With online, TV and print reporters in full pursuit of details surrounding Demi Lovato's breakdown and trip to rehab, former teen star Patty Duke would like to urge restraint: "Be quiet and let the girl figure it out. These are people, these young girls," she tells PopEater. "Some of them can build a shield against the negative media, but most of them can't -- and it hurts."
As for what Lovato and other troubled young personalities, including Lindsay Lohan, are going through now, "I relate to it completely. What I don't relate to is when help is offered and they don't take it. That's what makes me crazy," says Duke. "The part of me that understands psychology and psychiatry tells me, 'No, they're not at their bottom yet.' It may be my bottom, but not theirs."
Duke knows of what she speaks, of course. Back in the '60s, it was she who was America's Sweetheart, the beloved, Oscar-winning child actress (for 'The Miracle Worker') who became the jaunty teen star of her own hugely popular TV show -- who then grew up and melted down before the public's eyes.
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