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<ul class="summary-list"><li>A comedian went viral with a TikTok joking about Alyson Stoner being his first crush.</li><li>Stoner responded with a TikTok where she made a surprise visit to the comic, Connor King.</li></ul>Actor Alyson Stoner has gone viral on TikTok after she visited a stand-up comedian who made a joke about her being his first crush.On December 20, 2021, stand-up comedian <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@connorkingme?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Connor King</a>, who has over 190,000 followers on TikTok, shared <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@connorkingme/video/7043817151207329070?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a video</a> of a comedy set in which he said that Stoner was his first crush. King said he had owned a book that featured a poster from the 2003 movie "Cheaper by the Dozen" on the front, which included Stoner's face that he stared at every day. King then told a story about seeing Stoner 10 years later while he worked at a movie theater in Los Angeles, California. When she lined up for popcorn he told her, "I love your book." King said she responded by telling him she didn't have a book, to which he replied "Oh no, I just have one of you." The clip was viewed over 729,000 times and received over 1,200 comments, many of which tagged Stoner's TikTok account in a bid to get her attention. On December 24, 2021, Stoner left a comment on the video which said, "Hello, Connor," which received over 11,700 likes.A year went by before Stoner posted <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@alysonstoner/video/7181486148122955051?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a response video</a> to her <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@alysonstoner?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TikTok account</a> on December 26, 2022. She said she was planning to attend one of his shows unannounced. "He doesn't know I'm coming," an on-screen caption read. The video, which received over 5.6 million views, showed Stoner sitting at a table in a venue, and separate clips of King being introduced on stage. Stoner could later be seen sitting in a car where she recapped the evening. "Just got out of the show. He did a phenomenal job," she said. Stoner added it was "great to meet him," and shared multiple photos of them posing together. She concluded the video by saying, "It was really sweet. It's a full-circle moment. So the internet wins!" On December 27, King posted <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@connorkingme/video/7181848363892100395?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a duet</a> to Stoner's video with the caption, "maybe next time you'll jump on stage too?" In the 55-second video, which was viewed over 157,000 times, King said he had been telling the Stoner story for years and didn't expect it to go viral. King could be seen thanking Stoner for her comments about his performance, and ended the video by saying, "thank you, internet!" King posts videos of his performances on TikTok, which include jokes about his <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@connorkingme/video/6979581829145709829?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">upbringing</a> and <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@connorkingme/video/6979581829145709829?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">family</a>. He also shares his stand-up material on his <a href="https://www.instagram.com/connorkingme/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram account</a> where he has over 136,000 followers.Stoner rose to fame starring in the 2008 Disney movie "Camp Rock." She has over 2.6 million followers on TikTok where she often shares behind-the-scenes videos of life <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@alysonstoner/video/7188177692980776235" target="_blank" rel="noopener">as</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@alysonstoner/video/7158128372000886059" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@alysonstoner/video/7171498624319311150?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">actor,</a> as well as 1.2 million followers on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/alysonstoner/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a>.<a href="https://www.insider.com/culture">For more stories like this, check out coverage from Insider's Digital Culture team here.</a>

A stand-up comedian went viral with a TikTok saying Alyson Stoner was his first crush. A year later, she showed up at his performance to surprise him.

