Goldie Hawn, 80, Calls Child Influencer Culture a Nightmare

1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 19

At a 92NY talk, Goldie Hawn said child influencer culture is “a nightmare,” arguing that children and teenagers are pushed into fame before they can handle scrutiny.
Hawn said young people lack the emotional tools, discipline and perspective that come from earning success, contrasting today’s influencers with Kurt Russell, 75, whose acting and baseball background gave him structure.
Social media, she said, creates a “false world” where teenagers become celebrities overnight without developing craft or grit, leaving them vulnerable to an inflated sense of self and a later crash.
Hawn tied that warning to her own early career, recalling her mother’s advice to avoid the casting couch and insisting that producers cannot make someone a star without talent and preparation.