{"id":2570282,"date":"2026-02-16T07:36:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T12:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-corey-feldman-tried-to-warn-the-view-about-hollywood-child-sex-abuse-and-was-scolded-for-it\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T07:38:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T12:38:46","slug":"flashback-corey-feldman-tried-to-warn-the-view-about-hollywood-child-sex-abuse-and-was-scolded-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-corey-feldman-tried-to-warn-the-view-about-hollywood-child-sex-abuse-and-was-scolded-for-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Flashback: Corey Feldman Tried to Warn The View About Hollywood Child Sex Abuse and Was Scolded for It"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fflashback-corey-feldman-tried-to-warn-the-view-about-hollywood-child-sex-abuse-and-was-scolded-for-it%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=2570282&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>The piece recounts Corey Feldman\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whitmer-defends-trip-to-florida-despite-travel-warning-i-wasnt-partying-in-miami\/\" title=\"Whitmer Defends Trip To Florida Despite Travel Warning: \u2018I Wasn\u2019t Partying In Miami!\u2019\">public warnings<\/a> about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-to-show-lockdowns-are-killing-more-people-than-the-virus\/\" title=\"How To Show Lockdowns Are Killing More ... Than The Virus\">child abuse<\/a> in Hollywood, beginning with his October 2013 appearance on The View in wich he alleged that powerful people in the industry abused him and corey Haim and remained active in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/macarthur-the-end-of-frivolous-religion\/\" title=\"MacArthur: The End of Frivolous Religion?\">show business<\/a>. It notes Barbara Walters and the hosts challenged him, and Feldman warned parents to avoid naivety when entering Hollywood. The article also covers his 2017 remarks during the #MeToo era that pedophilia is Hollywood\u2019s number-one problem and his claim of having been molested as a child. In 2024, Feldman told Entertainment Weekly that Walters\u2019 rebuff felt like \u201ca knife in the heart,\u201d that he hadn\u2019t received an apology, but that he still hopes victims\u2019 voices are heard and justice is pursued. It places these statements in a broader context of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hugo-gurdon-says-stabbing-in-germany-isnt-unique-due-to-open-borders\/\" title=\"Hugo Gurdon says stabbing in Germany isn&#039;t unique due to open borders\">growing public outrage<\/a> over cases like Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s,suggesting changing tides in industry accountability.  <\/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><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sixteen years ago in October 2013, former child actor Corey Feldman tried to warn the hosts of &ldquo;The View&rdquo; about pedophilia in Hollywood, only to be somewhat rebuffed by then-top host Barbara Walters.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on the ABC talk show, he specifically talked about the childhood sexual abuse that he and fellow child actor Corey Haim had endured at the hands of&nbsp;rich, powerful &ldquo;people&rdquo; in Hollwood.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m saying that there were people that did this to both me and Corey that are still working, they&rsquo;re still out there &mdash; and they&rsquo;re some of the richest, most powerful people in this business,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;And they do not want me saying what I&rsquo;m saying right now.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This prompted one of Walters&rsquo; co-hosts to ask Feldman what advice he had for parents who wanted to get their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/former-child-actor-speaks-demonic-event-witnessed-hollywood-kid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">children involved in Hollywood<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rujeOqadOVQ?si=Z3-aNIDjul9vafdP\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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 \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Corey, there are a lot of parents out here who want to put their kids in this business,&rdquo; the co-host said. &ldquo;Their kids are cute. They&rsquo;re great actors. What would you say to a parent who just has the best of intentions who&rsquo;s coming here with their child?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Be careful what you wish for &mdash; that&rsquo;s what I&rsquo;ll tell you,&rdquo; Feldman replied. &ldquo;You know, don&rsquo;t go into it with naivety. Don&rsquo;t go into it thinking that it&rsquo;s all roses and sunglasses.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Walters then accusingly said, &ldquo;You&rsquo;re damaging an entire industry.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m sorry,&rdquo; Feldman replied. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not trying to. I&rsquo;m just trying to say that it&rsquo;s a very important, serious topic.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Years later in mid-October 2017, right around the early days of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/metoo-tsunami-3000-insiders-sign-hollywood-equal-pay-petition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#MeToo movement<\/a>, he bluntly told &ldquo;Access Hollywood&rdquo; that &ldquo;pedophilia is the number one problem in Hollywood&rdquo;:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hollywood&rsquo;s darkest secrets are spilling out&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>Corey Feldman: &ldquo;Pedophilia is the #1 problem in Hollywood, I was molested as a kid.