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="2440663" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Alyson-Stoner">Alyson Stoner</keyword> sat down with Insider for an interview celebrating <keyword id="168821" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Pride-Month">Pride Month</keyword>.</li><li>During the chat, Stoner said that she underwent a form of <keyword id="7035647" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Conversion-therapy">conversion therapy</keyword>.</li><li>Stoner said the therapy made her consider "whether [her] life was worth living."</li></ul>Alyson Stoner experienced a form of <a href="https://www.insider.com/conversion-therapy-lgbtq-community-discredited-banned2019-9">conversion therapy</a> while struggling with her sexuality, which she said was so painful that it is "legitimately difficult" for her to revisit.The actress, activist, dancer, and author, who starred in "Cheaper by the Dozen" and recently released her new book "Mind Body Pride," spoke to Insider for an interview celebrating <a href="https://www.insider.com/pride-month-should-return-to-activism-2021-5">Pride Month</a>.Stoner, who identifies as <a href="https://www.insider.com/difference-between-bisexual-pansexual-2018-6">pansexual</a>, recounted how falling in love with a woman for the first time intersected dangerously with her <a href="https://www.insider.com/lohanthony-gay-conversion-therapy-video-anthony-quintal-chooses-christian-celibacy-2020-8">religious background.</a>Stoner told Insider that she admitted herself to an "outpatient variation" of conversion therapy as she sought to understand her sexuality and veer away from being queer."I felt stuck. I felt wretched. I felt like everything was wrong with me, even though I, in my heart of hearts, only desired to be a devoted follower of God," Stoner said. "So to hear from people you trust, from people you respect, from people you might even aspire to become, that you at your core are 'rotten,' 'abominable,' that the devil has a target on your back because of your position in Hollywood... It just sends you into a spiral, at least for me, because I just wanted to do the right thing."Stoner said that she worked to understand the point of view of the pastors she spoke to, and realized that the pastors had developed their views about queer people and certain sexualities because of their own religious experiences and influences they had had in their lives.Ultimately, their views were in the context of a specific "environment and a time period," Stoner said.Stoner's experiences with conversion therapy were clearly painful. In fact, the therapy was so painful that to this day, she said she finds it "legitimately difficult" to talk about."My mind doesn't want to even go there. My legs started shaking at the thought of reliving some of it. I know firsthand how dangerous it is for me as someone who had access to therapy and other forms of support. And I still was considering whether my life was worth living or, if everything was wrong with me, then what good was it for me to be around, starting to see myself as someone who only brought harm to other people to society," Stoner said.<div type="image" title="Alyson Stoner" height="1802" width="2402" msid="84005430" hostid="261"></div>"It severs the mind-body connection because I see the body as something that is shameful, that is not to be trusted. It actually ends up messing with my ability to foster genuine relationships with others and myself, because now I'm suppressing a voice. I'm trying to change something that is what I now understand very natural."Stoner said the therapy can result in people taking their own lives as they feel so ashamed of and negative about themselves that they feel they don't belong anywhere and have no value to society."The dangers are measurable. They are measurable. Even if someone comes out of it on the other side and says, 'Hey, no, I'm living a great life,' there are scars there. There are shadows," Stoner said. "So yes, I'm not capable yet of going back and recounting specifics, which is an indicator of just how difficult that chapter was for me."Stoner's book, <a href="https://www.alysonstoner.com/e-book-landing-page">"Mind Body Pride" is available to purchase now on Stoner's website</a>, with 100% of the proceeds going to LGBTQIA+ youth wellness.

Alyson Stoner recalls undergoing conversion therapy amid sexuality struggle: 'My mind doesn't want to even go there'

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="2440663" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Alyson-Stoner">Alyson Stoner</keyword> is speaking out about the devastating effects of child stardom in a People op-ed.</li><li>She says she faced sexual harassment and child labor law violations, and developed eating disorders.</li><li>The former Disney Channel star is advocating for changes in the industry to protect <keyword id="494015" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="child-actors">child actors</keyword>.</li></ul>In the early 2000s, Alyson Stoner became known as an <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1351987/">actor, singer, and dancer</a>. She landed roles in movies like "Cheaper by the Dozen" and "Step Up," as well as Disney Channel's "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" and "Camp Rock." She also performed as a background dancer for artists such as Missy Elliott, Will Smith, and Eminem.In a new <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXOATB1v3jM">video essay</a> and <a href="https://people.com/music/alyson-stoner-pens-op-ed-on-childhood-stardom-labor/">op-ed for People magazine</a>, she's sharing her side of the story for the first time - one that includes facing sexual harassment, severe eating disorders, child labor law violations, and other "harrowing" experiences.Stoner details auditioning for scenes depicting sexual violence one minute and princess toy commercials the next, and the emotional toll it took on her six-year-old self. At 12, she says she became malnourished and chronically stressed due to "inappropriate and hazardous" set conditions that violated child labor laws. At 17, she says she checked herself into rehab against the advice of her team, who told her she would risk "losing momentum" and continued to send her to auditions while she was on bedrest.<div type="image" title="alyson stoner" height="961" width="1281" msid="81991961" hostid="261"></div>"While traversing extreme peaks and valleys of global fame, hidden medical hospitalizations, artistic milestones, rapid adultification, and multi-layered abuse I wish on no one, I narrowly survived the toddler-to-trainwreck pipeline," Stoner wrote in her op-ed. "In fact, nothing was designed for me to end up normal. Stable. Alive."Stoner is now using her platform to advocate for changes in the industry to protect young actors such as <keyword id="6354774" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Mental-health">mental health</keyword> professionals on every set and mandatory media literacy courses for guardians."Something I have learned is that as long as we are enchanted or complacent, we're also vulnerable," she said. "This applies to families in Hollywood as well as consumers at home. Together, we can change the narrative.

