This must be the week for heartfelt letters. Amanda Bynes had been on a downward spiral for months, but she’s now been placed on a 5150 psychiatric hold, which has turned into a additional 2-week stay for the teen star. Many negativity has come her way – until now. Nick Cannon, reaches out to Bynes, via an open letter where he calls her his “sister,” and lets her know to call him. Sometimes all people want is an extended hand. Hit the jump and check out the words of encouragment.
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“I am always the first to say that fame and entertainment [are] one of the best and easiest occupations to ever have, but one must know how to navigate through the matrix or you may find yourself in a very dark hole,” he warns. When a person is told all of their life that they are awesome, the best, the greatest and they are catered to every moment of the day. Imagine being the breadwinner in your household before you can even drive. Imagine [your] parents, teachers, and employers NEVER telling you NO. Anything you ask for or want, the world gives you, at some point you are bound to self-destruct. I call this ‘access to excess.’
What do you do when you have no solid support system? When you feel like your friends are talking behind your back. When you feel like your co-workers are jealous and out to competitively sabotage you. When you feel your family has turned [their] back on you. When you feel like you parents have a conditional appreciation for you and only really love your money.
You become paranoid, frantic, manic, irrational, because you [can’t] bounce your thoughts or ideas off of anyone anymore. Your reality no longer allows you to reason with the world, so you try to break through to get back to what you think is common ground. You are either trying to get back ‘hot’ again or just searching for that adulation that you once received daily from the masses.
No one on this planet needs to be judged or even has the right to judge. We are all equal and we all have our downfalls, fame or no fame. Money or no money. Life is hard for everyone in some [sense]. And we need each other [too] in times of despair. So I say to my sister Amanda Bynes, you’re not alone. I’m here for you. I understand. I care and I appreciate you, because that’s what family does and that’s what family is for.
WOW!
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