Ellen DeGeneres child star looks unrecognisable 12 years after finding fame on the show

Rosie McClelland, who became a viral sensation on The Ellen DeGeneres Show with her cousin Sophia Grace in 2011, looks all grown up in new TV interview.

Child star Rosie McClelland looked very different as she appeared on British television program, This Morning.

Rosie, 17, and her cousin Sophia Grace Brownlee found fame more than a decade ago after they went viral on social media.

The YouTube sensations garnered even more popularity when they performed Nicki Minaj’s Super Bass during their television debut on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2011.

They went on to host red carpets, release a book, and meet celebrities such as Taylor Swift, One Direction, Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, Drake and, of course, – Nicki Minaj.

Ellen child star Rosie McClelland appeared on British program This Morning looking all grown up. Picture: ITV

Rosie was accompanied by her mum as she spoke about bullying.

Since then Rosie has remained present on social media – sharing her life with fans via a series of vlogs, reports The Sun.

Despite her huge success, she recently found herself being relentlessly bullied after sharing her General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) exam results with her followers.

At the time, she shared a clip of herself crying after realising she had failed.

Rosie and her cousin Sophie Grace became viral sensations after appearing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2011. Picture: ITV

Rosie and Sophia Grace have remained close over the years.

Speaking about the experience on the show, Rosie admitted it had been very hard and her mum even said she questioned if she had made the right decision to put her daughter on YouTube.

She told Cat Deeley and Craig Doyle: “It was two days before my birthday and this whole wave of videos hating on me came up, it was me crying and failing and everyone was just making fun of me.

“To be honest, nothing hurts me but this – I was crying for two days straight.”

And her mum admitted: “At the time I questioned why we had put it up and I started to question what we were doing because of haters, and actually we were helping so many people.”

This article originally appeared in The Sun and was reproduced with permission