his moms wasnt in there with him shooting in the gym
you know these hollywood parents dropped their kids off and let whatever go down...they found out about some of the shyt thru the child but a lot i bet was never vocalized to them.
the parents of these kids are usually very naive and trusting of anyone who smiles in their face for long enough.
Any parent who leaves their child alone like that now is a damn fool and is probably lowkey willing to look the other way if some shyt goes down but yeah, this is how things worked for decades. Parents were trusting and naive. The thought didn't even enter most of their minds because anything like what's coming out now was so far-fetched it was basically impossible - to them.
And a parent that was "hands on" or always demanded to be present or nearby was labeled a stage parent (esp "stage mom"). That term is
supposed to mean "greedy or overbearing, etc" - and sometimes it did/does- but a lot of parents of young actors who were interested in their child's safety got hit with the same label. And in the industry, that's almost as bad as an adult actor being labeled "difficult". It's all just code for "you don't want this person on your project", which ruins careers. So even some cautious parents backed off, especially when agents and casting directors gaslit them or applied pressure, making them feel "crazy" for being concerned "about nothing".
There were actually parents who were
so uncomfortable with all this that they pulled their children out of acting altogether. shyt, my mom was one of them.