She hired a homeless guy to play her dad (for some reason) and used a fake birth certificate.

She hired the guy? Nobody exploited her?

I kinda want to look into this, but at the same time I don't want this in my search history.

Update: According to her Wikipedia page she definitely did not have a harmonious childhood. Getting raped by her mom's alcoholic boyfriend, after they move across country from her alcoholic father. Then getting raped by her own boyfriend.

I don't know what growing up as a gen x woman was like, different generation and gender, but I suspect that Traci Lords' experience was even worse than average.