Former Disney Channel star Alyson Stoner speaks out about her 'harrowing' experience as a child actor: 'My childhood is officially gone'

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li>Alyson Stoner got her start as a dancer in Missy Elliott's "Work It" music video when she was seven, and also claimed a spot among the 2000s Disney Channel stars and blockbuster actors early in her career.</li><li>Recently, she's focused on her direct digital audience and intellectual drive with a YouTube channel and new podcast, "Simplexity."</li><li>Stoner said she sees "Simplexity" as way to feed her curiosity about the world and encourage her fans to engage in society and culture through interviews with experts in a variety of fields. </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>If you're a hip-hop fan, you might know Alyson Stoner from her performance in Missy Elliott's 2002 "Work It" music video when she was seven. If you grew up shortly after that, you might know her from roles on popular 2000s shows like "Drake and Josh," "That's So Raven," "Mike's Super Short Show," and "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody," or movies like "Cheaper by the Dozen" and "Camp Rock."Now, the multi-hyphenate actor and dancer is stretching into the world of podcasting. In her new show, "<a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4CSZJht2KYqQmEl1PerqPi?si=CC0tQ2S1SdeMOTE8i2khkw">Simplexity</a>," which launched Nov. 11, Stoner aims to understand some of the most pressing issues facing today's global society through interviews with guests from world-renowned business women to hip-hop experts. After 15 years in the entertainment industry, Stoner said she was ready to share a more intellectual side of herself with her fans.She started that process by building her <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBza-oDKEaRps26VQOHJ35g">YouTube channel</a>, which has more than 600,000 subscribers. Stoner's early YouTube videos are primarily dance routines and choreography tutorials, but she said she always planned on using the channel to showcase her less well-known passions as well."The Catch-22 of having a previous public identity is that unless you want to shock your audience with a reinvention … you often have to satisfy the appetite of your followers' expectations first," Stoner told Business Insider.But about two years ago, Stoner shifted her content to focus more on vlogging and tackling meaningful projects. For instance, she took a trip to Ethiopia to work for nonprofit <a href="https://ipourlife.org/">I Pour Life</a>'s economic empowerment program with other YouTubers and influencers like <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/macbby11">Alisha Marie.</a><h2>Stoner sets out to 'spark curiosity' with new podcast</h2>Having established herself with an online audience, Stoner moved into the audio-only space with "Simplexity," further emphasizing intellectual ideas over showmanship. "For most of my career, my intellectual ability has been hidden behind flashy choreography," Stoner said. Stoner works with an external team to source ads for the show, but has the freedom to approve the ads she reads."I created the strictest parameters possible for potential sponsors and try to favor sites and services that center education, productivity, health and self-care, and giving back," Stoner said. These sponsorships help fund internal and backend expenses, Stoner said, and while she hopes to continue to grow the "Simplexity" brand, she's not concerned with turning a profit from the podcast.In podcasting, Stoner said she found the right platform to foster long, in-depth discussions with experts about various aspects of society and culture in a way that's not over-produced or edited. For example, the first episode features Mariéme Jamme, a Senegalese technologist who was born into poverty, sex trafficked, and is now teaching women and girls to code. Jamme shares her expertise on Africa's role in the tech race, but also chats with Stoner about empowerment in general."You will learn about this expert's field, but it's through storytelling and experience of the universal human process," Stoner said. The wide-ranging podcast has no overt theme besides the desire to "spark curiosity" in the audience with important issues, Stoner said.In future episodes, Stoner plans to interview marine biologists, SpaceX employees, authors, and hinted that she would have have guests from her "previous career milestones."For more on the business of podcasting, according to industry executives and creators, check out these Business Insider Prime posts:<ul><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/alisha-marie-remi-cruz-podcast-pretty-basic-2019-11" data-analytics-position="1" data-analytics-module="">Influencers Alisha Marie and Remi Cruz break down how they turned YouTube fame into a hit podcast with 'Pretty Basic'</a>: Alisha and Remi have a combined 10.8 million YouTube subscribers and 5 million Instagram followers, and many of those fans now tune into their podcast "Pretty Basic." They spoke with Business Insider about making a transition into audio and how other influencers can follow in their footsteps.