A parent manager is a mother or father who also runs their child’s entertainment career, a dual role with a long, sometimes troubled history in show business. The arrangement concentrates trust, money and family feeling in the same relationship. In this story, Marc and Heidi D’Amelio’s years managing their daughters’ rise form the background to the money rumors — rumors both parents’ daughter Charli has now publicly rejected.
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Mentioned in: “They’re Not True”: Charli D’Amelio and Her Father Both Deny the Family Money Rumors