FLASHBACK: Legendary Actress Shirley Temple EXPOSES Hollywood Pedophilia

Why is this such a widespread problem in Hollywood and the broader entertainment industry?

Society has become all too aware of the massive sexual abuse and pedophilia rings plaguing our cultural institutions.

Some may think this is a new phenomenon as they look back on our country’s illustrious 20th-century history with rose-colored glasses, but it seems this has been a problem since the very beginning.

Many are familiar with the legendary child actress Shirley Temple, who rose to become a Hollywood star and a staple of cinema in the 1930s.

However, most aren’t familiar with Temple’s creepy encounter with MGM executive Arthur Freed.

Speaking to Larry King as an adult in 1988, Temple revealed that she was separated from her mother at the film studio and corralled into a room with Freed.

Temple then claimed that Freed, who was 46 at the time, dropped his pants and exposed himself to her.

The actress was just 12 years old at the time. Temple told King during a 1988 interview:

On October 25, 1988 Shirley Temple exposed Hollywood pedophilia on CNN’s “Larry King Live.” Temple shared her experience with a naked producer at MGM when she was 12-years-old.

Temple said that she was separated from her mother at MGM and went into the office of Louis B.… pic.twitter.com/cPvfTaFonq

— Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives (@dom_lucre) May 2, 2024

Shirley Temple was 12 years old at the time..

when Arthur Freed was 46 https://t.co/DUmZYibHaB pic.twitter.com/EdtW55zF6p

— Nuell posts (@TimothyNuell) January 17, 2023

Vanity Fair writes:

I can’t believe the experience with Freed wasn’t more traumatizing than she lets on in her breezy account.

And, an even more disturbing question, how did he expect her to act, based on how many previous experiences with other children?

Several individuals pointed out Hollywood’s longstanding problem with sexual abuse and pedophilia that has now spread to the broader entertainment industry.

In 1940, at the age of 12, Shirley Temple had a meeting with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer producer, Arthur Freed, where he exposed himself to her. After seeing her nervously giggle, Freed threw Temple out of his office. This deplorable man produced The Wizard of Oz. https://t.co/3jVYKgiKd2

— Rixanbeauty (@rixanbeauty) February 19, 2024

in 1940 as a 12 year old child, shirley temple alone with producer arthur freed, dropped his pants

both she and her mother had to deal with hollywood's lecherous men

sexual exploitation in hollywood's film industry has been going on for over 60 years

— Nausicaa (@OdysseanAcademy) January 19, 2023

Modern celebrities and media personalities continue to point out this massive problem in the film industry. Daily Mail featured some of talk show host Bill Maher’s recent remarks on Hollywood:

Maher discussed the documentary series ‘Quiet on Set’ surrounding the culture of sexual misconduct which occurred at Nickelodeon.

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He said it was the ‘talk of the town’ in Hollywood but ‘exposed hypocrisy’.

‘I said it before, wokeness is not an extension of liberalism anymore. It’s more often taking something so far that it becomes the opposite,’ he added.

‘Teaching kids not to hate or judge those who are different? Great. Proud we got there all for that. But at a certain point, inclusion becomes promotion.’