Actor Wil Wheaton, best known for appearing in “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and the film “Stand By Me,” has claimed that his parents “stole nearly all of my salary from my entire childhood.” Wheaton described his father as abusive to him as a child and an adult, and his mother as an enabler of that abuse. He also stated that his parents forced him to pursue a career as an actor. “My father is an abusive bully,” Wheaton said in a 2021 interview with his Big Bang Theory co-star Mayim Bialik. Wil Wheaton, who appeared in the movie as Gordie, a young boy who searches for a rumored dead body with his best friends in 1950s-era Oregon, said in an interview with Yahoo! Entertainment that...
Wil Wheaton, who appeared in the movie as Gordie, a young boy who searches for a rumored dead body with his best friends in 1950s-era Oregon, said in an interview with Yahoo! Entertainment that... Jerry O'Connell is speaking out in support of his Stand by Me costar Wil Wheaton after the latter's recent claims that his parents pressured him into acting as a child. Wil Wheaton’s parents are Debbie Wheaton and Richard William. However, American actor Richard William Wheaton III, born July 29, 1972, is well-known for playing various characters in well-liked TV series and motion pictures. Wil Wheaton's parents, mother Debbie Wheaton and father Richard William Wheaton, Jr., were not the best parents to the famous actor. He claimed they forced him to become an actor. Wheaton, who is now estranged from his parents, said his own struggles helped him play a young kid whose emotionally walled-off parents were dealing with the death of Gordie’s older teen...
Wil Wheaton’s parents are Debbie Wheaton and Richard William. However, American actor Richard William Wheaton III, born July 29, 1972, is well-known for playing various characters in well-liked TV series and motion pictures. Wil Wheaton's parents, mother Debbie Wheaton and father Richard William Wheaton, Jr., were not the best parents to the famous actor. He claimed they forced him to become an actor. Wheaton, who is now estranged from his parents, said his own struggles helped him play a young kid whose emotionally walled-off parents were dealing with the death of Gordie’s older teen... In 1986, aged 14, Wil Wheaton starred as Gordie Lachance in Rob Reiner’s much-loved coming-of-age movie Stand by Me, bringing him the kind of fame coveted by actors twice his age. Behind the scenes, however, Wheaton – like his Stand by Me co-star Corey Feldman – was suffering extreme emotional abuse at the hands of his parents.