Girls were fired from MMC because they appeared “sexually active”

Keri Russell

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Keri Russell claims there was a double standard between male and female child actors during her time on The 400 The brand new Mickey Mouse Club In the 1990s.

The Diplomat Star recently visited the Dinner is on me Podcast, in which host Jesse Tyler Ferguson asked her if there is an age limit for young artists to be excluded from the MMC Reboot that ran from 1989 to 1996.

“It’s usually girls who look like they’re sexually active,” she claimed. “And I was probably one of the first. They say, ‘She’s out! She’s out! That one’s gone.'”

Russell also revealed that she was indeed sexually active with one of her men. MMC Co-stars who ultimately stayed on the show for several years after she was let go. She didn’t name the person, but she was previously in a relationship with fellow Mouseketeer Tony Lucca in the ’90s, who left the show in 1995 at the age of 19.

“The boys stayed until they were about 19,” she said. “I said, ‘By the way, I had sex with this person, so I know they had sex.'”

The bliss Actress appeared on the Brand new Mickey Mouse Club from 1991 to 1994, starting at the age of 15. Other well-known names who appeared on the show included Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera.

“You know, girls and sexuality, people are so… and by the way, there’s me, I have the body of a 12-year-old boy. There’s nothing really sexy about me, but I think that’s what made me nervous,” Russell said, before joking, “Pregnant Mouseketeers are not on the list.”

Elsewhere during their conversation, Ferguson shared that he was surprised at how Russell’s successful career in Hollywood began. MMCand noted that she “didn’t seem like a child star” to him.

“It’s strange that I was there,” The American Actress replied. “I think the really scariest thing about child acting is that it’s usually one or two kids with all the adults, and that really accelerates the adultness of it all. For The Mickey Mouse ClubThere were 19 of us. The adults were invisible to me.”

Russell added: “I think that was the unique thing. … I wasn’t completely alone with all the adults and I think that was helpful.”