Diddy supported Justin Bieber (right) since he was a child, but also brought about many tragedies.

Fairy tale turned nightmare

Justin Bieber’s early life seems like a fairy tale, and it must be the motivation for many young boys and girls to diligently post cover songs on YouTube. And then, who knows, one day, they might be discovered by a producer (like Diddy).

Granted, the world has not many but also not few talents like Justin Bieber, but there is only one person as famous as Bieber. Therefore, in addition to outstanding talent, the promotion machine is also very important.

What if the backer is a powerful and dangerous person who wants to make money and manipulate the victim? He will use fame and money as bait in exchange for the victim to satisfy some strange demands of him and the power behind him. Consider it the price of advancement. It is an endless cycle that requires new entrants to “sacrifice” themselves for fame.

At some point, the victim believes that it is necessary and inevitable to enter the world of money and fame. Until they are mature and brave enough to break free. But not everyone is lucky enough to live until then.

America has produced many famous stars who have been successful since childhood, leading to a series of failures and disputes. Mainly because they earn too much money. Many stars come from poor backgrounds and cannot rely on their families. They are forced to separate from their families to enter the entertainment industry.

There are people who survived like Drew Barrymore and continued to work, but there are also people like Macaulay Culkin who are lucky to be alive. Or there are also people who did not live past 35 like Aaron Carter (1987-2022).

Bieber has indirectly denounced the forces that took away his peace through several MVs, typically Yummy with the image of him putting his childhood portrait on a plate like a dish on the “adult” table. And through his words while crying about his junior Billie Eilish in an interview from 2020: “I want to protect Billie. I don’t want her to go through what I went through. I never want this to happen to anyone.”

So at least Justin has taken the initiative to end the chain of violence that has lasted from generation to generation, only to change positions. Specifically, according to some sources, Diddy was a victim of previous bosses, then when he was fully grown, he became the perpetrator. When Usher was only 13 years old, his management company sent him to live with Diddy to train for a year at the so-called Puffy Flavor Camp – a place he affirmed that he would never send his son to.

But it was Usher who introduced Bieber to Diddy, who was said to be his “replacement.” Of course, Diddy had a whole system in place to lure his victims into the trap. It seems that sexual exchange is an unwritten rule in showbiz.

Tradition of harassment

Bieber, when he was a minor, was already a target for many of his peers to sexually harass him with words or actions. With a minor star like Bieber, MCs took it upon themselves to ask questions like: “ Would you rather drink a worm smoothie or perform naked ?”, even half-jokingly saying they wanted to have sex with Bieber.

Until the time MC Jenny McCarthy “forced a kiss” and touched his butt right on stage at the American Music Awards, Bieber, then 18 years old, declared on the spot: ” I feel like I’ve just been violated.”

Bieber’s repeated communication pattern is like a training to convey a hidden message from his seniors that one must accept trade-offs in order to be successful?!

These actions were public and recorded. So what about the things that happened in the shadows and that cannot be told? The curtain will probably be lifted at Diddy’s upcoming trial to reveal how evil and lust colluded behind the scenes.

Drew Barrymore doesn’t want her child to become an actor from a young age to avoid disaster.

Confusing “adopted child”, student…

Vietnam does not have a developed enough infrastructure to help stars have a career from a young age. Xuan Mai alone became famous thanks to her biological father’s management. But there are also some parents who realize that they can take a shortcut by sending their children to stars who they believe have enough prestige to pass on their skills and support their children to quickly become stars. That was the case with Ho Van Cuong and Hoai Lam, when they were minors, their families approved them to live with their teachers, Phi Nhung or Hoai Linh.

However, it must be affirmed that showbiz fame is often too much for a child. And sometimes money is enough to destroy family affection. As in the case of Britney Spear, who was manipulated and abused by her own parents even when she was an adult.

However, later on, the teacher-student relationship has had many ups and downs, although not to the point of having to go to court. But it seems that this family-style sponsorship model is ineffective. And often the young star has to suffer the damage first. Going to a professional school to develop talent and if cooperating with any unit or individual, it must be based on a strict contract, which is safer and more sustainable.

Drew Barrymore decided to take control of herself at the age of 14 after several stints in and out of rehab (her addiction was also induced by older co-stars). The court approved her separation from her parents. And that was the first step in Barrymore’s life. Now a mother of two daughters, she asserts: ” I will not let my children become actors at a young age. That is a scenario for disaster.”

But anyway, many movies still need young actors. And the “disaster scenario” will still have a chance to happen.