Christy Carlson Romano Is Spilling All Sorts Of Disney Channel Tea On YouTube — Here’s Why We Can’t Look Away
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On today's episode of BuzzFeed Daily, we broke down the top pop culture headlines AND discussed Christy Carlson Romano and her wild YouTube channel. You can listen below or scroll down to read more about the interview!
So let's dive right into it! Recently our own Stephen LaConte broke down how 2000s Disney Channel icon Christy Carlson Romano has taken over YouTube — for better or worse. Here's some of what we learned:
BuzzFeed Daily: So we wanted to have an in-depth conversation about Christy Carlson Romano, and, after we thought about it, there’s honestly no one who has a better understanding of this stage of her career than you do. Before we get into her most recent YouTube videos, can you give us a little history of Christy in her post-Disney career and some of the earlier content she was creating?
BuzzFeed Daily: Now, Christy has recently pivoted into creating longer-form videos in which she shares a lot of details of her personal life. Can you break down what exactly these new videos look like, and what makes them so captivating to watch?
BuzzFeed Daily: She really is laying it all on the line in these videos. She gets super personal and vulnerable, with jaw-dropping titles like "Am I Irrelevant?" and "How Psychics Scammed Me Out Of $60,000." It's hard to know whether to file it all under "totally cringe," or "totally brave." What do you think? Is Christy playing up the cringe factor for clicks, or is she just speaking her truth, regardless of how it might be perceived by others?
BuzzFeed Daily: We all know that being a child star can be traumatizing on young children, or at the very least it can severely affect their development. It seemed like for a while Christy was falling into the regular trappings of post-Disney stardom — she even talked in one video about blowing all her earnings — but this recent shift seems like it’s allowing her to process her experience while simultaneously revitalizing her career. Do you think this could become a blueprint for other child stars?
BuzzFeed Daily: We’re still very much in the middle of this Romano-saince, so it’s hard to know where Christy will go from here. But do you have any idea of where this new part of her career will lead to? Other than the YouTube videos, has she given any indication of what kind of work she wants to be doing?
BuzzFeed Daily: Yeah, that makes sense. When [the new] Kim Possible came out, she was all over that, and as you informed me, she was also in it. So good for her. She is sneaking in there.
SL: Yes, and she played a villain in that live-action version while another girl played Kim. She has talked about the fact that if they ever reboot the animated version of Kim Possible, she still wants to do it. She says she would be very hurt if Disney did not cast her, so she really drew a line in the sand. She was like, "I'll be very upset if Disney reboots the animated show and does not cast me as Kim." For the live-action, it made sense to cast a teenager, but she's not letting go.
Now, I think a reboot is totally within reach for her because that's sort of the Disney+ model now. All of these millennials who grew up with these shows are now choosing what to turn on for their children to watch. So I think there's something smart about the fact that yeah, maybe an Even Stevens reboot where she's the mom, or a Cadet Kelly sequel where she's the principal of the school or whatever — that's going to be one reason that a millennial might bring that show into their own family. So I think that's within reach for her.
We also discussed Taylor Swift's latest rerecording release.
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Plus, after Brothers Osborne won Vocal Duo of the Year at the Country Music Awards, T.J. Osborne celebrated by sharing a history-making kiss with his boyfriend, Abi Ventura.
Let me tell you seeing an openly gay man win a #CMA award & the cameras not cut away when he kissed his date, is not something I thought I’d see in my lifetime. Happy to be proven wrong. Hell yes TJ Osborne!!!!!