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/holly-frey-iheartradio-howstuffworks-what-makes-a-good-podcast-host-2019-11">A top podcast host and producer for iHeartRadio and HowStuffWorks gives her advice for success in audio, including embracing your vocal quirks</a>: Holly Frey, who hosts the podcast "Stuff You Missed in History Class," broke down tips for other hosts and opened up about her unorthodox introduction to podcasting. </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/rainn-wilson-payne-lindsey-radio-rental-podcast-2019-11">How 'The Office' star Rainn Wilson helped a true-crime powerhouse develop a new type of podcast with 'Radio Rental'</a>: Popular true-crime-podcast creator and host Payne Lindsey discussed his new semi-scripted podcast with Rainn Wilson, who plays a quirky video shop manager alleviating tension throughout the otherwise spooky show.</li></ul>

Alyson Stoner gained fame from Disney and dancing. But she's moved from 'flashy choreography' to intellectual fare with her YouTube channel and new podcast.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>"Disney Channel Games" ended 15 summers ago after a three-season run from 2006 to 2008.</li><li>In the series, Disney Channel stars competed in various challenges to win the annual color war.</li></ul>Editor's note: The following interviews were conducted before the SAG-AFTRA strike began on July 14.In 2006, Disney Channel was at the top of its game.The network had a major hit on its hands when <a href="https://www.insider.com/high-school-musical-interesting-details-you-never-got">"High School Musical"</a> premiered in January, and shows like "Hannah Montana" and "The Suite Life of Zack &amp; Cody" were airing new episodes weekly. Its young stars — including Zac Efron, Miley Cyrus, and Vanessa Hudgens — were becoming household names.With a captivated young audience, the network gathered its young Hollywood talent for what it hoped would be a summertime must-watch: "Disney Channel Games."The producer Art Spigel's reality-competition series ran for three seasons, from 2006 to 2008. The games divided the young actors from the<a href="https://www.insider.com/best-disney-channel-original-movies-after-watching-all-2021-9"> Disney Channel universe</a> into color-coded teams and challenged them to complete obstacle courses, hamster-ball relay races, and more.The competitors are now full-fledged adults; some are still in the spotlight, and others are far from it. But the short-lived program remains a time capsule of a <a href="https://www.insider.com/the-best-disney-channel-original-movies-ranked-2019-7">different era of Disney Channel</a> and reality TV.Fifteen years after the games ended, Insider spoke with showrunners, participants, and others about how the games came together and their lasting impact.<h2>'Disney Channel Games' allowed fans to see their favorite stars interacting together</h2><div type="image" title="jason earles in red outfit with arm raised carrying flag in front of obstacle course at the disney channel games in 2007" height="1987" width="2649" msid="103142313" hostid="261"></div>Reality TV was <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/05/09/the-reality-principle" target="_blank" rel="noopener">picking up speed by the new millennium</a>, with shows like MTV's "The Real World" and ABC's "The Bachelor" drawing large audiences. Disney Channel wanted in on the reality TV craze."MTV had switched from showing videos to mainly showing reality programs, and a lot of them were challenge-based. So it was definitely on our mind that we wanted to be competitive with that type of programming," Skot Bright, an executive producer of the 2007 and 2008 seasons of "Disney Channel Games," told Insider.The channel had dabbled in reality TV with "Bug Juice," which followed non-famous teens to summer camps around the US and aired in 1998. But by 2006, Disney Channel had an advantage its competitors didn't: a roster of teen megastars."Disney Channel Games" gave audiences the rare chance to see stars like Miley Cyrus, Ashley Tisdale, Zac Efron, and Corbin Bleu as themselves, all in one place.<h2>Each year the games got bigger — and the stakes got higher</h2>Disney Channel filmed the premiere 2006 games in Santa Clarita, California, with three teams: red, blue, and green. Competitors tested their skills in inflatable obstacle courses; egg tosses; Rock, Paper, Scissors; Simon Says; and more.Bright said that as the series evolved, the games "had to be bigger," in terms of both their scale and their filming location.After the first season, the show moved from Santa Clarita to the massive fields of the<a href="https://www.espnwwos.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> ESPN Wide World of Sports</a> complex in Orlando, Florida, and expanded to feature Disney Channel stars from not just the US but around the world.