Disney star Christy Carlson Romano demands change for child actors: ‘Extremely dehumanizing’

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Christy Carlson Romano is changing her relationship with being a celebrity.“I don’t identify as a celebrity at all, by the way,” Romano said in an interview with Fox News Digital. “I think ‘public person’ probably makes more sense, or now content creator.

I think that the term celebrity is so gross and outdated.“And it’s also just extremely triggering because it adds that element of who are you and what’s your relevancy and what’s your value in life, and it’s just extremely dehumanizing in some ways.” Romano has been redefining herself as a “public person” with her podcast company, PodCo, which she runs with husband Brendan Rooney, as well as her YouTube channel, social media and a podcast she hosts called “Vulnerable with Christy Carlson Romano,” in which she regularly shares intimate details about her life as a child actor.“I’m not making these decisions spontaneously.

I’m very specific about what I’m talking about because I can back it up,” she said. “If I can’t back something up or if I’m impulsive, I think as a female in media, you know, people can be pretty … I’m trying very hard to keep my wits about me these days.

So, yes, I’m vulnerable, but I’m also protected.” One subject Romano can speak confidently about is being a child actor. The 39-year-old rose to fame on the Disney Channel series “Even Stevens,” playing older sister Ren Stevens to Shia LaBeouf’s mischievous Louis Stevens.