From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is The Business.

With their new Hulu documentary, Childstar, co-directors Demi Lovato and Nicola Marsh

tackle the dangers of getting too big, too young.

It's a story that Lovato, sadly, is very qualified to tell.

I quickly realized that I needed to slow down.

I needed a break, and I wasn't getting one, because the momentum was moving at such a fast pace. I didn't want to give up any

opportunities in order to take a break, even though that's what I truly needed. So the machine was just

kind of rolling, and I was just along for the ride at that point, and I wasn't having

much fun.

Lovato and Marsh explained the challenges of persuading some of the best-known former child

stars, including Drew Baramore, Kenan Thompson, and Christina Ricci to share their deeply

personal experiences as young performers.

And Lovato, who launched her career at Disney,

explains how she got a film about the dark side of child stardom on Hulu,

which is partly and soon to be entirely owned by Disney.

But first two buddies banter while I'm away,

stick around.

It's the business from KCRW.

I'm Matt Bellany, filling in for Kim Masters, and I'm here with Lucas Shaw from Bloomberg.

Welcome, Lucas.

Great to be here.

All right.

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