He didnt want an autograph from Gary Coleman . She was antagonizing him and calling a failed child star . The autograph was an act of mockery . Gary gets a bad rap . Gary worked hard as a security guard and would make lighthearted humor of his situation . Gary didnt deserve the ridicule he often got. This needs to be said !
I didn't know about that part of the story. It's terrible the kind of ridicule he suffered. To me his is one very tragic story of children in Hollywood.
I don't know aboit that. Some of these celebrities were broke when they got into trouble. I think a lot of it had to do with getting in troubl in California; we don't keep anyone in prison.
Scott Baoi getting off for beingApeed because he wasnt caught a couple of years earlier while bill cosby gets prison time for sexually assaulting grown women 30+ 40+ earlier 😩 white people cant get any kind of justice
@@James-mw7zv He convinced her that it was normal, and he was her dealer so nothing was mentioned at the time. I thought I had it bad. My dad told bad dad jokes.
My wife and I met / ran across Gary Coleman at a motorcyce shop in Marietta, Ga. He had another fellow with him and was as nice as he could be. Sad ending imo.
I don't know if I'd blame McKenzie Phillips' heroin addiction on her TV career.....I would think her sexual relationship with her father might've just had a little something to with it! 🙄
@Jools 4Liberty is she proud that she slept with her father? I don't believe anything she says. Her former stepmother, Michelle Phillips says she's a big liar.
I've always said and I wish people would realize what a piece of s*** Howard Stern is his entire career is just being a dirtbag but I know of the most people who listen to him are pretty much dirt bags themself
Not everyone with horrible backgrounds grow up to be drug addicts. As a celebrity, she had the means possible for therapy and treatment. I’m glad she’s finally doing well.
It's true, John Philips, her father, was a terrible person who was on drugs all his life. He got her on drugs and was just an all round disaster for everyone around him. A talented man but a dreadful man.
Yes totally agree!!! Murder, incest, rape should be able to be charged at anytime. Also double jeopardy-I think if you are not found guilty and years later evidence is found that you are, you should be arrested again!!
@@ms.krueger2660 Double jeopardy is there to ensure prosecutors won't maliciously pursue a suspect based on superficial evidence. It's the State's burden to build a credible case before prosecuting it. Otherwise you have the situation of some prosecutor wielding the power to harass someone they have a personal vendetta against in perpetuity.
06:00 Gary Coleman... The reason he was working as a security guard was his parents squandered all the money he made acting... They basically spent everything leaving him penniless...
Their needs to be a law requiring all underage actors be appointed an indepentant, impartial fiduciary to monitor and audit the parents/guardians’ use/saving of the child’s wages.
@@fatdad64able , Don't forget Gary was suffering from serious health problems. He also had his money stolen by his family. He was justifiably ANGRY all the time. That doesn't make punching the fan right, but you can at least understand the situation and empathize with him.
@@fatdad64able True. And he also doesn't owe the fan an autograph. But I agree with you because if I don't, you might put that air thing against my head and kill me.
@@photonboy999 This is a case where the punishment fit not only the crime itself but the circumstances. He was right to be angry, but not right to display the anger the way he did so a relatively small fine, probation, and anger management classes was appropriate.
Dana worked at an Al Phillips dry cleaner's in Vegas('87ish). It had drive up service and large plate glass windows. My friends and I would stop sometimes and watch her from the curb of flamingo rd on our way home from school. One day she caught us gawking at her and waved at us smiling! We all jumped up and down screaming, waving back enthusiastically. It crushed me when and how she died. 💔
I really feel sorry for Gary Coleman of Different Strokes . Like one person said ,his manager is rich ,Gary's parents are rich their lawyer is rich meanwhile Gary is working for minimum wage as a security guard and he was not rich . That was so unfair to Gary .
He should have been very rich with a lot of his money invested. He would have been set to relax and do what he wanted, then getting a crappy job. Who would even be scared of him as a security guard? All kids need to be protected by everyone, that includes their parents. Even adults can get screwed out of their money from their money managers, etc. The only person you can really trust with your money is YOU. You should always be keeping track of where your money is going, rich or poor.If you’re poor, seeing where what little money you have is going and cutting out crap you really don’t NEED, can save money for things your really need to survive.
If I recall correctly, Gary was estranged from his parents because they stole his money when they were his managers. I don’t think his financial misfortunes were all his fault.
Gary Coleman is the reason that child star's money has strict rules about how it can be handled. His parents blew everything he made and left him penniless. They should have been prosecuted fraud and put in jail for what they did to him.
