Just putting this out here, but does anyone really gives a shit about another child star trying desperately hard to shed the sweet innocent persona?
Is it a matter of child stars trying to shred their sweet innocent personas or is it a result of children being thrown into an industry full of sexual predators who take advantage of the dynamic and leave these kids with some major issues as they become adults?
Bella Thorne has admitted that she was sexually abused while she worked for Disney. It's public knowledge that Disney hires pedophiles (even convicted ones...look up Brian Peck) and I imagine it's no different at other studios. So maybe this desperate attempt by these former child stars to oversexualize themselves is their way of reclaiming something that they associate with predation and power. Or maybe they were forced to learn early on that sex and sexualization can be a commodity.
I'm not familiar with Thorne's work other than some horrendous "music" that she has put out, but she's seems to be fixed on desperate self-exploitation and, if she really does have some true talent that I'm not aware of, she doesn't seem to be relying on it. Again, maybe that's what happens when you take a child and throw her in a den of wolves.