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[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee -4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

Malcolm's actor had to quit acting because all the drugs he did fucked him up. He literally doesn't remember Malcolm in The Middle. So yeah...

UPDATE: Apparently he now claims his memory loss is unrelated to drugs and just like happened for no reason. I remain doubtful: https://www.looper.com/985780/the-real-reason-frankie-muniz-doesnt-remember-malcolm-in-the-middle/

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

Wat?

Frankie Muniz quit acting to become a race car driver, after winning a celebrity racing event while still doing Malcolm in the Middle. The series of concussions and mini-strokes he's had since then are well known. Where did you get the idea that he's ever had a drug problem?

[–] BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

He's refuted this multiple times but this rumor refuses to die

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"I just think it's the fact I did so [expletive] much in that timeframe that, of course I don't remember all of it," he said

Read More: https://www.looper.com/985780/the-real-reason-frankie-muniz-doesnt-remember-malcolm-in-the-middle/

Literally in the article you shared

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 0 points 3 days ago

Literally what I said in my comment. He claims it's not drugs. I find that difficult to believe.

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

It is 100% possible that brain injuries can cause memory loss. On top of that the extremely stressful lifestyle of being a child actor and I'm sure trauma that came along with it. Hell I barely remember my teens.

[–] ebolapie@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee -2 points 3 days ago

Googled it and apparently now he claims it's not rated to drugs