I agree! Not only that… that woman is the store was being aggressive towards him and it was unprovoked. He was a very small sickly man because of a birth defect. The charges should have been thrown out.
The mall was using him,for his celebrity,not his strength.They knew he would be harassed,at times,by the idiot fan,who doesn’t care about how they behave.He was still recognised,as a celebrity,and the mall should have looked after him.
In 1978 Different Strokes debuted on NBC. By the 79/80 season every new Fall show on NBC had been cancelled by January so the networks success was depending almost entirely on Different Strokes plus a few other shows to carry it while new shows such as Hill Street Blues and Cheers were being developed. Gary Coleman was extremely instrumental in saving the network at that time. This is an amazing story and it's too bad Coleman didn't get a chance to write a book about it.
It also protects you, People believe their own lies thru the decades, You see what happened to Johnny Depp, What if that woman waited 20 years instead.
In regards to the Scott Baio situation, Eggert made an appearance with him on an MTV reality show I believe years later in which they were 'shooting the breeze' in a friendly manner in the sunshine, this was filmed years before her accusations against her co-star and I thought to myself _"What gives?"_
Gary Dourdan wasn't known for being on Different World, he was known for portraying Warrick Brown on the television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
@@jamesblanton9364 oh my goodness. It was just the way it was worded in the original comment. They said there's no excuse "in this day and age"... Fact is there's still booze and vehicles in "this day and age." And I understand we have much more knowledge. I suppose we still have people that don't take it as serious as they should. Liquid courage.
Of the three Different Strokes kids Todd Bridges has had the best outcome. Glad to know he’s turned his life around and hope he continues to have a happy,healthy life.
Agree. That's terrible what happened to Plato and Coleman. I'm not convinced that Coleman's was an 'accident'. His wife abused him. Also, I'm not buying that Plato killed herself. She was a caring mom, and I believe her od was accidental.
he seems like a good person to me...we've all been thru $hitty phases in life that take over our minds where we have to dig ourselves out of our own hell we created
Not just the entertainment industry, but sometimes the child actor’s own parent(s)/guardian use them, emotionally abuse them, and spit them out. The number of underage performers who are psychologically and sexually assaulted on sets, where the hell is their supposed guardian???
@@lavanderwilliams794 Right! He worked his entire childhood only to discover he was broke at 18! He was often made to work while sick. Behind the scenes things weren’t sunshine and roses for him. If I remember correctly even Todd Bridges has spoke out about the mistreatment. You begin to add all up he had every reason to be an angry adult.
@@randeehughes6143 His biggest problem was having people walk up to him, patting his head like a little kid, and bugging him to do that Willis line. And get mad at him because he got irritated. That kind of treatment would make anyone snap out.
Much like every other group of people, there are some good, some bad, some wonderful and some rotten. Denzel/Reeves/Jackman/Hanks.. plenty of good with the bad
Situations like these have made me concerned for child actors ever since. I hope, for example, that the child actors from Modern Family and The Middle are doing okay. From what I understand, having all that attention for years and years and then suddenly not having it anymore can be a serious psychological shock.
I have always had alot of respect for Gary Coleman. He made enough money from his commercials, movies, and Different strokes. He should have lived a comfortable life if his parents had properly managed his money instead of ripping him off. Instead of whining about his plight he took a common job to pay his bills all the while dealing with many health issues.
💯💯 I believe he was already frustrated with having to work a regular job... Being harassed by a fan while trying to get a uniform for it, had to be hell. Smh rip
In one news show about child actors a man said Gary's parents are rich ,their lawyer is rich but Gary is working as a security guard for minimum wage , is that justice ? No .
It is sad that many child actors end up trying to recapture the fame and attention that they once had. There should be more support for child actors so that they can adapt to a more normal life once they are no longer required by Hollywood etc.
I've always wondered why former stand up comedian and talk show host Jenny Jones, never came forward as a victim during the whole Bill Cosby allegation period and trial. She herself said she was a victim of his predatory ways before the story broke nationwide.
All three kids from "Diff'rent Strokes" were accused of crimes. What was going on the set of that show? What were the adults on set and behind the scenes doing, not keeping an eye on these kids?
I used to have a crush on him, when I saw him on Silver Spoons as a kid, & he looks terrible! I’m shocked that he’s charged for assaulting his girlfriend!
I was personal security for Soleil Moon Frye who played Punky Brewster when she made a film in Louisiana over 20 years ago and she was horrible. I almost quit security work because of her.
I remember that movie. Part of it was filmed at my high school in Shreveport, LA. St. Tammany’s Miracle I believe. I remember seeing part of it being filmed during summer band practice.
