…But sadly not for long. Amanda Bynes, everyone’s favourite unhinged child star was arrested and sent for psychiatric evaluation last night for smoking a big ol’ joint and throwing a bong out of a window.
Amanda was reportedly sat in the lobby of her Manhattan apartment building, smoking a blunt and talking to herself – a standard Thursday night for her, then – when the building official called the police. I don’t know about you, but if I received a call telling me that someone from a 90’s Nickelodeon show was sat in the lobby wearing a platinum blonde wig and blazing it up, I’d probably assume they were the ones that were high.
When police knocked on her apartment door, Amanda reportedly let them in without a fight – by this point we can only assume she hoped they were delivering pizza – and they were met with a ‘heavy smell of marijuana and smoke’. Seeing as that’s usually a very good indication that someone’s in possession of pot, you’d think Amanda would at least have the common sense to give up the game and just accept her fate.
But that would make for a boring arrest, so just for good measure, she decided to throw her bong out of her 36th floor window in full view of the police.?Luckily no one was hit by the free-falling pipe – what an InTouch cover story that would make – but it still earned Amanda a charge of reckless endangerment, as well as tampering with evidence and marijuana possession. Of course she used the classic phrase ‘Don’t you know who I am’? when being arrested.
She was then taken to Roosevelt Hospital for psychiatric evaluation, which must have taken all of ten seconds, and transferred back to a holding cell in Midtown to await a court appearance. Hopefully her judge will have a sense of humour and end the proceedings by saying: “Case closed, bring in the dancing lobsters.”
Maybe all of this is what happens when you send Lindsay to rehab? Some other former-child star will take her place – when Amanda eventually gets committed, my money is on Kenan and Kel releasing a sex tape.