‘Even Stevens’ Star Christy Carlson Romano Says ‘Early Fame Is Like CTE’ After Hayden Panettiere’s Death: ‘Another Performer I Grew Up With, Gone Too Soon’

Christy Carlson Romano, a Disney Channel teen icon after playing Ren Stevens on “Even Stevens” and voicing the title character on “Kim Possible,” published an emotional essay on Elle’s website in the wake of Hayden Panettiere’s death. The two actors got their breakthroughs in 2000, the year both “Even Stevens” and “Rem

Christy Carlson Romano compares early fame to CTE in a new op-ed, calling for stronger protections for child actors after Hayden Panettiere's death.