Amanda Bynes: Who Are Her Biggest Defenders?
Amanda Bynes is having another bad week. What started with her rejection from a private jet (no ID) has ended with her arrest for allegedly acting reckless and tossing a bong out of her New York City apartment window, and making a disturbed-looking appearance in court Friday. What happened in between—having pics of her messy pad appear in In Touch Weekly, which she has threatened to sue over the “fake photos”—hasn’t helped matters.
But there’s one thing that might help, if just a little: her adoring Twitter fan base, which refers to Bynes as “Queen,” enjoys Photoshopping her image into wacky collages, and has been busy defending the troubled actor like mad. Check it out:
Don't care what anyone says I'm #teamamanda @amandabynes keep the selfies coming.
— Ashlee Feldman (@AshleeFeldman) May 23, 2013
@amandabynes you should like rule the world it would be so much better if you did
— 4/20 blaze it (@teenpopidol) May 23, 2013
@amandabynes Amanda I can't believe what those idiots at InTouch did to u. Ur so beautiful and don't deserve to be treated this way xoxo.
— Lois Lane (@chaperaroxxx) May 23, 2013
it baffles me when @amandabynes is made out to be some crazy kook when in reality she keeps to herself and bothers no one! #teambynes
— Amin Roozitalab (@AminRoozitalab) May 23, 2013
Free Amanda! #teamBynes
— cynthia whitworth (@cynwhitworth) May 24, 2013
@amandabynes Amanda I can't believe what those idiots at InTouch did to u. Ur so beautiful and don't deserve to be treated this way xoxo.
— Lois Lane (@chaperaroxxx) May 23, 2013
One particularly zealous fan, @amandafordays, may have only a single follower (and it's not Bynes), but spends time defending the actor's honor, and even claims to have gotten death threats over it.
@haleyy121 Amanda doesn't and never will do drugs ! Don't believe the rumors. Keep the death threats to yourself.
— TEAM BYNES (@AmandaForDays) April 18, 2013
@haleyy121 STOP sending Amanda and I death threats. Im going to contact the police if you don't stop.
— TEAM BYNES (@AmandaForDays) April 18, 2013
Other online Amanda fan spaces include a few barely followed Facebook pages—Amanda Bynes Italian Fans (576 likes), Amanda Bynes Fans (22 likes), and the Amanda Bynes Fan Club (19 likes)—and some sparsely supported websites, including Just Amanda Bynes, which posts all news about the overexposed 28-year-old.
Twitter, though, is where Amanda worship is really at, with fans declaring their love and support for her by using hashtags including #teamamanda and #teambynes, and by calling her their "Queen." Creating oddly constructed photos of Bynes, which she quickly retweets, is a particularly favorite pastime.
One can only hope that it will all keep her spirits up, and her mind in check.
