Gwyneth Paltrow state , " I would scrounge twenty-five percent to corrupt Starbucks — and walk there to make unnecessary flatulence . I remember once expect my dad for money , like , ' Please , I ’m really stuck . Can you assist ? ' And he said , ' You ’re more than welcome to fare over for dinner . ' That was it . "
Unless you already have family ties to the industry, trying to “make it” in entertainment can be a pretty significant risk. Even “nepo babies” don’t always have parents who are willing to support their dreams. Some aspiring performers' families withdraw their financial or emotional support, effectively cutting them off, while others are willing to put everything on the line.
Here are seven celebs' families who cut them off for pursuing Hollywood careers:
1.Stevie Nickssupported herself and her then-boyfriend,Lindsey Buckingham, by cleaning houses and waiting tables after her parents financially cut her off following her decision to drop out of college and pursue music.
She toldCBS Sunday Morning , " I was doing that to hold my music , my music pal , Lindsey , and some other friends , too , you cognize , that did n’t have hardly anything . So , I was the one who actually was able to pay the split and pay the money to keep our Toyota running . And so it ’s like , I did n’t bear in mind at all because I did not bear my swain , Lindsey , to get a job . Because what in the reality would he do ? "
2.Dakota JohnsontoldToday, “[My dad Don Johnson] cut me off. It was difficult, but I figured it out. He said to everybody — by ‘everybody,’ I mean all of my siblings … he calls it the ‘payroll.’ It’s an allowance. He said if you go to college, you still get an allowance. And I was like, ‘Well, I’m going to be an actress,’ so he was like, ‘Alright, well, you’re on your own.'”
She say , " I did some little modeling jobs that helped me pay my rent , and then I start audition and got some jobs … I definitely had moments where I could n’t give grocery and thing like that , and I needed to call for my mom [ Melanie Griffith ] to help me . She was the nice one . "
3.Gwyneth PaltrowtoldGlamour, “I went to UC Santa Barbara, and when I quit to try to be an actress, my dad [director Bruce Paltrow] was like, ‘That’s great, but I’m not gonna help you.'”
She continued , " I was like , ' Yeah , right . ' And he was like , ' No , I ’m not . ' So I got an apartment with a roommate ; I worked as a stewardess at a eatery ; I would forage quarters to buy Starbucks — and walk there to save gas . I remember once asking my dad for money , like , ' Please , I ’m really bewilder . Can you help ? ' And he said , ' You ’re more than welcome to get along over for dinner . ' That was it . "
4.After five years in the army, Kris Kristofferson was supposed to become an English teacher at West Point butdecidedto become a songwriter in Nashville instead. His mom and dad essentially disowned him.
He supported himself as a Columbia Recording Studios custodian , making $ 58 a hebdomad . He also bartended part - time .
finally , his wife leave him and take their kidskin back to California . It necessitate five years before his euphony career take off , and artists like Janis Joplin and Johnny Cash were collaborate with him .
He toldPeople , " I ’m still astounded at my audacity . I mean , when you ’ve been thrown out of Nero ’s Cactus Canyon chophouse — and I had been — how are you ever gon na get on the Grand Ole Opry ? But whatever momentum carried me back then helped me through performing and acting . I found it terrorize , but I was doing it . After that , it was like stepping onto a roller coaster . "
5.Jennifer LopeztoldW Magazine, “My mom and I butted heads. I didn’t want to go to college — I wanted to try dance full-time. So she and I had a break. I started sleeping on the sofa in the dance studio. I was homeless, but I told her, ‘This is what I have to do.'”
She keep , " A few months afterwards , I put down a job saltation in Europe . When I got back , I bookedIn Living Color . I became a Fly Girl and moved to LA . It all take place in a year . "
6.Heather Graham’s parents supported her acting career as a teenager, but she allegedly rebelled against her Catholic upbringing and stopped talking to them while filmingBoogie Nights. Her parents reportedly toldUSA Weekendthat their “hearts and arms are open to her,” but she said, “It’s like saying if what they did didn’t hurt me, I could have a relationship with them. But I have to respect my feelings.”
She reportedly also allege , " I do n’t see [ us overcoming the disaffection ] , but maybe it ’s possible . Either they would have to acknowledge certain thing , or I would have to move beyond the stage of deal about it . "
7.And early in Julie Chen’s broadcasting career, a news director/agentallegedlytold her that she’d never make it in broadcasting unless she changed her eye shape. Consumed by the criticism, she ultimately decided to get double eyelid surgery. OnThe Talk, she said, “It divided the [extended] family. Members of my family wanted to disown me if I got it done.”