<div type="image" title="Roger Gonzalez-Garca wearing blue sweatsuit with hand out to high-five fans and flag raised in other hand at disney channel games in 2007" height="1987" width="2649" msid="103142315" hostid="261"></div>The games included more complicated events, like kart racing and soccer with a giant ball. Viewers at home could win points for the stars by playing online games.By 2008, there were four teams: the Inferno, the Lightning, the Cyclones, and the Comets. As important as the competition was, half the fun was watching the Disney Channel stars interact.Director Linda Mendoza said they wanted it to feel organic, capturing moments like real-life best friends Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez checking their lipstick ahead of the games or watching the teens hang out in their color-coded team tents with inflatable furniture between rounds. Bright said the producers spent a lot of time figuring out the teams, considering the stars' personalities and ensuring a good mixture of international participants. "It helped amp up the rivalry and the competitiveness of it," Bright said.Part of building up the games was adding a charity component. The first year, the winning team walked away with a trophy and each member received a medal. The following two years, each of the four teams also donated $25,000 to a partner charity.<h2>Stars got to know each other through the games — they just had to score an invite</h2>To make the games a can't-miss event, the channel needed the buzziest stars to compete.Actors from originals like "High School Musical," "That's So Raven," and "Hannah Montana" got their chance to shine. The "Suite Life of Zack &amp; Cody" actors Brian Stepanek and Phill Lewis shared host duties for the first two years. (Stepanek hosted solo in 2008.)Monique Coleman said she and Jason Earles, her "High School Musical: The Musical: The Series" costar, recently laughed about how competitive they got during the games. "We were ridiculous," she said. "And we were older than everybody and did not care."Ambra Lo Faro, who appeared on Disney Channel Italy's "Quelli dell'Intervallo," said that while she was confident as a musician and singer, she knew she was "the worst sports player ever" — so she wasn't expecting her "Disney Channel Games" invite."Once they asked me to be part of these games, I told them, 'Are you sure?'" she recalled.<div type="image" title="monique coleman in green smiling at the disney channel games 2007" height="1987" width="2649" msid="103142317" hostid="261"></div>After all, appearing on Disney Channel didn't automatically score an actor an invitation to compete.Alyson Stoner said the network didn't ask them to participate until they appeared in <a href="https://www.insider.com/camp-rock-unique-cool-things-about-movie-interview-2021-7">"Camp Rock,"</a> a 2008 Disney Channel original movie. From 2002 to 2006 they appeared on "Mike's Super Short Show," an interstitial series that regularly played on Disney Channel but was owned by Buena Vista.Stoner said they felt that their previous role "didn't make the cut in terms of hierarchy," but said when they finally did get the invite, they felt as if they'd "been affirmed as a special, exclusive, cool kid."<div type="image" title="yellow team at disney channel games 2007" height="1987" width="2649" msid="103142320" hostid="261"></div>The coveted invite wasn't just an opportunity to participate in the games — it was a ticket to a week filled with friends and <a href="https://www.insider.com/trying-disney-world-private-tour-what-its-like-worth-it-2023">VIP access to the Disney parks</a>.Actors competing in the 2007 and 2008 games stayed at <a href="https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/resorts/animal-kingdom-lodge/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge</a>, a 15-minute drive from Magic Kingdom."It really turned into a camp-like experience where we were coming from all over and then suddenly we're here together and forming friendships," said Jason Dolley, a "Cory in the House" actor. "And the best thing was at the end of the day we got to go out and go to the parks together."The stars received VIP treatment, with personal drivers who'd take them and their families from Space Mountain to the Rock 'n' Roller Coaster to the Tower of Terror."We immediately were spoiled because they really made it so magical," "High School Musical" star Corbin Bleu said. "We had a VIP tour guide for our family that would take us through the park and bring us to the front of the line."Michael Seater, a star of "Life with Derek" who joined the games as a Canadian correspondent, recalled the "Suite Life" stars Dylan and <a href="https://www.insider.com/cool-facts-about-cole-sprouse-2019-6">Cole Sprouse</a> getting Space Mountain technicians to keep the ride open after hours."We're shooting out of the mountain into the fireworks," Seater said. "It was one of the craziest things."<h2>Disney Channel tapped rising pop stars to perform at the games' Olympics-inspired 'closing ceremonies' in 2007 and 2008</h2>There was no concert in the 2006 "Disney Channel Games" finale, but because many Disney Channel actors were also pursuing music careers, it was a no-brainer to have them perform at closing ceremonies in 2007 and 2008.Hope Diamond, Disney Channel's former vice president of public relations, said that if the network was promoting an actor's singing career, it was "firing on all cylinders of entertainment." The strategy included playing the actor's music on Radio Disney, which was owned by Disney Branded Television, and giving them a slot to perform live at the games.