in addition, the singer and actress had to endure criticism and ridicule on social networks, mainly because of her physical appearance. And it is that Selena had the "audacity" to gain a few kilos, which they did not forgive her.
"I think especially for young people, spending so much time looking at what they say about you is bad. It was something that was affecting me a lot. It depressed me. I felt bad about myself. I looked at my body differently and all kinds of things. "confessed the woman who once had the record for the highest number of followers on Instagram (she currently has 171 million in her community).
At 27, Selena recognized that her self-esteem and confidence continue to be a constant struggle for her and confessed that she sometimes thinks that she will always be alone.
"After those 15 minutes are up I say to myself 'I know there is someone for everyone.'
For now, the singer appears to be in a less turbulent time in her life.
Miley Cyrus
Disney got the adorable girl starring in "Hannah Montana" as her new star, but soon Miley showed signs of rebellion.
As with her character in the popular series, it seemed that Miley was one in front of the camera and a very different one in her personal life.
First, some intimate photos that Cyrus would have taken for her then boyfriend, Nick Jonas, were leaked and then left the audience of Rock in Rio in Madrid 2010 stunned, when he appeared with a tight bodysuit on stage, where he also took sensual photographs.
Miley was then 17 years old and already very far from Hannah. At that time, she had already appeared half-naked on the cover of a magazine and showed shamelessly her taste for marijuana.
It was only a matter of time until a big one was unleashed and that happened with that video in which she appeared naked on a wrecking ball.
Then came her 2015 MTV appearance, when she appeared in tiny nude garments and twerked Robin Thicke that went viral.
By this time Miley had already ended her affair with Liam Hemsworth, her teenage love of hers, and she seemed to be out of her control.
The nudes of her in magazines were constant and also the controversial shows of her and some relationships with women.
The passage of time was measuring the singer and in 2018 she seemed to be in a less intense stage.
She picked up on her affair with Hemsworth and they married later that year, but her 2019 put her back on the scandal scene.
In August, Miley was seen very affectionate with a blogger in Italy. Hours later she confirmed her breakup with Liam.
Miley went, in just a few weeks, from being married to Liam to having a fleeting affair with a woman and starting a new relationship with singer Cody Simpson, with whom she -for now- she seems to have a stable love.
“There are good men out there, don't give up. You don't have to be gay, there are nice people with penises out there, you just have to find them. I always thought that he was gay because he thought that all boys were evil, but it is not true. There are good people who have penises. I've only met one, and he's on this live, ”Miley confessed about her latest romance.
Bella Thorne
Whoever was the protagonist of Shake It Up, a Disney Channel comedy, now has something to talk about for his statements and for showing himself unfiltered on social networks, where he has shared -for example- images of his first bikini waxing or a photograph in the bathroom.
The past year was especially active for Bella in terms of her presence in the media.
At the end of June, she released intimate images after being threatened by a hacker with leaking them on the web.
"I feel observed, I feel that someone has taken something from me that I only wanted a special person to see. I can sleep better tonight knowing that I have regained my power. You cannot control my life, you never will," she wrote relieved.
She then cried over the way Whoopi Goldberg referred to her for taking intimate photos of her. "Once you take that photo, it goes into the cloud and is available to any hacker who wants it. And if you don't know that in 2019 this is a problem, I'm sorry," said the presenter.
"What a shame, Whoopi, what a shame, for expressing that public opinion in that way about me and for making young people believe that they are disgusting for taking a nude photo," Bella replied.
Thorne also gave something to talk about when she declared herself pansexual (in 2016 she claimed that she was bisexual).
“I'm actually pansexual and I didn't know it. Someone explained to me well what it is about. You like beings, or them, or this or that. You literally like the personality. You only like one being, ”she declared on a television show.
Among all the topics for which she spoke, there was also that information related to her debut as a director of a pornographic film.
Bella explained that she didn't want to just do a "sex scene".
“The way I see sexy is by seeing everything but nothing too. Like, leave a lot to the imagination, but let it be so natural for you to see it. I don't want to just see everything, I prefer to just get bits and pieces, because I feel like when you make love, you don't see everything directly. You are getting bits and pieces. You're looking at this and a bit of that. I am interested in how people have sex. It's something like this level of connection. "
