At the age of eight, the now 30-year-old, who uses they and them pronouns, became co-host of the Disney Channel’s Mike’s Super Short Show.

They went on to have successful careers in both television and cinema, appearing in films such as Cheaper by the Dozen, Camp Rock, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, That’s So Raven, and Drake & Josh.

Stoner has now committed to removing the lid on the industry’s darker side with their new podcast, Dear Hollywood, in which they will explore what it was like to grow up as a child star and in front of the camera.

In a podcast preview, Stoner hinted at what might be explored in upcoming episodes, and it appears that no issue will be off-limits.

“Drug addiction, psychiatric hospitalizations, bankruptcies, sexual trauma, incarceration, and suicide” “Think of something comparable to the pop culture phenomenon of child stardom,” they said at the outset.

“My name is Alyson, and I started performing at the age of three and began working professionally in Hollywood at the age of seven.”

“Dear Hollywood, I’m going to take you on a journey from toddler to train wreck.” Are you here for gossip and intrigue? To provide passive entertainment? To become involved in social activism?

“No one has ever brought you into the conversation before, and I’m going to need your assistance.”

Stoner promised to ‘expose Hollywood’ in a message below the teaser video.

“It’s time to expose Hollywood,” the long caption stated. Child celebrity is a one-of-a-kind cultural phenomenon with a notably gloomy undercurrent.

Precocious young talents achieve success, but then horror stories of addiction, depleted wealth, and suicide follow. What is the cause of the toddler-to-train-wreck pipeline? Why hasn’t it ceased? At home, how are you connected to it?

“I will be revealing intimate firsthand accounts alongside comprehensive expertise and action plans to change entertainment and inspire your own life path and healing.”

The first episode, which aired today (August 11), featured Stoner freely discussing the ‘loss of privacy’ they felt and how their lives were altered permanently at such a young age.

“I lost the ability to relate to non-famous experiences after the age of eight,” they added. Imagine that on your ninth birthday, you could never go outdoors without being stopped, questioned for photographs, or followed, unless you wore a disguise or had security with you.”