5150
Damn, that Amanda Bynes is a mess, huh?
Are you watching that unfold?
Bynes was a real star on television. Our kids all watched her show back then...Matt quickly switching the channel because some doof would make fun of him for watching a girl on television.
"Matt loves Amanda," I would taunt.
"I WASN'T WATCHING IT!!!"
Yet for all intents and purposes she was a star. She went into movies...
...and then something slipped.
She crashed her car, lost her license, got the DWI, then the possession charge. She appeared in court as a lunatic. She threw a bong out a window in NYC, she threatened to start her dog on fire.
Her parents reached out.
Other stars made fun of her.
Other stars tried to talk to her.
And the papers ate it up. TMZ setting up residence wherever she moved.
And finally...the dreaded 5150 call went out.
The star was sent to psychiatric treatement for being potentially harmful to herself or others.
5150.
Do you get to put that on your resume once you get through it?
And I must admit that it's a bit like a game for all of us who don't know the woman. We all like to pretend that if you gave us $50 million we'd know exactly what to do and how to act.
My ex-Brittany Spears went through the same thing a few years ago and it seems that she's sort of straightened it out.
Here's hoping that Amanda does the same.
I know that Matt is secretly wishing her well.
Are you watching that unfold?
Bynes was a real star on television. Our kids all watched her show back then...Matt quickly switching the channel because some doof would make fun of him for watching a girl on television.
"Matt loves Amanda," I would taunt.
"I WASN'T WATCHING IT!!!"
Yet for all intents and purposes she was a star. She went into movies...
...and then something slipped.
She crashed her car, lost her license, got the DWI, then the possession charge. She appeared in court as a lunatic. She threw a bong out a window in NYC, she threatened to start her dog on fire.
Her parents reached out.
Other stars made fun of her.
Other stars tried to talk to her.
And the papers ate it up. TMZ setting up residence wherever she moved.
And finally...the dreaded 5150 call went out.
The star was sent to psychiatric treatement for being potentially harmful to herself or others.
5150.
Do you get to put that on your resume once you get through it?
And I must admit that it's a bit like a game for all of us who don't know the woman. We all like to pretend that if you gave us $50 million we'd know exactly what to do and how to act.
My ex-Brittany Spears went through the same thing a few years ago and it seems that she's sort of straightened it out.
Here's hoping that Amanda does the same.
I know that Matt is secretly wishing her well.
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