Amanda Bynes‘ fans are pouring out support for the actress after she allegedly flagged down a motorist while naked and called 911, claiming she’d just had a psychotic break. Authorities responded and placed the fallen actress on a psychiatric hold.
Bynes was somewhere in downtown Los Angeles without clothes on early Sunday morning, per TMZ, and she was taken to a police station before being placed on the hold. Bynes was reportedly unharmed.
The news reverberated quickly online, with fans praying and expressing condolences for the former star, who’s seen a large fall from grace as she’s had a string of mental health issues over the years.
Some people pointed out it’s a good sign she asked for help for herself.
One thing’s for sure: A lot of people really love her.
There’s a lot of compassion out there for what she’s going through.
Everyone’s pretty sad because she was one of those really special talents that just kind of faded away.
She was incredibly funny as well.
Bynes’ troubles have been fairly well documented over the years. She quit acting in 2010 after a string of successful movies and TV shows. She wrote at the time that “Being an actress isn’t as fun as it may seem. If I don’t love something anymore, I stop doing it. I don’t love acting anymore, so I’ve stopped doing it. I know 24 is a young age to retire, but you heard it here first,” per Page Six.
She told Paper Magazine that she saw herself in the movie Easy A and decided it was time for a change.
“I literally couldn’t stand my appearance in Easy A, and I didn’t like my performance. I was absolutely convinced I needed to stop acting after seeing it. I was high on marijuana when I saw that, but for some reason, it really started to affect me. I don’t know if it was a drug-induced psychosis or what, but it affected my brain in a different way than it affects other people. It absolutely changed my perception of things.”
Things didn’t get much better from there. She was arrested for a DUI in 2012 and convicted of reckless driving in 2014. She was also charged with two hit-and-runs around the same time. She got another DUI in 2014 and was placed on a psychiatric hold later that year.
She eventually revealed she was diagnosed with bipolar and manic depressive disorder. She was placed in a conservatorship, but it was terminated last year. A psychiatric hold can last up to 72 hours but can be extended if necessary. We’ll keep you posted on this one as it unfolds.