Todd Bridges Reveals Hollywood Demons

0:00Todd Bridges dropped some heavy revelations on the new season of Hollywood demons airing on investigation discovery. The 60-year-old different stroke star says that just 12 years old on set, Dana Plato unzipped his pants and gave him a blowjob while he slept. He also claims she introduced him to his first three sums, four sums, and even five sums back then. Different strokes ran from 1978 to 1986, turning Bridges, Gary Coleman, and Plato into instant child stars as Harlem. He's adopted into a rich park avenue family, but fame hit hard. Bridges battled drugs and legal issues before getting sober in 1993. Coleman fought kidney disease his whole life, fell downstairs in Utah in 2010, and died at 42 from a brain bleed. Plato struggled with addiction too, and overdosed at 34 in 1999. Dr. Drew Pinsky weighs in on the show, calling Plato's actions classic signs of sex addiction, hinting at possible earlier abuse in her life that, fueled those young encounters.

1:02This second season dives into child stars crushed by fame's pressures, some even switching to adult films. Former kid actors like Dan Benson, Madeleine Ward, and Scott Schwartz share their stories. Catch him Monday, April 27th, at 9 p.m. Eastern on investigation discovery, then on HBO Max fame's Dark Side, Laid Bear. That's your Durham News Today update, AI powered and always on.