<div type="image" title="miley cyrus performing at disney channel games as hannah montana in 2007 on stage with backup dancers behind her" height="2104" width="2813" msid="103142322" hostid="261"></div>The addition of music made the final ceremony bigger. In 2007, the Jonas Brothers took the stage to perform "Kids of the Future," and Cyrus sang "G.N.O. (Girl's Night Out)."The following year, Cyrus returned for a live rendition of "See You Again," Demi Lovato and the Jonas Brothers sang the "Camp Rock" hit "This Is Me," Jordan Pruitt belted out "My Shoes," and The Cheetah Girls performed "One World."Mendoza said that when the Jonas Brothers played in 2008, "it was like a sea of bouncing heads." She added, "It was the most phenomenal energy I think I've ever seen at a show.""We were excited to have other artists that are on the channel be there to see us live in person, because that was one thing we didn't always get to go do," Sabrina Bryan, a member of The Cheetah Girls, said.<h2>Disney Channel nixed the games in 2008, but they remain a fond childhood memory for many people</h2>In 2009, a Disney representative <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170118054228/http://dev.popstaronline.com/disney-channel-gamescancelled/comment-page-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told the website PopStar</a> that Disney Channel would shift its focus away from the games. "Disney Channel Games" never returned to the air.Though the games weren't on for long, they've stuck with people. For competitors, it was a chance to spend time with their friends."As you're inducted into the Disney Channel family, you end up doing Disney Channel interstitials, and you have different commercials," Bleu said. "At press events, you start to see all of the same people over and over again. And so those other TV shows become your family."For fans, it let them feel closer to the young stars they loved.<div type="image" title="fans cheering at the disney channel games in 2007" height="2029" width="2706" msid="103142325" hostid="261"></div>"People still actually ask about it," Andrea Guasch, who joined the games from Disney Channel Spain, said. "It was so long ago. I just did an interview this morning, and they were like, 'Oh my God, and how was the "Disney Games"?' I was like, 'Really? After all these years?'"The people interviewed for this article said they didn't know why the games ended after 2008, and a representative for Disney Channel did not respond to Insider's request for comment.Still, the games arrived at what many millennials consider the network's golden age. Maybe someday it'll join a slew of other nostalgia-fueled shows and be rebooted, but for now, "Disney Channel Games" remains firmly in the past.

'Disney Channel Games' quietly ended 15 years ago, but it was the peak of Disney Channel's golden age

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Former <keyword id="46161" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="disney" source="Orion">Disney</keyword> star <keyword id="12325076" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="christy-carlson-romano" source="Orion">Christy Carlson Romano</keyword> has turned to social media to discuss childhood stardom. </li><li>Her videos have gained traction and sparked memes and admiration from industry insiders. </li></ul>On August 16th, Christy Carlson Romano - known for playing the control-freak older sister in "Even Stevens" and voicing "Kim Possible" - posted a video on <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@christycarlsonromano/video/6997126981166943494?_d=secCgYIASAHKAESPgo8CFQQsrzJ7l1JnnBlS%2F%2B%2Fkxcsq%2FX8d3aKJX%2BUGfa45RuSKV7Wf7MTLizbOOK4bwL2yPE7lygleyL%2BvAOXGgA%3D&amp;enable_clips=1&amp;language=en&amp;preview_pb=0&amp;sec_user_id=MS4wLjABAAAAK88aOS149PCqT5iWV7ZrD47TkKffyE6FUxfR4pdMBMMWRXNf7_aopJPqxXPz7c6a&amp;share_item_id=6997126981166943494&amp;share_link_id=C542C3A9-710B-448C-9F3E-1D573B0D1C6A&amp;source=h5_m&amp;timestamp=1633563319&amp;tt_from=sms&amp;u_code=dh7ac5ii5li682&amp;user_id=6932127323312604166&amp;utm_campaign=client_share&amp;utm_medium=ios&amp;utm_source=sms&amp;_r=1&amp;is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1&amp;utm_source=sms&amp;_r=1&amp;is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1">TikTok</a> talking to her #YoungerSelf. Her re-embodied 16-year old self asks, "So, we're totally rich and famous right?" To which her current self responds, "No. We're mostly doing online content. But we're happy." Later in the exchange, she reassures the disappointed young actress, "We're never lonely anymore. We finally found love." That kind of unvarnished honesty has been the key to Romano's recent rebrand as the internet's wise, blissed-out older <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@christycarlsonromano/video/6989727818770959621?