Abathwebuli bezithombe bakwazile ukusika umlingisi ngesikhathi sokuthenga eLos Angeles. Ezigangeni zansuku zonke nezibuko, i-Rooney ayikwazanga ukudonsela ukunaka kwe-paparazzi, ukube bekungengenxa yendandatho yedayimane ngomunwe ongenagama nesandla sakhe sobunxele. Akudingekile ukulinda amazwana avela kulo mbhangqwana uqobo, noma kunjalo, amathebubhu aphakamisa ukuthi ekugcineni abathandi bawile, futhi lokhu kusho ukuthi abalandeli babo noma abalandeli babo bangalinda umshado we-stellar.
Uma ukuqagela kuqinisekisiwe, khona-ke uRooney noHookin kuzoba ukuzibandakanya kokuqala. Izinkanyezi zidlale ndawonye e- "Oscar" ngefilimu "yena" ngo-2013, futhi kamuva zaphinde zabumbene futhi ngeqoqo le- "Mary Magdalen". Ngo-2017 kuphela kwaqala ukukhuluma nge-Star Roman. Ekuqaleni, abamele abasePhoenix bakuphikile ukuxhumana kwakhe nomlingisi wakhe nomlingisi futhi baphikisana nokuthi kunobudlelwano obunobungane phakathi kwabo. Noma kunjalo, ngawo lowo nyaka, uRooney noHoquen bayeka ukufihla imizwa efudumele komunye nomunye, kwathi kamuva bavuma izikhathi zeNew York, ezihlala ndawonye emagqumeni aseHollywood.
