I’ve been in and around show biz for over 30 years. While I’ve been up close and worked with major stars and executives, I can’t truthfully say that many were “friends.”

For many of the ones I coached or consulted with, I saw the same vulnerabilities that lie within us all.

As for your questions about those “friends” who commented after her death and what had they done to help her; as you know, celebrities can block themselves from reality.

They can seal themselves off from the well meaning who would otherwise offer tough love or intervention, hiring paid sycophants who become their new “friends,” and make them all but untouchable.

The personal responsibility the lies within each of us is no different from those in the spotlight. It’s just that the light shines so brightly on them.

Tom Justin