Chrissy Chaos Presents - Christories: The Dark Truth Behind Shirley Temple

Chris Distefano Presents: Chrissy Chaos

Chris Distefano

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Before she became America’s sweetheart, Shirley Temple was a 3-year-old with bouncing curls and unexpected sass, making her screen debut in a risqué pre-Code short that would be unthinkable by today’s standards! By age 6, she was Hollywood’s top box office draw, charming Depression-era audiences with tap numbers, dimples, and her iconic dance with Bill “Bojangles” Robinson—the first interracial dance pairing in film history. While her ringlets became a national obsession (and parent-enforced hairstyle), her real life was far from picture-perfect. Behind the scenes, she faced relentless work schedules, controlling parents, and studio executives who saw her as a brand, not a child. She earned millions before age 12 but was left with little of it, and ironically, she never even liked the ultra-sweet Shirley Temple drink named after her. From child star to U.S. ambassador and breast cancer advocate, her story is one of early fame, industry exploitation, and personal reinvention. In this episode, we peel back the curtain on the real Shirley Temple—the curls, the charm, and the cost of growing up on camera. SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS BlueChew - Make life easier by getting harder and discover your options at https://BlueChew.com! And we’ve got a special deal for our listeners: Try your first month of BlueChew FREE when you use promo code CHAOS -- just pay $5 shipping. Nutrafol - https://Nutrafol.com/men promo code CHAOS. Follow us Muffin Butt! 🙆🏼‍♂️ Chris Distefano Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/chrisdcomedy/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/chrisdcomedy Website - https://www.chrisdcomedy.com/ 🙋‍♀️ Venetia Geras - Writer / Producer Website - https://www.venetiageras.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/venetiaageras/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/venetiaageras 🎥 Steve Ciccone - Editor Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/erthtone/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@erthtone John Grady - Graphic Designer https://www.instagram.com/gradydesign/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:06.3	Welcome to another episode of Christorees. I'm Christopher DeStefano, aka Christoree de Stefano, and this is
1:12.0	Christorees. You know when you want to go out and have a drink, but you got your kids, and you're
1:17.2	like, well, I want to drink tequila until I pass out, but what are these little assholes going to drink
1:22.4	Shirley Temples? That's right. Today we are talking about the one and only Shirley Temple, the little girl behind the drink that your little kids drink when you're drinking because you're going through a divorce.
1:39.7	Let's talk about your girl, Shirley Temple.
1:43.5	This is going to get dark.
2:05.6	Okay, so she was born April 23rd, 1928 in Santa Monica, California.
2:08.9	Ooh, is she a Taurus?
2:11.2	I don't know my signs.
2:12.8	I'm not fully out of the clock.
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