Great child stars who went bad

By Terry Shropshire
Oct 06, 2013
3:42 pm

Corey Haim — By the time he starred in the cult classic, The Lost Boys, Haim and his best friend and frequent co-star, Corey Feldman, were among the most sought after child stars in the game. But both of their transitions into becoming respected adult actors were tumultuous and, in the end, tragic.

Britney Spears — We don’t what it is about Disney and child actors, but the “Baby, One More Time” singer nearly lost everything.

Drew Barrymore — The “E.T.” actress was a heavy user of hard drugs before she even got to high school age. It took awhile, but Barrymore eventually cleansed herself of the substances and went onto

McCauley Culkin — He is one of the highest-grossing children in Hollywood history, thanks mainly to the classic campy comedy Home Alone and its sequel. But he is a literal skeletal shell of himself due to his addiction to drugs.

Justin Bieber — It’s hard to name a bigger child star who has, over the past few years, incurred the wrath of the very fans he used to own, due to his incessant partying and wayward behavior.

Miley Cyrus — Cyrus has sunk to new lows with a series of nude pictorials that illuminate an unattractive, boyish figure. And let’s not even mention how she managed to give “twerking” a bad name.

Lindsay Lohan — So prolific a lawbreaker and reckless partier LiLo had become that certain entertainment blogs and websites had devoted teams of reporters and photographers just on Lohan to record her travails.

Christina Aguilera — What the former Mickey Mouse actress did seems like a Sunday School picnic compared to her younger counterparts are doing. She was a lost puppy for a while and resorted to wearing skimpy panties in her videos, but marriage and motherhood changed her perspective and led her down a calmer path.