{"id":2214101,"date":"2024-04-05T18:57:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T22:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kirsten-dunst-says-her-mom-protected-her-from-predatory-side-of-hollywood-as-a-young-star\/"},"modified":"2024-04-05T18:57:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T22:57:39","slug":"kirsten-dunst-says-her-mom-protected-her-from-predatory-side-of-hollywood-as-a-young-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kirsten-dunst-says-her-mom-protected-her-from-predatory-side-of-hollywood-as-a-young-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirsten Dunst credits her mom for shielding her from Hollywood&#8217;s dark side during her early years as a young star"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkirsten-dunst-says-her-mom-protected-her-from-predatory-side-of-hollywood-as-a-young-star%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2214101&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Kirsten Dunst praised \u2064her mom for \u2063shielding her from Hollywood&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tom-hanks-son-chet-speaks-candidly-about-toxic-upbringing-in-hollywood\/\" title=\"Tom Hanks\u2019 Son Chet Speaks Candidly About \u2018Toxic\u2019 Upbringing In Hollywood\">darker aspects<\/a> while she was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/feb-3-1959-the-day-the-music-died\/\" title=\"Feb. 3, 1959: The Day the Music Died\">young star<\/a>.\u200d This\u200c comes amidst revelations from the\u200c docuseries\u2063 &#8220;Quiet on Set: The Dark\u2064 Side of Kids TV,&#8221; uncovering abuse at Nickelodeon in the 1990s and 2000s. Dunst, \u2062who\u200c started in the industry\u200c at 3 years old, highlighted her mother&#8217;s protective presence throughout her \u2064career. Kirsten Dunst lauded \u2062her mother \u2064for protecting her from the darker side\u200b of Hollywood\u2063 during her early years as a young star. This acknowledgment coincides with the disclosure in the docuseries &#8220;Quiet \u2064on Set: The\u2064 Dark Side\u200c of Kids TV,&#8221; which exposed abuse \u200dwithin Nickelodeon during\u2063 the 1990s and 2000s. Dunst, who\u2063 entered the industry at the age of 3, emphasized her\u2063 mother&#8217;s \u2064continual support\u2062 throughout her career.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/kirsten-dunst-reveals-why-shes-open-to-appearing-in-another-superhero-movie\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kirsten Dunst<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  said her mom protected her from the \u201cpredatory side\u201d of Hollywood as a young star<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  in light of the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/new-documentary-uncovers-child-abuse-at-nickelodeon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">docuseries<\/a> \u201cQuiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,\u201d which alleges abuse and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/you-gotta-wear-heels-staffers-describe-the-cuomo-way-of-working-for-nys-governor\/\" title=\"\u2018You Gotta Wear Heels\u2019: Staffers Describe \u2018The Cuomo Way\u2019 Of Working For NY\u2019s Governor\">toxic work environment<\/a> at Nickelodeon in the 1990s and 2000s from former child stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 41-year-old actress \u2014 who has been working in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/princess-bride-star-tells-cruz-he-has-contempt-for-him-cruz-fires-back-photo-that-star-signed-to-him\/\" title=\"\u2018Princess Bride\u2019 Star Tells Cruz He Has \u2018Contempt\u2019 For Him. Cruz Fires Back Photo That Star Signed To Him.\">entertainment industry<\/a> since she was 3-years-old \u2014 told the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/films\/0\/kirsten-dunst-interview-civil-war-male-directors\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Telegraph<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  that her protective mother, Inez, never let her out of her sight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI was only able to avoid that predatory side of the business because wherever I went, my mother was literally always right there,\u201d Dunst said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, the \u201cSpider-Man 2\u201d star said she wasn\u2019t able to completely avoid the dark side of Hollywood before she became an adult and recalled a director asking her when she was 16 an \u201cinappropriate\u201d question during auditions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-started-to-sob-salma-hayek-on-filming-desperado-sex-scene\/\" title=\"\u2018I Started To Sob\u2019: Salma Hayek On Filming \u2018Desperado\u2019 Sex Scene\">male director<\/a> had me in his office, by myself, and was asking me about this movie he wanted me for, and then, completely out of the blue, asked me this inappropriate question,\u201d Dunst told the outlet, without describing what happened further.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This week\u2019s Variety cover story:<\/p>\n<p>Kirsten Dunst Confronts \u2018Civil War\u2019 Hysteria, Hollywood Pay Gaps and the Media Dividing America: \u2018Everything Is Broken\u2019<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jO9jh6v20f\">https:\/\/t.co\/jO9jh6v20f<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rYWVxGw8ua\">pic.twitter.com\/rYWVxGw8ua<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Variety (@Variety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Variety\/status\/1775538762703139027?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHonestly, I\u2019m not even sure he\u2019s still working any more,\u201d she added. \u201cIt\u2019s not something I like to reflect on. But I will say what he said was nothing to do with acting. And it wasn\u2019t that what he said was just \u2018a bit off.\u2019 It was totally improper. And I remember sitting there and knowing that something was wrong, but with no idea what I should do.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The then-young star said she informed her mom about their conversation<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  \u201cand that was the end of it. She withdrew me from the process and told them I wouldn\u2019t be making the film.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The \u201cBonfire of the Vanities\u201d star landed her breakout role across from Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt in the 1994 vampire drama, \u201cInterview with a Vampire\u201d at just 11-years-old. In the film, the young star had to kiss Pitt\u2019s character. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/kirsten-dunst-says-brad-pitt-152857241.html?guccounter=1&#038;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&#038;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAA9D8yc3f4YOvX14UvYiUZ7kYZz6uQllDCm322CyevxSdZsRueZTiY25q7911DdU7Nc7H4Fdl3Ko5SwhOQqg7YlqzwKBElIeS1Dzlxo8FFgC0R-Q9dCSDRMBNXi3hqxP__3_nWUpqAu3s0_EHN2VqB3qcPdrAG893mbyR3d9AZSF#:~:text=Dunst%2C%20now%2041%2C%20starred%20with,very%20special%20bond%20with%20her.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">actor<\/a> was 30-years-old at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes, it was a virtually all-male set, but everyone was very gentle and kind, and nothing ever felt weird. Brad was like an older brother to me,\u201d\u00a0 the actress said, recalling being \u201ctreated like a princess.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAnd then Tom\u2014 well, one morning around Christmas, I remember going into my dressing room at Pinewood, and he\u2019d set up a beautiful tree in there for me, covered in ornaments.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dunst said as she grew up in the entertainment industry, she made sure to make it clear that she was all about business and not interested in unwanted advances, the outlet noted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI don\u2019t give off that vibe,\u201d Dunst once told director <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/films\/2023\/12\/09\/sofia-coppola-interview-francis-ford-priscilla-presley\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sofia Coppola<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  when asked if one of her male counterparts had ever \u201cpounced on\u201d her on set.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/former-nickelodeon-star-says-she-was-forced-to-kiss-30-year-old-man-as-a-teen-on-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Former Nickelodeon Star Says She Was Forced To Kiss 30-Year-Old Man As A Teen On\u00a0Show<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kirsten Dunst praised her mother for safeguarding her from Hollywood&#8217;s &#8220;predatory side&#8221; while she was a young star. This comes amidst revelations from the docuseries &#8220;Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,&#8221; detailing abuse allegations at Nickelodeon in the 1990s and 2000s. The 41-year-old actress appreciates her mom&#8217;s protective role in her early career<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":2214102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/Kristin-Dunst.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2214101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/Kristin-Dunst.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2214101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2214101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2214101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2214102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2214101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2214101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2214101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}