_d=secCgYIASAHKAESPgo8pDdfcAs%2Fb1c8%2Bzfd1QVPX9nuw9%2FbRfjx%2BImMx5SaIytfHZbUWUMnIxf7sDWWCWEmqkdTklzdPkegOTpsGgA%3D&amp;enable_clips=1&amp;language=en&amp;preview_pb=0&amp;sec_user_id=MS4wLjABAAAAK88aOS149PCqT5iWV7ZrD47TkKffyE6FUxfR4pdMBMMWRXNf7_aopJPqxXPz7c6a&amp;share_item_id=6989727818770959621&amp;share_link_id=5C857EAD-D370-4733-99EC-3D1A576ECE81&amp;source=h5_m&amp;timestamp=1633630787&amp;tt_from=sms&amp;u_code=dh7ac5ii5li682&amp;user_id=6932127323312604166&amp;utm_campaign=client_share&amp;utm_medium=ios&amp;utm_source=sms&amp;_r=1&amp;is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1&amp;utm_source=sms&amp;_r=1&amp;is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1">sister</a>. In recent months, the former Disney star has posted a whirlwind of vlogs on her <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/christycarlsonromano">YouTube channel,</a> where she has 346,000 subscribers, addressing topics such as her friendship with <a href="https://www.insider.com/even-stevens-actor-christy-carlson-romano-jealous-shia-labeouf-success-2021-8">"Even Stevens" co-star Shia Labeouf</a>, why she swapped struggling in Hollywood for thriving in Austin, Texas, and how she found tranquility and love after years of breakups, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxRhGaBr1nY&amp;t=2st=2s">alcohol abuse</a>, and career high and lows. In the videos, which she co-produces with her husband Brendan Rooney, she walks through Austin in athleisure, going about her day as she shares her insight and Tinseltown tales. Her voice is serene; sometimes there's a Starbucks order or water bottle in hand; everything soundtracked by lulling sounds of nature. "We want it to feel like I'm FaceTiming someone or that they're really there talking to me. What's important about the videos is how intimate they feel," Romano explained to Insider over the phone; her young daughter running around in the background. Days before publishing a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyKTaP2f07g">vlog</a> regarding fellow former Disney actress Raven-Symoné, Romano spoke to Insider about her blossoming YouTube channel, how the film industry can ensure the mental <keyword id="11894571" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="health" source="Orion">health</keyword> and safety of its youngest stars, and what she wants to work on next. <h2>Romano's YouTube Rebrand Came About After A Creative 'Plateau'</h2>After going in and out of the <keyword id="11896019" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="entertainment" source="Orion">entertainment</keyword> industry and struggling to transition to adult <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y93Nan5GRCo">roles</a>, starting a family, and over the course of 12 years, earning a Bachelor's in Film Studies from<a href="https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2019/05/disney-star-christy-carlson-romano-opens-up-about-mental-health-struggless"> Barnard College</a>, Romano launched her YouTube channel in 2019. In a video from August, "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Krbkqa90LnY&amp;t=102s102s">How I Lost All My Money,</a>" Romano disputed an online claim that her net worth is "<a href="https://people.com/tv/christy-carlson-romano-debunks-3-million-net-worth-explains-how-blew-disney-money/">3 million dollars</a>" and described herself as a "mom monetizing my channel [and] doing sponsored content [and] working when I can." In another <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V75Q_OvLEsI">video</a> on her channel, "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V75Q_OvLEsI">The Truth About The Disney Channel,"</a> she described how as a 37-year old actress, she was told by casting agents that she's too young to play mom characters on TV. For now, social media seems to be a creative outlet that gives her room for growth. "It's interesting that I'm vlogging now because I never really thought of myself as a reality person. It's definitely not as scary as I thought it would be because I'm leading with the positive rather than completely leading with the negative which is why I think it's really important that people actually watch my videos instead of just sort of very flippantly looking at the titles," she told Insider.Romano said that vlogging helps her control the narrative and understand her audience. Instead of having to wait months to see whether or not something is successful with network audience testing, she can get results quicker using YouTube's analytics tool and respond accordingly. "With this [vlogging], I can be the master of my destiny and see what people want me to talk about and just start talking about that and see how many people I can help," she said. Romano didn't always plan to revisit her story for YouTube. She began with cooking videos and intentions to primarily cover "lighthearted" topics. Following a move to Austin in 2020 and finding herself constrained by the COVID-19 pandemic, she turned to filming reaction clips to her old Disney scenes. But after months of churning out nostalgia content, she hit a creative "plateau" and decided to build off the success of a self-help TikTok (she has 693,000 <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@christycarlsonromano?lang=en">followers</a> on the platform) that went <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@christycarlsonromano/video/6989727818770959621?