‘Growing Pains’ child star Ashley Johnson recalls kidnapping experience



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    1. God, that is terrifying. I remember her from Growing Pains and random stuff in the 90s, and I’m glad she’s continued to be successful as a voice actress and is part of the Critical Role/D&D world now.

    2. heartbylines on

      if anyone’s curious, this is from her podcast with taliesin jaffe called weird kids. i’ve only seen a few episodes of it so far, but they go into a lot about what it was like growing up in the industry. i highly recommend.

      ashley’s had a hell of a life and i genuinely just want to wrap her up in a blanket. taliesin, too.

    3. undeadtradwife on

      What did she do with her hand towards the end that made everyone laugh? After saying he had a gun

    4. theseamstressesguild on

      Still not the worst thing to happen to Ellie…

      ![gif](giphy|Y6oxrWBNElwOUAbwVF)

    5. Throwfeetsaway on

      ![gif](giphy|3ohhwHFgLxJv3HasdG)
      I cannot relate at all to growing up in the entertainment industry, but yet Weird Kids are my people. I also relate to the dark humor of laugh-tracking your own story of being kidnapped.

    6. atclubsilencio on

      He tried to kidnap Ellie? Big mistake.

      ![gif](giphy|Y6oxrWBNElwOUAbwVF|downsized)

    7. InfiniteRosie on

      The first time I heard this, I nearly choked on my own saliva from her playing the laugh track 🤣

      She’s been through a lot, but she’s got the best sense of humour!

    8. OriginalSchmidt1 on

      That is so wild!!! I’ve always been a fan of Ashley Johnson, I’ll have to check this pod out!

    9. Jumping__Bean___ on

      The older I get and the more I learn, the less I want to ever become famous. And as if being an adult celebrity isn’t scary enough, the things that a lot of child stars go or have gone through… She talks about it so casually, but I’m sure it must have been a terrifying moment for everyone involved.

    10. RealAbbreviations111 on

      She’s also the VA for The Last of Us video game. Also played as her mom in an epsiode.