Remember when Miley Cyrus underwent a complete personality change-- to the dismay of everyone
who knew her only as the fun-loving country girl in Hannah Montana?
Her fashion and life choices became a subject of Hollywood gossip for years.
There are a plethora of child stars like Miley who started out as innocent acting enigmas
but got tangled in some controversy later in life.
In this list, we look at five most controversial child stars and where they are now.
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Taylor Momsen Taylor Momsen became popular with the drama
series Gossip Girl by portraying the role of Jenny Humphrey.
In the series, she starts out as an innocent high schooler but acquires a rebellious “It”
girl persona later on the show- coincidentally mirroring her real-life transformation.
Just like Miley, Momsen’s change of persona turned heads and shocked many.
The child actress turned rock star currently fronts the band The Pretty Reckless who have
toured alongside artists like Evanescence and Marilyn Manson.
Lisa Bonet A series of bad decisions led to the downfall
of child actress Lisa Bonet, best known from NBC’s hit sitcom The Cosby Show.
First, her sex scene with Mickey Rourke in Alan Parker’s X-rated thriller Angel Heart
raised many eyebrows.
It was followed by a topless photoshoot for Interview magazine and announcement of her
pregnancy.
After The Cosby Show, Bonet did not land any major role but has recently appeared in shows
like Ray Donovan and New Girl.
Bonet got in a relationship with Justice League star Jason Momoa in 2005, and the now married
couple lives happily together with their three children.
Mitchel Musso A case of a DUI arrest in 2011 led Mitchel
Musso to be booted out of his own show “Pair of Kings.”
The child actor, who played the role of Oliver in Hannah Montana, was fired by Disney executives
and his career could never bounce back.
He recently appeared in the 2018 comedy flick, Bachelor Lions.
He has a girlfriend Haley Rose of whom he occasionally posts photos on social media.
Amanda Bynes Amanda Bynes was Nickelodeon's sweetheart-
having landed her own sketch-comedy series, The Amanda Show in 1999.
Bynes was only 13 years old at that time, but as early as her success came in, the controversies
also crawled in quickly.
She got entangled in DUI charges, hit and run cases, and her erratic behavior on Twitter
led to her being placed on psychiatric holds.
The troubled child star was surprisingly able to turn her life around with the end of probation
for her last DUI case in 2017 and her return back to the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising.
Jessica Biel Jessica Biel was shrouded in controversy when
she posed almost naked in Gear Magazine in 2001.
The fact that she was only 17 and the star of 7th Heaven, a wholesome show revolving
around a religious family, brewed tensions between her and producer Aaron Spelling.
However, despite her controversy, she returned to the show and even achieved reasonable success
on the big screen afterward.
Currently, she is married to popular singer-songwriting Justin Timberlake who tied the knot in 2012.
The couple has a son named Silas.Talking about her acting career, her most recent venture
was in USA Network’s crime drama series The Sinner- for which she was nominated for
“Best Actress-Miniseries or Television Film” in the 78th Golden Globe awards.
In case of Jessica, she did not let one little error in judgment sabotage her entire career.
Which one of these child stars did you watch when you were a wee baby?
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