Hollywood Demons: Maitland Ward's Child Star Truth

0:00Maitland Ward, the actress who blew up as a teen on the boat in the beautiful and later played Rachel on Boy Meets World at age 21, opening up about Hollywood's dark underbelly for young stars in the 1990s and early 2000s. In her new show Hollywood Demons, child stars Gone Wild, the now 49-year-old Californian native, calls out how studios treated kid actors like, property to mold, into whatever sold tickets. Back then, she says it felt like a factory line, cranking out products was zero-safe for the talent. Ward got shoved into provocative spots on set as a minor, feeding into this twisted male gaze that left her uneasy in her own skin, though she brushed. It offers just being professional. Looking back at Boy Meets World, those scenes had different now, like the foodfied loaded with fetish vibes around food and feet, plus endless. In new windows from the writers that played her character on their terms, not hers. She thought it was all normal at the time, but adults crafting after kids, straight troubling.

1:02Fast forward, Ward's thriving in the adult film world, where she claims folks treat her with way more respect, breaking free from those old boxes that, demanded young women be virgin and vixen all at once. It's her story of ditching the baggage and owning her path. Hollywood Demons drops Monday, April 27 on investigation discovery, streaming on HBO max right after peeling back those layers so the next. Jen spots the traps early and stays real. Local news powered by AI. This is Tampa Bay News today. I'm Corey with the story.