Why didn’t celebrities reach out to Corey Haim?
Corey Haim, left, and Jason Patric in the 1987 film "The Lost Boys." (AP photo)
During the past week, I’ve seen celebrities paying their respects to actor Corey Haim this week on entertainment news shows, at movie premieres and on their Twitter and Facebook pages.
Haim, 38, died March 10 at his mother’s California apartment. His private funeral was held March 16.
Haim’s best friend and frequent acting partner Corey Feldman said something interesting to Larry King during a recent interview.
He said,
“At the end of the day, where were all these people the last 10 years, the last 15 years of Corey’s life? Where were all these people to lend a hand–to reach out to him and say, ‘You know, you’re a legend. You’re an amazingly talented, wonderful person who’s really never gone out of his way to hurt anybody other than himself?’”
Feldman makes a good point. If all of these celebrities loved Haim and were friends with him, then why didn’t anyone try to lend a helping hand during the past 15 years when his life spiraled out of control due to drug use?
It doesn’t do any good to reach out to him while he’s dead.
The same thing can be said about Michael Jackson. Celebrities distanced themselves from Jackson during the past 15 years while his life spiraled out of control with prescription drug abuse among other behaviors.
But when he died, hundreds of celebrities showed their support by attending or performing at his funeral or participating in numerous tribute projects.
His memorial service looked like a red carpet event for the Academy Awards. Celebrities were popping up out of nowhere.
Jackson could have used that support while he was alive. It doesn’t do any good to reach out to him while he’s dead.
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How do know people didn’t try to help these two people? It’s my understanding that many tried to help Jackson and Haim but they both drove people away who tried to get them to face there drug problem or get treatment. Maybe their family member’s could have tried to get court-ordered treatment for a period of time but ultimately I think it’s up to the addict to choose to stop using drugs and/or alcohol. However since you disagree please write an article how friends can stop an alcoholic and/or drug addict from dying from there addiction. I, for one, would love to know!