Christina Ricci says child stardom helped her escape from ‘failed cult leader’ father

Christina Ricci opened up astir however her traumatic upbringing has continued to haunt her to this day. 

The histrion shared however her puerility fame helped her flight from her "chaotic home," and particularly from her father. 

"My begetter was a failed cult leader, and truthful helium had each that aforesaid benignant of, like, truly brainsick narcissism that goes on with idiosyncratic wanting to tally a cult," Ricci, 44, claimed successful the documentary "Child Star."

CHRISTINA RICCI SAYS SHE DOESN'T REGRET HER CHILD STAR YEARS

Hollywood histrion Christina Ricci admitted puerility fame helped her flight her "physically violent" and "failed cult leader" father. (Getty Images)

"He was precise physically violent. There was ne'er immoderate bid successful my house."

Ricci admitted that she had recovered "peace" portion moving connected tv and movie sets astatine a young age. 

"He was precise physically violent. There was ne'er immoderate bid successful my house."

"I knew thing wholly insane was astir to happen," she explained. "Nobody was going to get truly huffy and unreal they were going to thrust the car into a wall. For me, determination was this refuge of affectional safety."

During the "Child Star" documentary, created successful portion by Demi Lovato, Ricci confessed that she was "really unhappy successful her location life."

Ricci shared that she "loved" puerility stardom since she "finally" had thing she "knew she was bully at." (Getty Images)

"And astatine school, I was truly bored . . . I was getting into truly brainsick trouble, astatine 7."

The "Casper" histrion continued, "As soon arsenic I started going connected auditions each time with my mother, each that stopped, each the trouble, everything."

"But what I truly loved was getting to spell with my ma connected the autobus to New York . . . my parent was kept successful a spot successful my location wherever she was not present."

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Ricci went connected to accidental arsenic soon arsenic she and her parent escaped their "chaotic" home, her mother's "personality" started to radiance through. The histrion added that the 2 became "very close."

Ricci roseate to fame aft her portrayal of Wednesday Addams successful 1991’s "The Addams Family." (Paramount/Getty Images)

She additionally shared that she "loved" puerility stardom, since she "finally" had thing she "knew she was bully at."

Ricci added that she had received "positive reinforcement" for succeeding successful her young acting career.

While Ricci explained however her puerility stardom had impacted her life, during a sit-down speech with Lovato, aggregate video clips of the young histrion played successful the background.

Ricci roseate to fame aft her portrayal of Wednesday Addams successful 1991’s "The Addams Family."

Her parents divorced erstwhile she was 13, and she hasn’t spoken to her begetter since she was a teenager.

Christina Ricci has been a palmy histrion for decades. (Jean-Baptiste Lacroix/AFP via Getty Images)

In 2022, Ricci spoke astatine a luncheon for The Family Place, the largest home maltreatment enactment supplier successful Texas, and claimed, "I was a kid successful an abusive and convulsive household and past repeated that mistake arsenic an adult," according to CBS.

In 2021, the Hollywood histrion accused her ex-husband, James Heerdegen, of carnal abuse.

She filed for a restraining bid that year, citing "severe carnal and affectional abuse," which Heerdegen has denied. Ricci filed for divorcement successful 2020.

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Christina Ricci has 2 children, lad Freddie and girl Cleopatra. (Getty Images)

Despite calling kid acting a positive "escape" for herself, Ricci antecedently told the New York Post successful 2018 that she wouldn’t enactment her ain lad into the industry.

"I consciousness it’s kid maltreatment to marque your kid famous," she said of then-four-year-old lad Freddie. "Once he’s an adult, and helium studies, and helium understands that it’s an creation form, past helium tin prosecute an acting vocation if he’d like."

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She added, "Being celebrated is not bully for children, it’s conscionable not. We person a cardinal examples of wherefore it’s not bully for children. I’m conscionable not going to hazard it. Why would you enactment the astir precious happening successful your beingness up for that?"