America’s Got Talent host Nick Cannon is reaching out to troubled starlet Amanda Bynes following her 5150 psychiatric hold. Cannon calls Bynes his “little sister” noting that the former Nickelodeon actress’ hospitalization is “no laughing matter.”
Cannon posted the open letter to Bynes on his website writing, “Lately, I have been hit with an onslaught of questions about someone I consider family, someone I watched grow up, and someone I genuinely feel is one of the most pleasant human beings I have had the pleasure of meeting, Amanda Bynes.”
Continuing he explains that his questions have ranged from “Have you spoken to Amanda" to “Are you working on her rap album,” he writes. “Sometimes I would answer in a playful humorous manner and sometimes I would brush it off as another Pop culture topic that a reporter was trying to retrieve a sound bite for. But after recent events of Amanda being admitted under psychiatric care and reported as 5150, I see this as no laughing matter."
Bynes was placed on psychiatric watch after setting fire to a California driveway. Her 72-hour hold has since been extended to two weeks while doctors further evaluate her.
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