{"id":2166502,"date":"2026-09-27T14:25:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T11:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2166502"},"modified":"2026-09-27T14:25:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T11:25:31","slug":"liar-liar-child-star-justin-cooper-says-prisoners-sent-him-fan-mail-as-a-kid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2166502","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Liar Liar&#8217; Child Star Justin Cooper Says Prisoners Sent Him Fan Mail As A Kid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/e7\/16by9\/2026\/09\/27\/e7d69d5949204b26a6cda8e7a8c94cc9_xl.png&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">&#8216;Liar Liar&#8217; Child Star Justin Cooper Says Prisoners Sent Him Fan Mail As A Kid<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">&#8216;Liar Liar&#8217; Child Star<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Prisoners Sent Me Fan Mail As A Kid, No Lie!!!<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"google-preferred-btn js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-icon.svg\" alt=\"Google\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"google-preferred-btn__title\">Add TMZ on Google<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-09-27T07:25:31-07:00\"><br \/>\n                              September 27, 2026<br \/>\n                            7:25 AM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-bf64c5e9c73ce12928f6c5a5a1a2e46a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-bcf300c5-a690-4641-9bca-10a05ef71f92-1981660581-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/5d\/16by9\/2026\/09\/27\/5dce46b517b24761806ac926e2dce07a_md.png\" alt=\"092726_justin_cooper_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer id=\"video-player-bcf300c5-a690-4641-9bca-10a05ef71f92-1981660581-footer\" class=\"media-footer video-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text video-block__media-launch-text\">RETURN TO SENDER???<\/span><\/footer>\n<div class=\"video-block__media-info\">\n<div class=\"video-block__media-permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/watch\/liar-liar-child-actor-justin-cooper-said-he-would-get-fan-mail-from-prison-09-27-2026\/\">Video: \u2018Liar Liar\u2019 Star Justin Cooper Says Prisoners Sent Him Fan Mail as a Child<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">The Not So Little Rascals<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-8772ee6ade3b10c4024bcdf1fc8f3a4c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;Liar Liar&#8221; actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/justin-cooper\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Justin Cooper<\/strong><\/a> is opening up how his mom looked out for him as a child star &#8230; even protecting the &#8220;Little Rascals&#8221; actor from letters sent from prisoners.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-24789e8ba7cd6759460e8d12ca59cf19\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>In a recent interview on &#8220;The Not So Little Rascals,&#8221; Justin admitted &#8230; &#8220;My mom did a really good job of kind of shielding me from stuff.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-559d63b3f05d51410dfe0a4c142faa9d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260927_9991624b651e43a496509a82d2625a25\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:4deaa0a9-bcc9-4014-963b-1af0c5b65a92\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/99\/4by3\/2026\/09\/27\/9991624b651e43a496509a82d2625a25_md.jpg\" alt=\"Justin-Cooper-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-86725529f79b03105f3e41a65ead35bc\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Justin said that his mother later spilled the beans when he was old enough about the prison mail he had gotten.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-d7e4c855bf78a685203063a3fd4c5fc2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>According to Justin &#8230; these letters would routinely involve prisoners telling him &#8220;about how they\u2019re such big fans of me and I\u2019m such a cute kid.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-fa85fa0a422768e389c2238469b85fda\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260927_c70ece1efb2448ecac2b3415825323ac\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:4deaa0a9-bcc9-4014-963b-1af0c5b65a92\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/c7\/4by3\/2026\/09\/27\/c70ece1efb2448ecac2b3415825323ac_md.jpg\" alt=\"Justin-Cooper-jim-carrey-liar-liar-alamy-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Alamy<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-e207367a2dd8144097f6dddbeed947a7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Justin &#8212; whose credits also include the titular role of &#8220;Dennis the Menace&#8221; &#8212; said he &#8220;couldn\u2019t really go anywhere in public&#8221; after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/jim-carrey\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Jim Carrey<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;Liar Liar&#8221; was released in 1997.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-74ea110cb99ff3ebfce874680c7524b0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>However, the former child star said he &#8220;enjoyed it&#8221; and &#8220;thought it was cool.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-74e0fb044e49b21e56821ec3ecf22210\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Well, we guess anything beats creepy fan mail sent from behind bars!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<ul class=\"social social--permalink\">\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><a class=\"btn social__btn social__btn--facebook js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/09\/27\/justin-cooper-says-he-got-fan-mail-from-prisoners-as-a-kid\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:4deaa0a9-bcc9-4014-963b-1af0c5b65a92\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;main&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;facebook-footer&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:1}\"><br \/>\n                Share<span class=\"social__hide-sm\"> on Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><a class=\"btn social__btn social__btn--x js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/09\/27\/justin-cooper-says-he-got-fan-mail-from-prisoners-as-a-kid\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:4deaa0a9-bcc9-4014-963b-1af0c5b65a92\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;main&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;twitter-footer&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:2}\"><br \/>\n                Share<span class=\"social__hide-sm\"> on X<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"related-articles\">\n<header class=\"card-section-header related-articles__card-section-header\">\n<h3 class=\"card-section-title related-articles__card-section-title\">\n              Related articles<br \/>\n            <\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"row related-articles__row\">\n<div class=\"col related-articles__col\">\n<article class=\"related-articles__card\"><a class=\"related-articles__card-link js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/09\/23\/jonathan-taylor-thomas-detained\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:4deaa0a9-bcc9-4014-963b-1af0c5b65a92\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;main&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;related-article&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:1}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-articles__card-img ratio\">\n<div class=\"ratio-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/6c\/16by9\/2026\/09\/24\/6c596ab50be448adbe5903de7d5fd30b_xs.jpg\" alt=\"jtt-16x9\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"related-articles__card-body\">\n<h4 class=\"related-articles__card-title\">\n                        &#8216;Home Improvement&#8217; 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