Christy Carlson Romano Proves That The Road To Happiness Is Rarely A Straight Path
When Christy Carlson Romano arrived on set wearing a white button-down shirt French-tucked into distressed denim jeans with white converse sneakers and a big smile, I thought “Yep, she’s one of those cool, chic women.”
Most of us know Carlson Romano from the Disney Channel, where we saw her as Ren in Even Stevens, Jennifer in Cadet Kelly, and as the voice of Kim Possible in the eponymous television series. She has performed in several Broadway shows, including the role of Belle in Beauty and the Beast, and last year, she went viral for her walk-and-talk YouTube vlogs where she shared intimate details about her life (think: how she made and spent a million dollars in one year, almost joined a cult, overcame an eating disorder, and, of course, her inside scoop about working with the Disney Channel). Carlson Romano has since moved on from Disney life, taking her career in completely new directions. She’s pretty frank about the hardships she faced growing up in Hollywood and how they’ve impacted her life. I was able to sit down with the former Disney star to learn about how she made her way through the darkness into the light, now spending her time as a wife, mother, podcaster, and content creator.