Former Disney star Alyson Stoner has opened up about how fame can complicate her romantic life.
The 30-year-old actor, who uses they/them pronouns, shared that online dating can often feel “dehumanizing” as potential partners often focus on their childhood stardom.
Stoner has appeared in films such as Cheaper by the Dozen and Step Up, as well as the television series Drake & Josh, That’s So Raven and Camp Rock after beginning his acting career at the age of three.
“I’m realizing in real time, like, ‘Oh, this is why I’ve never dated,'” Stoner said Tuesday. Vulnerable podcast. ‘Because the minute you ask me about my past, if you happen to be someone who’s watched a show, oh my God. I have to relive this all over again.’
They added: “It shapes their perception of me. I think: ‘Damn, I’m not a human being anymore.'”
Former Disney star Alyson Stoner opened up about how fame has complicated her romantic life; seen in 2019
The 30-year-old actor, who uses the pronouns “they,” said online dating can be “dehumanizing” as potential partners focus on his childhood stardom on Tuesday’s Vulnerable podcast; seen in 2001
Stoner recounted a recent experience with someone she met on a dating app, noting, “The person I was dating had that moment of, ‘Oh my God. Really?’ And then, she had doubts, too. She thought she was being cheated on or something.”
“Because it’s probably a random thing to think, oh, this person I was seeing growing up is now talking to me on this dating app,” Stoner continued.
“I understand that it may be awkward and strange, but I chose to push past that awkwardness and give them a chance to see if they would still want to get to know me more authentically.”
They described the dating experience as a “mind game.”
“You’re like, ‘I wonder what his house is like? Is he a rich celebrity?’ And I’m like, ‘Surprise! I still drive my Kia.'”
The former professional actor wrote about falling in love with a woman in a Teen Vogue test in 2018.
‘Alyson, I am attracted to men, women, and people who identify differently. I can love people of any gender identity and expression.
“It’s the soul that captivates me. It’s the love we can build and the goodness we can bring to the world by supporting each other in our best ways,” Alyson wrote.
Shortly after coming out, the former dancer (pictured here in 2011) underwent “gay conversion therapy” because he “felt like everything was wrong.”
Back then: Alyson, pictured here in 2005, began working professionally in Hollywood at the age of seven.
Just days after revealing the truth behind her sexuality, Alyson revealed that she felt scared but happy to be free.
“I’ve been conservative for a long time. I’m still who I am. I’m just being more honest and more truthful,” he told the outlet.
Shortly after coming out, the former dancer underwent “gay conversion therapy” because “he felt like everything was wrong.”
In a 2021 interview with Well-informed personAlyson spoke about attending an “outpatient version” of conversion therapy.
The experience was so painful that they called it “legitimately difficult” to revisit.
“I felt stuck. I felt miserable. I felt like everything was wrong with me, even though deep down in my heart I just wanted to be a devoted follower of God,” she told the outlet.
The Cheaper by the Dozen star added: ‘So to hear from people you trust, from people you respect, from people you might even aspire to become, that deep down you’re ‘rotten, abominable,’ that the devil has a target on your back because of your position in Hollywood…’
“That just sends you into a spiral, at least it did for me, because I just wanted to do the right thing.”
Alyson (shown in 2011) first rose to fame in 2002, when she worked as a backup dancer for Missy Elliot and later starred in several Disney Channel shows.
Now, Alyson (pictured in 2019) spends her time speaking out against the discrimination queer people face.
The 29-year-old eventually realized that these pastors had developed their views on queer people due to their own religious influences from a specific “environment and time period.”
Alyson first rose to fame in 2002, when she worked as a backup dancer for Missy Elliot.
They became Disney Channel stars by appearing on Drake & Josh, That’s So Raven, The Suite Life of Zach and Cody and, most notably, Camp Rock.
Now, Alyson dedicates her time to speaking out against discrimination against queer people, and has even written a book titled Mind Body Pride to help people establish a deeper connection with their sexuality.
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