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News.com.au
28-05-2025
- Business
- News.com.au
‘When they ask if Disney Channel paid me well': Former Child Star shares pay reality
A former child star has shared the jaw-dropping amount he makes in residuals from a popular Disney channel show. Ryan McCartan, 31, starred in Liv and Maddie, a successful tween show that ran from 2013 to 2017. Usually, famous people shy away from discussing money, but he took to Instagram to reveal how much he still makes from the hit show. Residuals are an extra payment made to actors when re-runs are aired. It is separate from the salary they're paid initially. The star really aimed for transparency when he took to Instagram and shared his recent residual cheque of $41 cents. 'When they ask me if Disney Channel paid me well,' he joked. Thankfully, McCartan isn't relying on his measly residual paycheques to get by. Instead, the actor is currently starring in the musical version of The Great Gatsby on Broadway. The 31-year-old also has a million followers on Instagram and describes himself as a 'role model to tens of theatre kids' but he perhaps still most famous for his past relationship. He previously engaged to fellow former Disney star Dove Cameron. The pair met on the Liv and Maddie show and got engaged in 2016 after two years of dating, but they called off their engagement in the same year. McCartan announced their break-up on X and said, 'Dove has decided this relationship isn't what she wants' and added that the pair still loved each other and asked fans to be sensitive because it was a 'painful' time. Cameron also tweeted about their break-up, saying it was an 'intense' time and adding that there was still lots of love between the pair. Later in an interview with Seventeen magazine she admitted it was her first ever real relationship. 'It was on-screen and off-screen. A lot of what I went through in that first relationship, the very low-lows, I did not make public.' 'I was under the impression that I had to make everything look perfect all the time and my partner definitely put that in my ear,' she said. Cameron also said that while fans thought they were sharing 'loads' of their relationship online, she felt like she'd hardly shared anything. Meanwhile, McCartan went on the podcast, allegedly, and said the break-up was 'really hard' and 'plain out sucks,' but he understood that time would heal everything.
Daily Mail
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Disney Channel fans stunned by star's shock transformation as he hits major life milestone
Disney Channel fans were left stunned by a former Liv and Maddie child star's transformation after it was revealed that he had hit a major milestone. Tenzing Norgay Trainor, now 23, was skyrocketed into the spotlight in 2013 when he was cast as Parker Rooney in the show alongside Dove Cameron, Joey Bragg, Kali Rocha, and Benjamin King. He starred in the beloved series at only 12 years old, but now, flash forward a decade later and he's all grown up. The actor revealed via Instagram on Tuesday that he had officially graduated from college. And when popular X (formerly Twitter) account Pop Crave reposted his announcement on the platform along with a snap of him at his graduation, many former fans of the show were left stunned over how much older he looks. People all across the globe who loved Liv and Maddie when they were younger were hit with a wave of nostalgia upon learning that Tenzing is now a college grad. 'Suddenly, I feel old,' one user replied. 'Omg congrats. Glo' up,' added another, while a third wrote, 'My childhood crush.' 'Love seeing Disney stars grow up and chase new dreams. Congrats, Tenzing,' a fourth post read. A different tweet said, 'Big congrats to Tenzing Trainor! From Disney star to college grad - love to see that glo'-up.' 'Good to see a Disney star turn out well,' agreed a different user. 'Oh my god I had the biggest crush on him growing up watching him on TV,' announced someone else. 'Not just a Liv and Maddie legend, now a college grad too? We love growth,' penned another person. Tenzing started with stage acting at the age of eight after he attended theater camp. He landed a few small appearances in shows like Stevie TV, Bits and Pieces, and Good Luck Charlie, before he was cast in Liv and Maddie as Parker. The show followed identical twins Liv and Maddie who are forced to share a room after living completely different lives for years. People all across the globe who loved Liv and Maddie when they were younger were hit with a wave of nostalgia upon learning that Tenzing is now a college grad Tenzing (seen in 2023) starred in American Housewife, Netflix's Boo, B***h, the kids' animated movie Abominable, and the short film Clueless after Liv and Maddie Tenzing played their younger brother, who is described as an 'intelligent and clever' kid who's also 'somewhat of a trickster.' He starred in the show for four years until it concluded in 2017. After that, he went on to appear in an episode of Modern Family and had a brief role in the show Knight Squad. He also starred in American Housewife, Netflix's Boo, B***h, the kids' animated movie Abominable, and the short film Clueless. But in recent years, his acting career has slowed down so he could focus on his education.
