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But what is even more disturbing than dirty male “fans” was the fact that Gibson’s own peeps were often the ones on the prey.
“There would be older male record executives trying to take me to parties by myself but my mom always be like ‘she’s a sixteen year old girl, she’s not going into an atmosphere with over 21-year-olds and alcohol!’ I hadn’t had enough life experience for those situations,” Gibson admitted. “You grow up thinking ‘everyone loves me’, but everyone who you are paying loves you. They are going to love you this year, but they are going to love the next person who makes them millions the next year. I was protected enough so that my childhood could be preserved as much as it could be in the circumstance.”
But dealing with creepy old men wasn’t the only of Gibson’s worries – her young age also made her a target of being misconceived as well, stupid.
“My songs were very upbeat and I dressed kinda cutesy and people confused that with me not having a backbone or not being very smart or very strong. I was labeled and pigeonholed as a cheerleader, when infact emotionally I had a lot more depth than that,” she explained. “That always frustrated me and even at a young age I learned to psycho-analyze the public.”
But unlike the majority of young stars today who prance and perform in nothing less than top-notch designer brands, Gibson believes that part of her public appeal was truly being just your average American teen.
“That really was me – I remember I co-hosted the American music awards and I bought my dress at a local boutique in long island because I wanted to look like me. I didn’t want to look like a girl who made a ton of money and had access to all these designers. These days I see stars younger than 18 in Dolce and Gabbana – I didn’t even know what dolce and Gabbana was!” she exclaimed.
But that little girl is all grown-up now and after almost a decade away from the recording studio she is almost ready to release an album this time “as a woman’ and has faith that she has finally come up with THE song to put her back on the map. And we couldn’t help but ask … is she still friends with the fellow disco queens and pop princess of the 1980’s?
“I like to think I am friends with the saner people in Hollywood – no gimmicks, no scandals. They just do there thing and do it well. Rick Astley and Tiffany still both sound amazing and are working on new material,” Gibson added. “New Kids on the Block, John Knight is still a good friend of mine and came out to support my Gibson Girl Foundation for young artists.”
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Pedos are scum
It doesn’t surprise me that you were dealing with all of this, but that doesn’t negate how disgusting it is. I am glad that you at least had so much support from your family. I can only imagine how difficult it is for young female entertainers who haven’t had such a cohesive and nurturing upbringing.
Any rate, looking forward to the new album! 😀 I’m curious about THE song but more so happy that you’re back in the studio.
Hi Debbie not shure the meaning of that statement at this time.anyway looking forward to new material.
Hi Debbie, I was a victim of pedophilia and by my family, people who were supposed to look after me I suffered a lot guilt but thank God I never repeated the act on anyone else a lot of counciling and a good sense of right and wrong helped. People who have been victims should not keep the secret and end a vicious circle. Thank you for everything
I just wanted to say I find the title of this article both incorrect and offensive. Just reading the title as it is, all of Deborah’s fans are pedophiles. We all know alot of people don’t read alot of articles, just the title most of the time. I for one know I’m not a pedophile and many other fans around the world are not either, though the title of this article seems to sum up all fans of Deborah as pedophiles. I know the psychos are around, they always are, all you have to do is watch Nancy Grace any given night if you want to see the ugly truth. Anyway, I am roughly the same age as Deborah and that has alot of influence throughout my life as a fan, her music, and artistry, nothing else. I also find it unbelievable this site uses articles speaking of her in past tense like former pop star, and “Debbie Gibson was” for instance. What’s next has been? It’s not at all attractive either. About this article the most I got from it, her own circle of record execs were the pedophiles or alluded to as such anyway. I suppose it’s eyecatching and attention grabbing to sum up all her fans as pedophiles, but I bet you it also turns a plenty running the other way.
Hi Chris!
I just pasted the article over as it was on Fox News, but in light of your post, I have edited the title of the post. Unfortunately, I have no control of the Fox website 🙂
Thanks Bob. Oh Fox news, tyical. Yeah too bad I don’t own it, Orielly you’re fired! Ann Coulter you’re banned from the network…lol 😛