Obviously, Tracey Gold learned NOTHING from the drunk driving episode of Growing Pains. That episode should have taught many the dangers of drunk driving. Matthew Perry didn't learn anything either.
Drunk driving laws are actually enforced now. There was a time when cops would give you a break. If they hadn't, I could probably have been arrested for it a dozen times. I wound up with one DUI and quit drinking shortly thereafter. Best decision I ever made.
Drunk driving is a reckless selfish stupid act. And I am being polite. I had an Aunt that had just beat breast cancer and was struck and killed by a drunk driver in a grocery store parking lot. The driver was doing 60 through the parking lot.
Unfortunately, Shirley Temple had to fight off preditors, even as a child. She said that she was regularly groped, terrorized, and threatened by Hollywood executives.
A lot of the issues for child entertainers occur after fame ends. Many can't adjust to a return to normal life as an adult. Others keep trying to be taken seriously as adult actors but find it impossible to breakthrough their former cutesy stereotype. The one's you mentioned continued to be famous and work in entertainment even in adulthood. Fame is an emotional drug so its understandable that once lost, many former child entertainers turn to drugs and alcohol to maintain that high.
I think you missed the point. Ron Howard was an actor of the 70’s, Shirley Temple was an actress of the 30’s and Billy Mummy was an actor of the 60’s. These are all actors of the 80’s in sitcoms. The author could have done the same for actors on any decade.
Some people don’t see the obvious. They are children who is working often forcefully because of high rewards often collected by their guardians. Anyone fails to see it as a very unhealthy environment for kids, just don’t see anything. I’m talking to you multimood. Oh, your name explains many things about you.
I can't believe you didn't have a word to say about Kelsey Grammer. Sometimes he appeared on the set of 'Cheers' wearing an ankle monitor for drink and drugs; he was also a Humbert Humbert.
The saddest for me were Gary Coleman and Dana Plato, especially Dana because I only recently found out that her son also committed suicide. I have no doubt that what happens to the children in that industry is because of the kinds of abuse they suffer.
Oddly enough, in the early days of TV child actors often did better after the shows were over, because of people like Jackie Coogan(the original Uncle Fester), who ran advocacy groups to prevent child labor exploitation.
I saw her give a pretty lengthy interview about the behind the scenes problems on the show (the Suzanne Somers contract mess), and she came across as a thoughtful, genuine person.
@@willowbrooks he was suffering from lung cancer and days before he died, I saw the interview where he and Mario Lopez were chatting like any old friends, and he seemed hopeful and determined to fight the cancer and get better, unfortunately it seems that it metasized too fast and damaged his body
I see you did some research on Joyce DeWitt but not on Suzanne sommers. Because if you did you would find that miss sommers had spent a night at Hillcrest Juvinile hall in Belmont California, San Mateo county in the 70s. Counselors that would remember her Tory, sunshine, Miss cokas and Mr. Gonzalez. Stuart Forrest was running hillcrest at the time.
Anyone else seeing Bill Cosby’s hand going a little to low on that woman standing next to him in the black dress? Or was it just an innocent “old man” move?
Awwww, now I wonder if he scripted HIS OWN ROLE AS AN OB/GYN. How interesting well did Dr Huxtable get to choose what kind of doctor he would play on the show.
His freedom didn’t last long because, shortly after he was arrested there was a ton of law suits and other hearings followed that was supposed to get him locked up.
Tracey Gold should have known better than to have driven under the influence, especially considering that her character’s boyfriend Sandy (Matthew Perry) died after doing just that in an episode of Growing Pains.
Everyone knows better than to drink and drive. It’s a stupid law. We are asking people that are impaired to make a conscience decision while inebriated. Raise your hands if you believe drunk driving is ok. Now raise your hands if you’ve done it.
I can't speak for anyone else but I too am a victim of sexual abuse. And it's still is just as embarrassing now than it was when it happened. I have to tell myself all the time that it wasn't my fault, that evil people do exist. All I can do now is be strong and when I see this happening now to do something about it. What has helped me is deep meditation, and the desire to better myself everyday. And you can believe that Karma has her little was of getting even. Now what I do believe what happens to these kids making this money and fame is there parents use their kids income up and not doing what's best for these kids. Once kids are grown they don't have a penny saved for any kind of future. I would never take from my kids, I don't care how much money they earn. The only thing that I would do is setup something for there future and college. Then again, there's alot of evil people in the world, and it's not your enemies. It's family who feels that they are entitled to there children's earned money.