She said , " No one ’s more proud of being Taiwanese than I am , and I have to live with the decisions I ’ve made . Every decision I ’ve made … it dumbfound [ me ] to where we are today , and I ’m not going to look back . "
And now, here are seven celebs whose families made huge sacrifices so they could pursue their Hollywood dreams:
8.When Sydney Sweeney was 13, her family gave up their house and lives in Spokane so she could pursue acting in LA, where they ended up living in a motel. She told theHollywood Reporter, “We lived in one room. My mom and I shared a bed, and my dad and little brother shared a couch.”
She extend , " I thought that if I made enough money , I ’d be able to bribe my parents ' house back and that I ’d be able to put my parents back together . But when I turned 18 , I only had $ 800 to my name . My parent were n’t back together , and there was nothing I could do to help . "
9.Jenna Ortega toldJimmy Kimmel Live, “Four or five times a week — my mom is a full-time ER nurse, but she would drive me. It was like a six, seven-hour round trip — LA and back — for auditions.”
" And she has five other minor ! " Jenna append .
10.When Taylor Swift was in eighth grade, her dad transferred his stockbroker job and relocated the family from Pennsylvania to Tennessee so she could pursue a music career in Nashville. At the time, her Sony/ATV Publishing deal had already made her the youngest person signed by a significant Nashville songwriting company.
Her momma , Andrea Swift , toldEntertainment Weekly , " I never wanted to make that move about her ' making it . ' Because what a horrible thing if it had n’t happened , for her to carry that kind of guilt or pressure around . And we moved far enough outside Nashville [ to nearby Hendersonville ] to where she did n’t have to be going to school with producers ' kids and recording label presidents ' youngster and be reminded constantly that she was fight to make it . We ’ve always told her that this is not about place food on our table or make our dreams follow true . There would always be an escape hatch into normal life if she decided this was n’t something she had to engage . And , of course that ’s like aver to her , ' If you want to quit breathing , that ’s cool . ' "
11.When Zendaya was in middle school, she and her dad moved from Oakland to LA so she could pursue acting. She toldGlamour, “I was basically like, ‘I want to do this,’ and my dad quit his job as a teacher to make it happen. My mom stayed in Oakland because she had two jobs: teaching and working at the California Shakespeare Theater at night. Those two jobs paid for all of our car trips back and forth for the year I was auditioning. Luckily, I had parents who were like, ‘You know what? We believe in you.'”
She continue , " I got my first job on the Disney Channel when I was 13 , and it was just me and my dad in an apartment in downtown LA . It was very unmanageable because I was apportion with all the polar girl second . I remember getting my time period and him not know what to do . It was a unearthly transitional phase . "
12.Millie Bobby Brown’s mom and dad reportedly sold all they had to relocate to LA. They “went through tough times” and even borrowed money from her manager.
Millie reportedly separate theDaily Mail , " My one-time sis left . She did n’t desire to do [ America ] any longer . It was tears , tears , tears . "
After their funds run out , they all returned to the UK and live with Millie ’s auntie . However , a few weeks later , she bookedStranger Things , so they headed back to the US .
13.Mckenna Grace bookedGoodbye WorldandCrash & Bernsteinright as her father was finishing medical school and was on the verge of getting into a highly desirable residency program in Dallas. However, the family couldn’t afford for her and her mom to constantly fly to LA, nor did they want to be separated. So, he applied for a different residency program in southern California instead.
Mckenna toldVariety , " I ’ve had blonde hair’s-breadth and lived in LA ever since . "
14.And finally, Keke Palmer told the LA Times’The Envelopepodcast, “Ultimately, what happened is that it just hit a point where my dad could no longer do a job because if he did a job, then there would be nobody to take care of my older sister and my younger siblings because my mom was always with me. So it was like, all of our roles were switched. I became the financial breadwinner because my career was bringing in the most money, and my parents wanted to support me, but they couldn’t have their own jobs because their own jobs would not even allow them to really be able to sustain a stable household.”
" So everybody ’s place were twitch upside down , which is why some geezerhood after that , I did start to feel insistency . I get going to realize that I was the fiscal breadwinner and that if I did n’t have a job , who would have a task ? Or how could my parents have a caper ? Or how could we sustain the same lifestyle even if they did have a task ? Because I was making the form of money that many people never make . It put us in a screwball position , " she enjoin .
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