Mara Wilson Calls Out Media & Hollywood For Treatment Of Britney Spears, Child Stars: “We’re Still Living With The Scars” - Deadline

Mara Wilson penned an essay for the New York Times criticizing the treatment of young stars, including Britney Spears, Drew Barrymore and Amandla Stenberg, by the media and Hollywood.

What was set up as an interview about an upcoming film, became a an article suggesting that Wilson had her time in the spotlight and would go down dark paths – a series of events she calls “The Narrative.” Wilson’s treatment, however, isn’t specific to just herself as she draws parallels to how tabloids and media treated Britney Spears.

Never appearing in “anything more revealing than a knee-length sundress,” Wilson recounts the ways media outlets and fans objectified and sexualized her pre-teen self, despite her best efforts.

As a result of the constant paparazzi and media attention, “the Narrative was forced upon” Spears, continuing to make her a spectacle for tabloid and gossip.

Wilson’s op-ed, titled “The Lies Hollywood Tells About Little Girls,” comes after Hulu’s Framing Britney Spears doc shed light on the media and general public’s treatment of the super star