Amanda Bynes isn’t ready for a big candid interview after her nine-year guardianship was officially ended.
The former child star, now 35, has been approached by several major networks and personalities, including CBS’s Gail King and YouTuber Logan Paul, about the sit-down, but she’s not ready to answer questions, according to a TMZ report on Wednesday.
Bynes’ lawyer David A. Esquibias told the publication that despite the flood of offers, especially in the last five days, she is not ready to talk and wants to lay low for a while.
In addition to King and Paul, newspapers such as the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and the Wall Street Journal, as well as Elle and Vanity Fair magazines, approached in hopes of getting an interview.
Amanda Bynes (seen in an Instagram post on March 9) isn’t ready for a big candid interview after her nine-year custodial stint was officially ended, according to TMZ on Wednesday.
The site also reports that “every entertainment and morning show”, including the big Australian news program The Project, was asked to meet in person on camera.
It doesn’t stop there, as her lawyer also says that several production companies have contacted her team offering reality shows and documentaries.
However, the lawyer argues that Bynes is not yet ready to expose herself in the media in this way, but does not exclude them in the future.
Expand: The former child star, now 35, has been approached by several major networks and personalities, including CBS’s Gayle King (pictured), about a sit-down but is not ready to answer questions.
Interesting: Controversial YouTuber Logan Paul is also said to have been interested in the interview.
The Amanda Show: It doesn’t end there, as her lawyer also says that several production companies have contacted her team offering reality shows and documentaries. Bynes is seen in September 2009.
Bynes originally came under the law after a public meltdown in 2013 and had previously been diagnosed with both bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
However, Judge Roger L. Lund announced on Tuesday that guardianship is no longer required. He said: “She did everything the court asked for over a long period of time.”
After the hearing, the actress posted a caption about the decision on her Instagram with a caption that read “I am a bird that can now fly!”
Free: Bynes, pictured here on March 13, is now officially released from custody following a court hearing on Tuesday.
Celebration: The actress said, “Now I can fly” after court hearing on Tuesday.
She later told E! News: “Words can’t even describe how I feel. Great news.’
Bynes’ attorney, David A. Esquibias, said in a statement to TMZ, “Amanda appreciates the love and support of her fans during this time. She thanks her family for never giving up. Now that the guardianship is over, she is looking forward to getting her bachelor’s degree and living her life.”
The ruling means Bynes, who was once worth $3 million, can now make her own personal and financial decisions.
The official decision was made at a court hearing at the Ventura County Government Center’s Hall of Justice in Ventura, California.
Decision: Amanda Bynes’ lawyer David Esquibias leaves court after Tuesday’s custody hearing.
Support: The group of people gathered outside the courtroom for the hearing included Bynes’ All This co-star Christy Knowings, 42, and Leon Frierson, 35.
Freedom: Knowings and Frierson joined Bynes fans to celebrate the end of the guardianship in Ventura County court on Tuesday.
Dedicated: A fan was spotted outside the courthouse holding a sign in support of the actress
There were no other details, but the decision was already explained in the preliminary ruling, which was issued on Monday.
“The applicant has provided the facts that guardianship is no longer required. The Declaration of Capacity, filed on Feb. 22, 2022, concludes that a guardian has the right to give informed consent to any form of medical treatment,” said Judge Roger L. Lund in an interim ruling on Monday, according to the Los Angeles Times.
“The Court determines that guardianship is no longer required and that the grounds for establishing guardianship of a person no longer exist.”
Bynes, who has long suffered from various mental health issues, last month formally requested the end of the guardianship by filing papers in Ventura County Superior Court.
Her attorney, David A. Esquibias, recently told TMZ that her parents agree with her that she is making “significant progress” in treating her bipolar disorder.
When the arrangement first began in 2013 after her breakup with Amanda, it was her mother, Lynn, who was appointed as her guardian.
Guardianship was introduced amid mental health concerns. She is pictured here in 2013 walking out of court after being arrested for throwing a bong out of her window.
At the time, Bynes’ parents expressed concern that the actress might be a danger to herself or others, and that they needed to keep an eye on her medical and financial affairs, AP reported.
Her parents noted at the time that Bynes believed she was being followed by smoke detection devices or the dashboard in her car, and that the actress planned to have cosmetic surgery that was unnecessary and posed a potential health hazard.
Since then, Amanda has remained on good terms with her parents, which her lawyer pointed out is in stark contrast to Britney Spears’ relationship with her own father and former conservative Jamie Spears, as well as the rest of her family.
“Bines also filed a declaration of capacity on Tuesday as California requires all custody cases to have updated records of the guardian’s mental health from their doctor, psychologist, or religious healer practitioner,” Page Six reported last month.
Esquibias told People magazine, “Amanda wants to give up custody. She believes that her condition has improved and the protection of the court is no longer needed.”
Tamar Arminak, an attorney for Bynes’ mother Lynn, told E! News on Tuesday that Lynn was “very happy and proud of Amanda for all she’s done and been through and for getting stronger and better on the other side of this custodial.”
“Lynn is looking forward to Amanda’s engagement and everything that follows, and the mother-daughter relationship, not the guardian-guardian relationship.”
The group of people gathered outside the courtroom for the hearing included Bynes’ All This co-star Leon Frierson, 35, and Christy Knowings, 42.
Frierson and Knowings, who worked with Bynes on the series from 1997 to 2000, released a joint statement on Instagram ahead of Bynes’ court ruling Tuesday.
It read: “My job is to show others the way I would like them to be shown to me, so I’m honored to present the cast in support of Amanda!”
An insider told E! News that Bynes is renting a new home with her fiancé Paul Michael and is considering starting her own perfume brand.
The creation of the fragrance will be “the first project she dives into on her own now that she’s free of custody,” a source told the publication.
The What a Girl Wants star has dealt with serious mental health issues in recent years and has previously been diagnosed with both bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
In 2012, Bynes was arrested in Los Angeles for drunk driving, and the following year she was arrested again and charged with reckless endangerment, tampering with evidence, and illegal marijuana possession.
A year after her custody began – with her parents taking control of her affairs – Amanda expressed concern when she tweeted that her father “verbally and physically” abused her during her childhood years.
She also accused him of being “incestuous” towards her.
Her parents denied the accusations, and Amanda quickly changed her tone, posting an equally disturbing tweet.
“My father never did anything like this,” she tweeted. “The microchip in my brain made me say these things, but he ordered them to chip me.”
In 2019, Bynes ended up in a psychiatric hospital after a relapse.
The former child star planned to return to Hollywood in 2018, a decision that contributed to her relapse, as reported at the time.
During an interview with Paper Magazine, the actress admitted that she became depressed after filming She’s the Man.
Movie star: The former young IT girl hasn’t appeared in anything since starring opposite Emma Stone in the 2010 film Easy Way A; pictured in 2009
“I went into a deep depression for 4-6 months because I didn’t like the way I looked when I was a boy,” she admitted, adding, “I never said anything like that.”
Amanda’s character in the teen romantic comedy saw her play a teenage girl dressed up as her brother to allow her to join the college football team.
She followed up with what was her first major interview since her 2014 relapse by detailing her drug use.
“I definitely abused Adderall,” she said, recalling reading a magazine article titled “The New Weight Loss Pill” while filming Hairspray in 2007. thus became taller.
“I don’t know if it was a drug psychosis or something like that, but it affected my brain differently than other people. It completely changed my perception of things.”
The former young IT girl hasn’t appeared in anything since starring opposite Emma Stone in 2010’s Easy.
The Nickelodeon star’s new bid for freedom comes after Britney Spears fought to end her 13-year guardianship, which ended in November.