13 Shocking Revelations From Demi Lovato's New Documentary "Child Star"

This post deals with topics like suicide ideation and eating disorders. 

Demi Lovato's Child Star documentary debuted on Hulu this week. The film follows Demi as she examines the highs and lows of growing up in the spotlight.

Throughout the film, Demi also speaks with other former child stars like Drew Barrymore, Kenan Thompson, Raven-Symoné, and more as they reminisce about their experiences growing up in Hollywood, and the long-lasting effects.

Here are 13 things we learned from the doc:

1. Demi, who uses she/they pronouns, opened up about what it was like to balance her work life with her schooling. They became a victim of bullying and shared that they were given a "suicide petition" signed by their classmates.

2. While growing up in the limelight became extremely difficult, Demi shared that at the beginning of her career it was still exciting. She had "so much fun filming Camp Rock." At the time, she and her costars weren't attending high school, but their set felt like high school in its own way.

3. Christina Ricci opened up about her father and called him "a failed cult leader." She added that there was "never" peace in her house, so she loved being on set so much because it felt more peaceful there.

4. During the filming of Camp Rock, Demi and Alyson Stoner were dealing with eating disorders separately. Alyson, who uses they/them pronouns, was actually the first person to confront Demi about their eating disorder.

5. Raven-Symoné explained that her parents taught her at a very young age that acting was a job and she needed to be professional. "I knew it was work immediately. My parents made sure that I understood that this was a job. I get paid for it. You show up professionally," she said.

6. Raven added that she knew her job was "to entertain other people" and that had a lasting impact on her mental health growing up.

7. Kenan Thompson shared that he was scammed out of the money he made while working at Nickelodeon.

8. Alyson also shared that working with Demi on Camp Rock 2 became difficult. Alyson said they felt like they had to "walk on eggshells" around Demi.

9. Raven also shared that Demi wasn't "the nicest person in the world" to work with.

10. As Demi grew up, she was always grateful for her success but began to loathe the spotlight. They said they felt "gross" for being so unhappy.

11. Demi, Alyson, and Raven all spoke about "disassociation" from their work.

12. JoJo Siwa spoke about how she felt her relationship with Nickelodeon changed after she came out as queer. Shortly after coming out, JoJo said she was told that she needed to call retailers who sold her merch to "tell them [she's] not going crazy."

13. Finally, JoJo also shared that according to her contract with Nickelodeon, "they owned all [her] rights to everything, except social media." Because of this, JoJo would post 250–300 times a day.

Child Star is now streaming on Hulu.