"The biggest thing that has come out of it for me," she says, "is forgiving the little girl inside . Today she is still trying to come to terms with those moments, which she says are "still raw." I was also to blame for my forwardness," a choked up Frye says, reading from a diary in the doc. "He asked if I would say he raped me, but I wouldn't. Her young self placed the blame on her own actions. When she told the man she wasn't ready for sex, he ignored her, and forcibly thrust himself inside. In one instance, she's unable to recall what happened while hanging out with a male, though she only drank ginger ale. She also shares a nonconsensual sexual interaction at 17. Billie Holiday': Andra Day taps into legendary jazz singer's 'trauma'įrye also opens up about being preyed upon by men in her latest project. 'The Handmaid's Tale' returns for Season 4 in April: 'We remain unbelievably relevant' "It's so fascinating because watching back the tapes and and seeing the 12-year-old little girl in me," she says, "who was going to summer camp and wanting to be a kid and then having guys stare at my breasts, and the objectification that was going on around me, and then seeing how relevant it is to today and the way in which young people are objectified, and it's under such a magnifying glass now of filters and social media, I really think to myself, 'Wow, we have to really have this conversation and start talking about it more.'" She shares four children – two daughters and two sons – with producer Jason Goldberg. Having that experience motivates Frye to shine a light on young girls being sexualized today. I just want people to see me for the person I am inside." "It's hard when you've got boobs and can't work in this business," a young Frye shares in the film. "It's really hard. Before her breast reduction at 15, Frye says she was nearly an E cup and remembers that during her early teen years "men treated me more like a woman and not a 13-year-old."
About four years ago, I started to wonder if life had really happened the way that I remembered it."įor "Kid 90," Frye also revisits her negative interactions with men and unwanted attention because of her large chest. And then I just locked it away for 20 years. "I started keeping a diary from the time I was 5, then an audio recorder at 12 and then my video camera.
"As a teenager in the '90s, I carried a video camera with me everywhere I went," she says. It covers ages 11 to 19 for the actress, who embodied the vibrant "Punky Brewster" for the '80s sitcom and its Peacock revival that debuted last month. "It's been such a life-changing experience," Frye, 44, says of the coming-of-age doc, which she directs. Her newfound self-love, acceptance and forgiveness come after from reviewing audio recordings, video tapes and diaries from her adolescence and interviewing fellow child actors, such as "Saved by the Bell" star Mark-Paul Gosselaar and "Beverly Hills, 90210" alum Brian Austin Green, for her new documentary " Kid 90" (streaming now on Hulu).
Fitting with her celestial middle name, Soleil Moon Frye is entering a new phase.
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