That chick from Full House and her husband played the legal system like a fiddle! It was worse than a bad joke, as it was criminal on a whole new level! They should both be in a state facility serving a 15 -20 for the true criminals they are! I'm sure some will say well Felicity Hoffman did the same thing. Not to that magnitude and she admitted what she did was wrong and she didn't drag her case out or try to plea down. She went and did her time like a CHAMPION !
Low income parents face serious jail time for using false addresses to get their kids into better, safer K-12 schools, but these jerks got little time. And $500,000 to get your kid into USC? How about your kid going to a school they got into without cheating and you donating $500,000 to scholarships for low income kids who deserve their spots through hard work and talent?
I have always thought the Dana Plato armed robbery pretty interesting. Police investigator to Store clerk "can you give us a description of the robber, height, weight, clothing and general appearance?" Store clerk to police investigator " yes, it was Dana Plato!"
I always liked Todd Bridges. I am glad that he straightened out. A lot of those actors and actresses in those days were mind controlled. MOULTRIE mind control started in Hollywood. So over this.
Wow. The mind control bit is quite an off topic stretch that does little to connect the dots enough to make any sense of your 5 sentence ramble. Off your meds perhaps?
I know a famous child actor, her show was mentioned here, and she always stayed down to Earth. Her mother made sure her life stayed the same. No working during the summer. She went to the same summer camp every year as she did before she started acting. It worked wonders.
Goes to show that you should never put anyone too high up on a pedastal...they are human and will possibly let ya down...actors are just people with with problems like anybody else
Some however if you ever had worked in the industry, you would know the long (12 hour average daily), physical demands on the body can contribute to drug and alcohol abuse. In addition, being wellloved and then finding yourself on unemployment after your show is cancelled can also contribute.
@@IMeMineWho Granted, I have never worked in the industry, but spent 24 years in the US Army Infantry, and a 12 hour day deployed is a short one. 16 hours was the norm, 7 days a week, for often 15 months at a time (like I did in Iraq in 2003-2004. And any stress that being unemployed is nothing compared to getting shot at daily. And yet, there was no drug abuse and drinking was not abused. We were in a muslim country so alcohol was hard enough to come by as it was.
I'm still puzzled why somebody would need help to get admitted to USC ? Isn't it a football school ? Stanford or Berkeley I could see but how deficient was that girl ?
Friends with one.. decades after he was..also look at the late great Tony Dow. A sweet guy who I was lucky enough to have met. Not all actors get in trouble with the law.
well this goes to show you anyone and anything can be put on U-Tube. this is a waste of space and time. nothing major here at all people just a waste of time and some more trash talking. DUI give me a break !
I was a young teenager when I first saw Joyce DeWitt, loved her, she is the reason I prefer women with her body style, dark hair, VERY, VERY SEXY!!!!!!
I remember Dawn Wells issues, and she did the sitcom reunion movies for Gilligan's Island one in 81 and did the Gilligan's Planet cartoon as Mary Ann, and guest star on ALF and Growing Pains. Dana Plato's life after Different Strokes is a case reminder of how Hollywood used the actors and actresses up especially children when they can't find other work. Dawn Wells, Erin Moran, Dan Plato and others become flat broke and do not earn any or much money off of reruns and all that. I think after what happened to Dana? Things began to change to give support, but it did not helped in Erin's case as she became homeless.
That's BS. They've had laws in place for child actors for over fifty years. They've had residuals on reruns since 1952. Hollywood isn't to blame for everyone who acts troubles. Different Strokes was in from 78 to 86. How many checks did you want her to receive?
Some of these crimes I would not classify as "serious." Paying 500K to get your kid into the University of Spoiled Children or an over .08 DWI for instance is not in the same category as rape or armed robbery.
@@lunicola Wasn't asking for moral support here. Can't a person be simply a nobody (if they choose) without someone else's fumbling psychological outlook. BTW, for a (nobody) I've done quite well with my limitations, better than many with far many more advantages. It's all in the challenge.
Funny how so many celebrities don’t get into rehab until they get arrested. I suspect if they hadn’t been caught, the would never have gone into rehab. They don’t regret using drugs, they regret getting caught, and are trying to mitigate damages when it comes to sentencing.
They have people telling them how wonderful they are all the time and nobody says no to them. Child actors bring in more money, many times, then their parents, so are they going to say no to the kid? I don't think so.
@@odogggg2010 rode the short bus did ya? Well let me help you out...it’s not bs Cosby admitted to drugging women to relax them. ADMIT means he said yes I did it. He even joked about it. Men like you are what’s wrong in the world
@@drondello1 No, just the opposite!! They deserve the same punishment anyone else would get in whatever the situation is. They are no better!! I see my mistake in comment..Oops
