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Getty Melissa Gilbert called out careless parents of child stars in an emotional tribute post to Daveigh Chase, the “Lilo & Stitch” and “The Ring” actor who died of AIDS on June 16 at 35 years old.
In an Instagram post, Gilbert revealed that she and Chase starred in a pilot together more than 20 years ago, and she could see a concerning parenting dynamic.
“I only worked with Daveigh a couple of days, but I could see she was bright both in countenance and in mind. She was bubbly, sweet and professional. But there was something else there, a push or need to perform…for her parents,” Gilbert wrote in her caption, which was accompanied by a picture of a young Chase smiling.
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