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Re:I was forced to be a child star. It was never my dream or... by Lendal on Thursday May 26, 2022 @08:13AM (#31517349)
Airing it in public isn't going to work for him. I had similar kinds of problems. Nothing I said or did worked so I just stopped talking about it. My mom would call me and I would politely talk to her about the weather and things like that, but nothing else. Now she's gone. We never could work out our issues. Most normal people accept that there are limits to what we can accomplish in our lives. Rich powerful people don't accept that truth, and keep trying to get what they want. But you can't always get what you want. So that's gonna be a hard lesson for Wil I think.
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Re:I was forced to be a child star. It was never my dream or... by nisegami on Thursday May 26, 2022 @08:27AM (#31517458)
>Airing it in public isn't going to work for him.

I think it depends on what his goal is. To me, it seems like he just wants his truth to be known.

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Re:I was forced to be a child star. It was never my dream or... by lapcat on Thursday May 26, 2022 @09:28AM (#31518084)
> Rich powerful people don't accept that truth, and keep trying to get what they want. But you can't always get what you want. So that's gonna be a hard lesson for Wil I think.

In the very first paragraph of the article, Wil explained how he predicted, correctly, what the reaction would be from his parents. He's not in denial, not even close.

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Re:I was forced to be a child star. It was never my dream or... by jazzythom on Thursday May 26, 2022 @09:40AM (#31518211)
> Rich powerful people don't accept that truth, and keep trying to get what they want. But you can't always get what you want.

Some people can’t stop trying, it’s involuntary. That 80’s tough love slogan “never, never give up” actually does work, and wealth follows but, made or born, people with that level of obsession are deeply flawed.

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Re:I was forced to be a child star. It was never my dream or... by lapcat on Thursday May 26, 2022 @09:47AM (#31518272)
Did you intend to reply to me or to Lendal? Because you quoted Lendal and didn't address my point.

Also, Wil said "I made the choice to live the rest of my life without her and my dad and my brother in it."

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Re:I was forced to be a child star. It was never my dream or... by jazzythom on Thursday May 26, 2022 @10:34AM (#31518813)
lendal my bad
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