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Nicki Minaj: &ldquo;Your favorite artists are in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >satanic cults mutilating &#038;amp<\/a>; killing babies for blood sacrifice.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SWbzdd1JSA\">pic.twitter.com\/SWbzdd1JSA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FreeThinkerFitness (@FreeThinkerFit) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FreeThinkerFit\/status\/2018515034700386494?\">February 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A couple years later in 2024, he told <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/corey-feldman-shocking-barbara-walters-the-view-exchange-8642241\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a> that it had felt &ldquo;like a knife in the heart&rdquo; when Walters rebuffed him in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was shocking to me that somebody who I admired so much and I looked up to so much could be so deaf and so just completely wrong and off base,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I never got an apology. The only apology I&rsquo;ve ever gotten is from a few Twitter followers who&rsquo;ve said, we all want to apologize on her behalf for the fact that she never acknowledged you or apologized,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Feldman continued by saying that he was &ldquo;still&rdquo; praying that he and others victims would all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/surprise-epstein-news-conference-coming-10-victims-will-speak-gop-dem-reps-move-finally-release-files\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">get their voices heard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I still am praying that one day my voice, Corey&rsquo;s voice, all the voices of all the victims that I experienced and saw in my time as a child, get their voices heard, and get a chance to come forward and have a chance of justice,&rdquo; he confessed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Honestly, nobody in Hollywood has really stood with me during this, and it&rsquo;s been really rough, but you never know,&rdquo; he concluded. &ldquo;Tides seem to be changing, and the tides seemed to be turning. And hopefully maybe one day somebody will care enough to help me get my story told properly.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, tides have been &ldquo;changing,&rdquo; as evidenced by the massive public outrage over deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein&rsquo;s crimes and his alleged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cbs-news-pulls-60-minutes-episode-contributor-appears-epstein-files\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sex trafficking ring<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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He spoke about the childhood abuse he and fellow actor Corey Haim suffered at the hands of wealthy, powerful people in Hollywood who continue to work in the industry and who don\u2019t want him speaking out. One of the hosts pressed him for advice to parents who want to involve their kids in Hollywood. Feldman cautioned parents not to enter the industry naively or expect it to be all glamour, stressing that the issue is serious and not something he\u2019s trying to harm anyone with; he was simply trying to speak the truth.<\/p>\n<p>Barbara Walters\u2019 co-host challenged him, suggesting he was damaging an entire industry. Feldman said he wasn\u2019t trying to, but again emphasized the gravity of the topic. In October 2017, around the time of the early MeToo movement, he told Access Hollywood that pedophilia is Hollywood\u2019s #1 problem and that he had been molested as a kid. A later social-media post circulated about the broader conspiratorial fears surrounding celebrities, but the focus here is on his assertion that abuse was widespread in Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, Feldman told Entertainment Weekly that Walters\u2019 rebuff in 2013 felt \u201clike a knife in the heart,\u201d and he was shocked that someone he admired could be so dismissive and wrong. He said he never received an apology from Walters, though a few Twitter followers had apologized on her behalf. Feldman reiterated that he still hopes the voices of all survivors\u2014his and others\u2019\u2014will be heard and that justice might come one day. He acknowledged that Hollywood hasn\u2019t stood with him, but suggested that attitudes may be changing, pointing to the public uproar over Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s crimes as evidence of potential progress<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2570284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Michael-Featured-Image-695.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[39057,73870,36251,4361,32639],"class_list":["post-2570282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-child-abuse","tag-corey-feldman","tag-entertainment-news","tag-hollywood","tag-the-view"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Michael-Featured-Image-695.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570282","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2570282"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2570287,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570282\/revisions\/2570287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2570284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2570282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2570282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2570282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}