Leif Garrett knows what Justin Bieber is going through. But the 1970s-era teen idol hopes that Justin ends up avoiding what he went through. The now 51-year-old actor warned Justin in an interview with FoxNews.com when asked if he had any advice:
Do not believe your own publicity. Sussing out who your real friends are is full-time work. Every scum bag, every drug dealer, every chicken hawk wants a piece of you.
When you've got that sort of power at that young age, and everything at your doorstep, you put out that bad boy image. At that age, testosterone, hormones, all of the money, you see what else you can get away with.
He's also doing a lot of charity work.
Garrett found early success as a child star, hitting the big screen at 8 in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, and he had a top-10 single, "I Was Made for Dancin'," in 1979. But substance abuse issues and run-ins with the law eventually started to overshadow his acting career, and he appeared on the fourth season of Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew in 2010. He told Fox that he did "too many" crazy things with his money to speak of as a youngster, though he also gave to charity, he said, like Justin.
Asked if he saw a comparison between his high-profile relationship with Nicollette Sheridan back in the early 1980s to Bieber's much-chronicled, are-they-aren't-they romance with Selena Gomez, Garrett said that he did see parallels.
Fame, money is what tore us apart. Nicolette just started modeling. My career was pretty much there. We would get along great or clear rooms. That's the whole thing with Justin and me. There was no in between...really good or really naughty.
Even though there wasn´t any social media during the 80s and this have really changed, I think it´s really good advice, especially coming from someone who has at one point walked in the same shoes as Justin as knows how it feels. I feel like Justin is going through the exact same things that Leif went through, from the "untrustworthy friends" to the run-ins with the law to the relationship matters and following such good advice will only prove helpful to Justin in the long run.
Justin is going through a tough year so far but I guess that´s part of being an Internationally recognised teenage superstar, I believe it´s a phase and that it´s going to pass, but we all pray and hope that Justin doesn´t end up loosing his career over uneccesarry issues that can be avoided.
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