What happened in this episode?
Bella Thorne tells Call Her Daddy host Alex Cooper that she feels she has entered a more stable, reflective period after years of overwork and public scrutiny as a child star. She recounts early family financial crisis after her father’s death, saying there was no life insurance and the family faced foreclosure, and describes becoming a key earner as her mother took four children to auditions across Los Angeles.
Thorne describes the pressures of working at Disney as a young teenager, including being compared with other child stars and being pitted against co-star Zendaya. She recalls the pair briefly leaving set during a live-taping schedule to speak privately and “hash” out what she says adults and fans were fuelling.
A major section focuses on relationships and mental health. Thorne says she moved out of her mother’s home around 18 during a fracturing period when she began meeting business managers, and describes leaving without basic documents or account access. She also speaks of severe depression and suicidal thoughts, saying they contributed to her decision to leave.
Thorne revisits the 2019 incident in which she posted her own nude images after alleged blackmail. She says the blackmailer escalated demands to money and more photos and sent nudes of her friends, and later claims the FBI contacted her, gathered data at her home and ultimately caught the suspect after roughly 18 months.
She also announces a new career move: she says she is writing, directing and starring in Spring Breakers 2 after producers saw an early cut of her film Color Your Hurt.
