I Was a Child Actor — Then I Got Hooked on Drugs | Rivkah Reyes

Locked In with Ian Bick

Ian Bick

Society & Culture

4.8 • 745 Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Rivkah Reyes became known for their role as Katie in the hit movie School of Rock, performing alongside Jack Black and becoming part of one of the most iconic music comedies of the early 2000s. But life after childhood fame didn’t turn out the way many people might expect. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, Rivkah opens up about growing up in the spotlight, the pressures that came after the movie, and the struggles that followed including addiction, identity, and trying to find stability after early success. Rivkah shares the reality of what life was like after School of Rock, how fame at a young age can shape a person’s path, and what it took to confront those challenges and begin rebuilding. _____________________________________________ #ianbick #lockedinpodcast #schoolofrock #childstar #childactor #addictionstory #celebrityinterview #truecrimepodcast _____________________________________________ Connect with Rivkah Reyes: https://www.instagram.com/rivkah.reyes/ _____________________________________________ Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ _____________________________________________ Shop Locked In Merch: http://www.ianbick.com/shop _____________________________________________ Timestamps: 00:00 From Normal Kid to Child Actor 05:50 Childhood, School, and Family Life 11:00 Discovering Creativity and Performing 17:00 Getting Cast in School of Rock 21:00 Life After Fame and Rejection 24:00 Struggling With Identity and Fitting In 28:00 Bullying, Escapism, and Early Addiction 33:00 Drug Use, Consequences, and Hitting Bottom 38:00 Getting Sober and Turning Life Around 43:00 Reflecting on Addiction and Recovery 47:00 Advice for Young People Struggling 51:00 New Projects and What’s Next Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	My name is Sherlock Holmes.
0:02.0	It's an unusual name.
0:03.0	Introducing Young Sherlock, a new Guy Ritchie series.
0:07.0	What game are we playing today?
0:09.0	Discover the origins.
0:10.0	It's cleaving. Those days are surely behind me.
0:12.0	Of crime's most iconic mind.
0:14.0	There has been a break-in.
0:17.0	Astoned. You should be a detective.
0:19.0	Starring Hero finds Tiffin, Donald Finn and Colin Firth.
0:21.6	If you start wearing a hat like that, I will no longer be friends with you.
0:25.6	Young Sherlock, new original series, watch now only on Prime Video.
0:29.6	For our premiere, I'll never forget this.
0:31.6	I walked into the bathroom, we're in LA, and this girl was doing Coke, and I was just like, this skinny model type. She must have been like in her early 20s or maybe older. I don't know. You can never tell these days. But she was doing drugs in her nose and I was like, what is that? Do you think you turned to the drugs and alcohol because you wanted to fit in?
0:54.4	Coded it in this like, oh, I'm just a party girl. I just love to party. Oh, it's just, I do stand up in a musician. Like, this is just like the community that we're in is, and everybody drinks and everybody uses like this. And everybody does a little blow every once in a while. I wasn't just drinking a little bit and doing a little blow. and it wasn't just a party girl.
1:11.1	Do you, you know, think that if you never got cast in school of rock, every once in a while. I wasn't just drinking a little bit and doing a little blow, and it wasn't just a party girl.
1:11.0	Do you, you know, think that if you never got cast in School of Rock, you wouldn't have been at that indie festival where you had your first drink and that kind of launches everything?
1:20.0	And I also kind of feel like I'm lucky that I didn't end up on one of those, like, Nickelodeon shows that Dan Schneider was the showrunner on,
1:29.3	because I have friends that were on those shows and they're dumb.
1:32.3	Most people think becoming a child star means your life is set forever.
1:36.3	Rivka Reyes learned the hard way that fame at a young age can come with struggles no one sees behind the scenes.
1:43.3	You write a rock and roll? Yeah. Well, yes. Oh, wow. I saw what I just did there. Rivka, welcome to Lockton. Thanks so much for coming on the show today. Thanks for having me. Yeah, we're out of the home studio. We're in New York City right now. Our city, baby. You live in the city. I live in Bushwick,
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