{"id":16104,"date":"2024-03-30T23:02:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T17:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/30\/hollywood-actor-reveals-why-hed-never-let-his-kid-go-into-show-business\/"},"modified":"2024-03-30T23:02:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T17:32:00","slug":"hollywood-actor-reveals-why-hed-never-let-his-kid-go-into-show-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/30\/hollywood-actor-reveals-why-hed-never-let-his-kid-go-into-show-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood Actor Reveals Why He&#8217;d &#8216;Never&#8217; Let His Kid Go Into Show Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-cbn-component-name=\"wysiwyg_editor\">\n<p>Actor Frankie Muniz recently revealed why he\u2019d never allow his son to take part in the entertainment industry despite his own experience being \u201c100% positive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to them on the latest\u00a0episode\u00a0of \u201cQuick Start\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"482\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?p=CCBNC3640195386\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Muniz, 38, who starred in the popular sitcom \u201cMalcolm in the Middle\u201d from 2000 through 2006,\u00a0<a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.pedestrian.tv\/entertainment\/frankie-muniz-child-actor\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pedestrian.tv\/entertainment\/frankie-muniz-child-actor\/\">told Pedestrian.TV<\/a>\u00a0why his son, 3-year-old Mauz, simply won\u2019t be encouraged to become a child star.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would never let my kid go into the business,\u201d he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/malcolm-middle-star-frankie-muniz-refuses-let-son-become-child-actor\">said<\/a>. \u201cAnd not that I had a negative experience because, to be honest, my experience was 100% positive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the experience of others close to Muniz seems to have sparked his reluctance.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@pedestriantv\/video\/7349834258459938049\" class=\"tiktok-embed\" data-video-id=\"7349834258459938049\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;\">\n<section><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@pedestriantv?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"@pedestriantv\" rel=\"noopener\">@pedestriantv<\/a> After working as a child actor, Malcolm In The Middle star Frankie Muniz never wants his son following in his footsteps. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/frankiemuniz?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"frankiemuniz\" rel=\"noopener\">#frankiemuniz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/malcolminthemiddle?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"malcolminthemiddle\" rel=\"noopener\">#malcolminthemiddle<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/quietonset?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"quietonset\" rel=\"noopener\">#quietonset<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/imacelebau?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"imacelebau\" rel=\"noopener\">#imacelebau<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7349834306514094849?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - PEDESTRIAN.TV\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c original sound &#8211; PEDESTRIAN.TV<\/a><\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know so many people \u2014 friends that were close to me \u2014 that had such insanely negative experiences,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I just think it\u2019s an ugly world in general. I never cared about rejection, but there\u2019s a ton of rejection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Muniz also raised the impact of social media as another factor,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pedestrian.tv\/entertainment\/frankie-muniz-child-actor\/\">noting people today<\/a>\u00a0are \u201calways being watched.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was that last, literally, last generation of shows where the height of my career came before social media,\u201d he said. \u201cSo people looked at people on TV or movies or even musicians or whatever differently because they weren\u2019t as almost attainable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Muniz also made headlines in December, when he revealed he\u2019s never taken a drug or even had a sip of alcohol \u2014 a particularly stunning admission considering many child actors\u2019 turbulent histories.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone was either shocked \u2026 appalled that I didn\u2019t drink, or they\u2019d be like, \u2018Wow, that\u2019s so strong of you,&#8217;\u201d he said on Mayim Bialik\u2019s \u201cBreakdown\u201d podcast. \u201cIt\u2019s so weird that people have such a strong reaction to me not drinking, like, who cares, right?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actor also spoke more about finding normalcy after \u201cMalcolm in the Middle\u201d ended,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/tv\/story\/2023-12-15\/frankie-muniz-38-says-hes-never-had-a-drink-or-tried-any-drugs-and-his-reason-isnt-religion\">explaining why<\/a>\u00a0he stepped away from the entertainment industry and moved to Scottsdale, Arizona, where he now lives with his wife and child.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoving to Scottsdale in 2008, I think, saved my life,\u201d Muniz\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/tv\/story\/2023-12-15\/frankie-muniz-38-says-hes-never-had-a-drink-or-tried-any-drugs-and-his-reason-isnt-religion\">said<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m 38. I\u2019ve still never had a sip of alcohol; I\u2019ve never done drugs \u2014 I\u2019ve never, done anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Muniz\u2019s comments about child acting come amid\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2024\/03\/25\/quiet-on-set-documentary-price-of-kids-tv\/73092766007\/\">renewed scrutiny<\/a>\u00a0over the experience of some child performers. Much of this scrutiny was brought to fruition because of the release of the Investigation Discovery documentary series \u201cQuiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids\u2019 TV.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The show exposes some of the alleged abuses said to have unfolded on popular kids\u2019 shows.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www1.cbn.com\/cbnnews\/entertainment\/2024\/march\/hollywood-actor-reveals-why-hed-never-let-his-kid-go-into-show-business\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Frankie Muniz recently revealed why he\u2019d never allow his son to take part in the entertainment industry despite his own experience being \u201c100% positive.\u201d Listen to them on the latest\u00a0episode\u00a0of \u201cQuick Start\u201d Muniz, 38, who starred in the popular sitcom \u201cMalcolm in the Middle\u201d from 2000 through 2006,\u00a0told Pedestrian.TV\u00a0why his son, 3-year-old Mauz, simply [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[]},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16104"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}