_d=secCgYIASAHKAESPgo8pDdfcAs%2Fb1c8%2Bzfd1QVPX9nuw9%2FbRfjx%2BImMx5SaIytfHZbUWUMnIxf7sDWWCWEmqkdTklzdPkegOTpsGgA%3D&amp;enable_clips=1&amp;language=en&amp;preview_pb=0&amp;sec_user_id=MS4wLjABAAAAK88aOS149PCqT5iWV7ZrD47TkKffyE6FUxfR4pdMBMMWRXNf7_aopJPqxXPz7c6a&amp;share_item_id=6989727818770959621&amp;share_link_id=5C857EAD-D370-4733-99EC-3D1A576ECE81&amp;source=h5_m&amp;timestamp=1633630787&amp;tt_from=sms&amp;u_code=dh7ac5ii5li682&amp;user_id=6932127323312604166&amp;utm_campaign=client_share&amp;utm_medium=ios&amp;utm_source=sms&amp;_r=1&amp;is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1&amp;utm_source=sms&amp;_r=1&amp;is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1">viral</a> and delved into her dynamic past to find stories that could stick with a wider audience. Her August video, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdHizYDxCUQ">"Why I Don't Talk To Shia Labeouf" </a>has racked up over 1.7 million views. A September video, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC_qWY1KxZk">"How Katy Perry Got My Record Deal"</a> has 322,599 views and more than 2,000 comments. In the last <a href="https://socialblade.com/youtube/channel/UC1JLTAiy0P7wBcWlPPndU6g">two months</a>, she's had 79,000 new subscribers and a cumulative 6,762,168 more views. Having experimented with various forms of content, Romano is ecstatic by her recent success. "This format that seems to be popular right now is not something that I anticipated to be leaning into as much. It was just something I kind of tried," she said. <h2>Romano Spoke Candidly About How Hollywood Can Treat Younger Actors Better</h2>Romano started working as an actress when she was <a href="https://www.teenvogue.com/story/christy-carlson-romano-my-private-breakdown">six years old</a> and hit her big break with Even Stevens at the age of 14. In "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Krbkqa90LnY">How I Lost All My Money</a>," Romano revealed how despite early successes with "Even Stevens," "Kim Possible," "Cadet Kelly," starring in Broadway's "Beauty and the Beast," and getting both a record deal and a book deal, she ended up wasting "millions of dollars" because she didn't understand how to properly invest her assets. Though there's a specificity to her experience, similarly to her other videos, she connects her story to what she hopes to see fixed in the entertainment industry."It's not up to them [Disney Channel and Hollywood executives] to rehabilitate kids, but there should be something whether it's in the union [Screen Actors Guild] or an advocacy group that prepares kids for their next steps and options, " the actress told Insider. In a recent video about <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaWVEcB9ors">Britney Spears' conservatorship</a>, Romano discussed her own experience struggling to set financial boundaries with her family. "When you pay your parents, the dynamic of the nuclear family is completely disrupted," she remarked to Insider about the vlog. "It's something that people don't think about because they're inundated by the media with 'Is she [Britney Spears] a victim or is she not a victim?' So, this is just one part of a very large concept that I speak to because I did pay my family." "I'm not trying to ruffle any feathers, I'm just trying to speak my truth," she added. Romano said that former child stars like "High School Musical's" Monique Coleman and "Cheaper By The Dozen's" Alyson Stoner have privately reached out to offer encouragement.<a href="https://twitter.com/BenjaminDiCosta?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Benjamin Di'Costa</a>, a dancer who grew up in a televangelist family, is one of the many fans connecting to Romano's YouTube channel on a personal <a href="https://twitter.com/BenjaminDiCosta/status/1443916883556769815?s=20">level</a>."Christy is shedding light on the fact that there needs to be more support and resources for young artists... Young artists can be vulnerable or preyed upon when trying to break into the industry," he wrote to Insider. <h2>Romano's Vlogs Have Become A Meme, And She Absolutely Loves It</h2>Since her YouTube channel's explosive growth, Romano has turned into an irreverent meme in certain corners of the web like gay Twitter and alternative comedy circles.On October 4th, when Facebook experienced an outage, a Twitter user posted a parody screenshot of Romano vlogging about how she <a href="https://twitter.com/steventphoto92/status/1445135110458822659?s=10">"shut down the internet," in what has now become a meme format poking at her candid stories.</a> "I'm flattered that people would take the time to make a meme because it means that they're engaging with my content," she said in between warm laughs. Romano wants to continue producing more vlogs and eventually start directing family feature films. She also wants to dabble in network reality TV, but on her own terms. Speaking in an exuberant voice, the actress detailed her dream of teaming up with fellow Texan locals Chip and Jonna of the Magnolia Network for a show about building her and her husband's dream home in the Lone Star State. For now, she's juggling her burgeoning YouTube career with being a mom of two. "There are days where I have makeup on and there are days where I don't have makeup on," Romano said before racing off for lunch with her mom and young children.

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