Todd Bridges on Dana Plato's Last Interview

0:00It's April 24th. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News today, AI-powered stories from the spotlight. Todd Bridges from Different Shrokes just opened up about warning his co-star, Dana Plato, not to do that. Howard Stern interview on May 7th, 19. 99. It turned out to be her last media spot, and she passed away the very next day from a drug overdose ruled a suicide at age 34. Bridges said he called her straight up, telling her to skip it, but she went ahead anyway. After leaving the show in 1984 when she got pregnant, Plato's life took a tough turn. She went from kid star playing Kimberly Drummond to battling addiction and career lows, including posing for Playboy in 1989, which didn't give her the boost she hoped for. Fans and callers on Stern's show weren't kind that day. Plato insisted she had been sober for over a decade, but the backlash hit hard with people ripping into her past struggles right on air. Bridges later shared that was his final talk with her, feeling like he saw trouble coming,

1:03but couldn't stop it. Her arrests in the 90s for robbery and forging prescriptions painted a picture of ongoing battles. Plato's story hits home for so many facing addiction, reach out to the SAMHSA helpline at 1-80-662-HELP if you need it. Bridges' words remind us how friends try to protect each other till the end.