Madison Beer’s rise to fame wasn’t completely positive.
In fact, the “Selfish” singer—who scored her first record deal at 13-years-old after being noticed by Justin Bieber in 2012—recently shared some uncomfortable moments from the early years of her career, including how men sexualized her as a teen.
“There was a conversation around me when I was 14. I remember people being like, ‘She’s too sexy’ and ‘We can’t see the sex because she’s so young, so we’d have to wait,’” Madison, 26, told Cosmopolitan in an interview published on April 29. “This was a real conversation, grown men talking about how I was too sexy.”
Because of this outlook, the Life Support star noted her team—which also included then-manager Scooter Braun—didn’t know how to promote her as a rising artist, and that harmed her chances of creating music. It wasn’t long until Madison’s career hit a rough patch, and nearly four years after she signed with Island Records, the label dropped her. Scooter also parted ways with her shortly after.
