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Jul 2023
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Introducing: Dear Hollywood

Alyson Stoner
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Preorder my memoir “Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything” to get the FULL story here: https://bit.ly/semiwelladjusted Why do child stars repeatedly suffer the same horror stories of drug addiction, psychiatric hospitalizations, decimated fortunes, sexual trauma, incarceration, and even suicide? It’s time to expose Hollywood and deconstruct the tod ... Show More
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