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Probablyhavepostersinthere.
Showersofyou.
Oh, growingupposterwithme.
Myposter, youmean?
Yeah, Work's goinggirlsintheroom.
Youknowthat.
Butthiswholetime, youtormented.
Yousoundlikeyoudamnnearbeingtortured.
Yeah, somethingthatEwingfamilyreferredto a slavelaboras a child.
SowhenyouweredoingtheGooniesandalloftheseshows.
YouwereYouweren't a happykid.
Well, I washappytobeontheset.
I washappytohavetheopportunitytoworkwithgreatpeopleandmeetpeoplelikeMichaelandCyndiLauperandallthegreatpeoplethatcamearoundtoset, youknow, andthatwasfun.
So I livedinkindoflike a hauntedmansion, and I wasliterallyforced, like a lotofpeopledon't knowthis, buttheysay, youknow, whendidyoustartsingingandwhyyousingingnow?
And I'm like, didyounotknowthat I startedsinging?
Uh, like I startedas a singer?
I didn't startasanactorbecauseofthreeyearsold.
Kidscan't reallymemorizelines.
Allright, soit's notliketheystick a scriptinfrontofyourfaceandsay, here, readthatkidscan't read, sothatdoesn't workoutverywell.
Sothewaythatmymomwouldgetpeopletounderstandthat I hadgreatmemorizationskillsorthat I wasableto, like, repeatstuffanddoexactlyastheytoldmeasshewouldlockmein a roomandshe'd say, Here's a recordplayer.
Here's a 45.
I wantyoutolistentothatsingleandhearitoverandoverandover, andbythetimeyoucomeout, youbetterbeabletorepeatit.
Notefornote.
Andsothatwashow I wouldimpresspeoplebecause I wouldgoinontheinterviewsand I wouldbelike a parrotor a parakeet.
I wouldjustrepeatbackwhat I wastrained.
So I wouldgointhereand I wouldsinglike, puton a happyfaceor, youknow, raindropskeepfallingonmyheadormymom's favoriteone, whichwasjunkfoodjunkie.
I don't knowifyourememberthat, butwhenwewerekids, therewasthisguynamedJimGrowji, andhehadthissongcalledJunkFood.
How'd itgo, man?
I don't remember.
Like I'm a junkie, youknow, hewasnoSoutherntweetingandallthat.
Ifyoucameouttheroomandyouhadn't memorizedthose, I getmyassbeatyouwouldgetwhipped.
Oh, yeah.
Bigtimebelt.
Well, sayingthewholething.
Solong, court, whatever.
Those, Whateverwashandyandtheparents.
Okay, okay, soSomydadwasn't reallythelike.
I mean, hewascrazy, buthewascrazyandmoreof a methodicaltype.
Sooneminuteshe'd be, likelaughingandsmilinginthenextminute, she'd begougingyoureyesoutwith, like, a spoonorsomething, youknow, SothiswomanwouldtortureherChildren.
Andwhen I wasthinkingofthis, youknow, theyhadthisexpressioncalledDaddyissuesthattheyapplytowomen.
But I thinkmenhavecometomommyissues, soMommyissues.
SowhenyouCourtneyfoundoutabouthismommyissues, whatmadeyouwannasay I do?
I wasgonnacomehomewithyou, like I mean, I haveyouknow, Mommyissuestoo.
So I getit, butnottothelevelthathedoes.
Butlike, youknow, it's just I have a lotofcompassionforwhathe's gonethrough, and, youknow, I feellike, youknow, itneedstobetreatedlikeveryseriously, youknow?
And I'm hopingthatpeoplecanfinallygivehimsomerespectthathedeservesbecausehedeserveshisplaceouttheretomyotherbrother.
Doesn't carebecausehe's anLAPD.
No, hedoesn't.
He's like, I'm a cop.
Got a regularjob?
Yeah, I got a regularjob, butformybrothereaten, youknow, he's beenlost a littlebitininthetheShadow.
And, youknow, thisis, I think, anopportunityforhimtokindofmake a pointoflike, Look, I'm human.
I'm heretoo, on I deserveyouknow, myvoiceinallofthis.
So I'm hopingthathappens, andalsoit's It's a chanceforustokindofdeepinourconnectionbecauseheneedstoknowthatjustcause I left, I wasn't leavinghim.
But I wasleavingonabusivesituationformyowngood, becausethat's whatneededtohappen.
Sothat's that's a veryrealelement.
Buttheotherthingswayisthat I hadtodothisbecause I'm making a documentarythatisthemostimportantworkthat I'veeverdoneOK, whichischroniclingtheabusetosexualabuseofChildrenintheindustry.
I'vebeentalkingaboutthisfor a longtime, so I startedmakingthisdocumentaryandthen a bunchofpeoplewhoareobviouslyveryguiltyofsomeverybadthings.
I didn't wanttoseethishappen, didn't wanttoseemesucceed, andtheyshutmedown.
Sowhentheyshutmedown, I hadtofind a wayoffinancialmeanstocompletethisprojectbecausenobodywasgonnagivemethemoneyforit, becausepeopledon't wantthesecret's out.
So I didtheshowaspartof a waytomakeenoughmoneytofinishmydocumentarysothedocumentaryisnowcomplete.
Andhundredsofthousandsofkidswho'vebeenintheCaliforniaseenwhohavebeenthroughtheindustryhavebeenabusedarenowgonnafinallyhave a chancetohavetheirvoicesheard.
Thisis a majorturnover.
CoreyFeldmangonnaman a roundofapplauseforthiswork.
JeremyandTexas.
YougottaquestionJeremy.
Goahead.
I got a commentinthequestionandhandedchanges.
I'm hurting a big, bigfan.
I can't enduresomuch.
Justnotwhat I call a conventionsomuchonyourworkinthis.
And I wassohurtanddisappointedbythat, and I didn't wanttoshowtokeepgoingcause I feltlikethatwasjustanexcuseforhimtokeepabusinghimselfwherehandhimandcheck.
There's been a lotofrealityshows, butweputitallouttherewiththetrustandthefaiththatwe'redealingwithsomevery, verysensitivetopicsandverysensitivepeopleandvolatilesituationslikeAaronCarterorlikemybrotherorlikeus, whereifonethinggoeswrong, foronethingishandledinappropriatelyinGodforbid, somebodytakestheirlifeoversomethingthathappens.
Uh, that's that's onyou.
Yeah, that's onyou.
Youknowwhat I'm saying?
Hey, God's incontrol, right?
God's incontrol.
Alright?
Wejustheretodoourjob, but I knowthat I workedfortheman.
CoryFilmwayHad a legendcomebarsorecentlythatyouworkedwiththeoneandonlyKieferSutherlandcamebyLostBoysStandbyMe.
AndHowdidhiscountrymusicgooverhereonthisway?
Found a songthatway.
Have a thingthatwedohereontheshowwhenwehavesomebodywhowas a costarandtheycomeby, maybeafterwardswehavethemleave a questionforthenextpersonquestionforyou.