Actor Frankie Muniz recently revealed why he’d never allow his son to take part in the entertainment industry despite his own experience being “100% positive.”
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Muniz, 38, who starred in the popular sitcom “Malcolm in the Middle” from 2000 through 2006, told Pedestrian.TV why his son, 3-year-old Mauz, simply won’t be encouraged to become a child star.
“I would never let my kid go into the business,” he said. “And not that I had a negative experience because, to be honest, my experience was 100% positive.”
But the experience of others close to Muniz seems to have sparked his reluctance.
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“I know so many people — friends that were close to me — that had such insanely negative experiences,” he said. “And I just think it’s an ugly world in general. I never cared about rejection, but there’s a ton of rejection.”
Muniz also raised the impact of social media as another factor, noting people today are “always being watched.”
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