Dakota Johnson bullied at school over parents' problems

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Press Trust of India London
Last Updated : Mar 10 2014 | 12:56 PM IST
Actress Dakota Johnson struggled through years of misery in high school because she was constantly teased over tabloid reports about her celebrity parents Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson.
The 'Social Network' star, who has been cast as Anastasia Steele in the upcoming 'Fifty Shades of Grey' movie adaptation, was home schooled during her childhood but she got her first taste of a more normal education in her teens, reported Contactmusic.
"I was just miserable there. It was a great school, but girls in that concentration are so horrific, just horrific," she said.
The 24 year old reveals students would bring in magazine clippings of gossip about her mother and father and their well-documented substance abuse issues just to taunt her.
"I think people, especially the press, like to pick on children of famous people, and I think that's awful. Things get made up. It's so, so sad," she added.
The stress of her home life prompted Johnson to check into rehab as a teen, but she insists it was only to seek help in dealing with her family issues.
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First Published: Mar 10 2014 | 12:56 PM IST

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