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Maitland Ward Says Hollywood Treated Child Stars Like ‘Products Being Sold’
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Maitland Ward Says Hollywood Treated Child Stars Like ‘Products Being Sold’

Complex·Bernadette Giacomazzo·about 1 month ago
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Maitland Ward isn’t sugarcoating her experience as a former child star. In the latest installment of Hollywood Demons —titled Child Stars Gone Wild and airing April 27 on Investigation Discovery —the Boy Meets World alum lays out a blunt assessment of how young actors are treated in Hollywood, calling them “products being sold” while comparing that system to the autonomy she’s found on platforms like OnlyFans . Ward, who joined Boy Meets World in its later seasons as Rachel McGuire, used the episode to break down both the financial and emotional realities of her early career. “On Boy Meets World , I think I made $20,000 or $25,000 an episode,” she said, adding that even steady TV work came with uncertainty. “You don’t have all the guarantees out there,” she explained, according to Entertainment Weekly , pointing to the constant risk of being written off a show. That instability, she says, stands in stark contrast to her current business model. “In porn or OnlyFans, I can get six figures a month,” Ward said.…

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