“Though there is no amount of money that can make up for that loss,” the teenager continued, “the least that can be done now is making sure the child is getting paid for her work and has the right to remove it and walk away if she wants to.”
It was a sentiment shared by her younger sister, who said starring in Ruby’s parenting vlogs “ruined my childhood.”
“I felt ‘happy,’ but I really wasn’t,” the 11-year-old shared in her own statement. “I worked hard for that money. I acted like someone I wasn’t in front of the camera, and I earned that money. But I feel like my mom used me for money.”
She added that she is now “stuck with the trauma of YouTube.”
“Even now, I can barely make friends, because my whole life I was the center of the attention,” the tween explained. “But now, without even realizing it, I seek attention from others, or I feel like they don’t like me.”
