Behind every ambitious teenage singer/actor, there's a stage parent who has helped them follow their dreams. Sometimes, that parent happens to be Courtney Love, and as you might expect, that results in some pretty serious shenanigans being pulled. A new book, titled 'Theater Geek,' documents author Mickey Rapkin's time spent at Stagedoor Manor theater camp -- where stars like Zack Braff and Mandy Moore have attended -- in 2006, and Rapkin claims Courtney used her famous attitude to help daughter Frances Bean Cobain.New Book Details Courtney Love's Stage Parenting
By PopEater Staff Posted May 26th 2010 11:00AM
Behind every ambitious teenage singer/actor, there's a stage parent who has helped them follow their dreams. Sometimes, that parent happens to be Courtney Love, and as you might expect, that results in some pretty serious shenanigans being pulled. A new book, titled 'Theater Geek,' documents author Mickey Rapkin's time spent at Stagedoor Manor theater camp -- where stars like Zack Braff and Mandy Moore have attended -- in 2006, and Rapkin claims Courtney used her famous attitude to help daughter Frances Bean Cobain.The New York Post reports that in 'Geek,' Rapkin claims Love was unhappy with Frances' role in a musical production of 'Leader of the Pack.' Love told Rapkin: "She was in, like, some tertiary chorus line. It really p***ed me off." As anyone who has followed her career knows, a "p***ed off" Courtney Love is not something you want to face the wrath of.
Also getting under her skin was the fact that Frances was being teased while at Stagedoor Manor. To get back at the kids picking on her daughter, Love arranged for Bean's godmother -- none other than Drew Barrymore -- to call her at school. Not a big deal, you'd think? There's more to it.
"I asked her to have them say over the PA system, 'Francis, you have a phone call from Drew Barrymore,' so the kids would stop making fun of her," Love related. We love the catty, motherly side of Courtney!
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Good for you Courtney! I'd stick up for my daughter if she was being picked on. Frances is way cooler than most of those other kids anyway I'm sure.
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