Todd bridges where is he now

The Little Bridge Productions founder seemed to have a close connection with his charming cat. Mojo also served as Todd's alarm clock. When he woke up one morning, the year-old actor and self-confessed animal lover found his cute cat sitting on top of his blanket. For Todd, spending time with friends, family, and their pets has been a very important part of his life. He wants to experience life to the fullest extent possible. The former child actor's desire to live in the moment has something to do with the fact that he is the only actor still alive among the stars of "Diff'rent Strokes.

He paid sweet tributes for his late co-stars Dana Plato and Gary Coleman. Plato passed away due to a drug overdose in at 34, while Coleman, who was 42, died after suffering an epidural hematoma. Before their deaths, they had their fair share of struggles growing up as child stars. Plato had issues with substance abuse and alcohol; Coleman dealt with personal and financial woes.

Like his late co-stars, Todd is no stranger to problems. He revealed he experienced racism at a young age, saying that it was the most difficult part of growing up. Besides racism, he also faced sexual abuse and became a troubled actor. In his 20s, he struggled with drug addiction and got jailed in for his murder attempt on a Los Angeles drug dealer.

After his release in , Todd became a drug dealer himself for six years, causing him to go back to prison. Garrett got a new job as a housemother at Eastland School for Girls, the boarding school attended by Kimberly Drummond Dana Plato and her character was spun off into "The Facts of Life.

Talk about it over here. Though all three of the child actors from "Diff'rent Strokes" had problems after the show ended in , Bridges' appeared to be the most serious at the time. Within three years, he was using and selling crack cocaine and methamphetamine, partly to numb himself from the memory of being molested by his former publicist. In , the year-old Bridges was accused of shooting a drug dealer eight times, leading to two trials, the first for attempted murder and the second for assault with a firearm.

By August , he was acquitted of both crimes , thanks to attorney Johnnie Cohran, who would become famous for his work defending O. In his memoir "Killing Willis," Bridges wrote that when he was pulled over on his way from buying drugs in December , he considered committing suicide by cop. He was arrested again, but this time, a judge who happened to be a former addict himself, sent him to prison for 90 days — in hopes that stay would prompt him to make the decision to get clean once and for all.

In , during an appearance on "The Dr. Oz Show," Bridges said he is no longer afraid to discuss his past and explained that he was no longer the man who once considered suicide by cop: "I love life now.

Life is the best thing in the world. For Bridges, Bain's death in January was the hardest of all: "Conrad was more like my father than my real father," he told Dr. Oz in He said that even when he was at his worst, Bain stayed in contact and came to visit him, adding, "I talked to him all the way up to the day before he died, actually.

During his 20s, he battled a crack cocaine and methamphetamine addiction and started dealing to support his habit. Bridges was represented by O. Simpson attorney Johnnie Cochran and ultimately acquitted of all charges by a jury. Bridges finally got clean in after years of abuse. Read Next. Gigi Hadid shows off baby Khai's Versace sweatsuit. This story has been shared 50, times. This story has been shared 37, times. This story has been shared 34, times. This story has been shared 28, times. View author archive follow on twitter Get author RSS feed.

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