Christy Carlson Romano Says Her Salary Was Half of Shia LaBeouf’s on ‘Even Stevens’: ‘We Were Co-Leads and Had the Same Screen Time’

Oct 15, 2026 4:44am PT Christy Carlson Romano Says Her Salary Was Half of Shia LaBeouf’s on ‘Even Stevens’: ‘We Were Co-Leads and Had the Same Screen Time’

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Christy Carlson Romano is claiming she was paid half of Shia LaBeouf‘s salary on the Disney Channel series “Even Stevens,” despite the two being “co-leads” with “the same screen time.”

Romano opens up about her time on the show, which ran from 2000 to 2003 and followed the antics between a brother and sister with clashing personalities, in her new memoir “Once Upon a Trainwreck: The Fall and Rise of a Child Star.” In an Instagram post about the book, which is out now, Romano revealed the alleged pay disparity.

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