From the Department of "Swallow this, and you wouldn't notice an elephant sliding down your gullet"

Devriendt says he protects his cast "as far as I can", but adds "so what if we show teenagers misbehaving or being sexy? Teenagers are sexy. For me, it's necessary to make Once and for All and Teenage Riot so that we hear their voice. We toured all over the world with Once and for All, and I never felt that adults came to see it in a voyeuristic way. They came because they wanted to know what it is like to be a teenager." (emphasis mine)

Of course they did. There's obviously NO truth to the rumour that adults were once teenagers themselves.