Lynda Carter: Therapy Should Be Mandatory for New Stars
'Wonder Woman' icon Lynda Carter knows a thing or two about fame and its costs and now has a simple solution for those aspiring entertainers who suddenly find themselves uber-famous: seek counseling.
"I think the one thing the Screen Actors Guild should do is, when fame first hits you, that you are required to go to therapy," she told me on my HDNet show on Saturday. "Because everybody loves you. Until you realize, no, they don't really love you. They love the character and the persona. They love that. But you can't get all over yourself."
Lynda, 59, admitted that when she became famous she got a "big head," thinking she was "all that," but after
battling alcoholism a few years ago, the actress is back on track.
"It's a burden," she said of fame, before sharing a story about having to wear a disguise when she dropped her son off at college because he was afraid of how other students would react to his superhero mom.
"When my son went to college, [he] said 'you don't have to go with me when I go in.' So I said, 'Oh it's 'The W.' How about I come and I wear a disguise?'" she recalls. "So I went out and bought this great short blonde wig and I walked in and he looked at me and I said, 'good isn't it?' And he said 'yea it's good.' I knew secretly he was delighted. I wore it and not one person recognized me."
On the 'Wonder Woman' reboot, Lynda couldn't be happier with the choice of Adrianne Palicki to play the character that made her famous.
"I don't feel like I'm being replaced," Lynda said. "I feel the story needs to be retold."
To watch my full interview with the TV legend, who has just released a CD 'Crazy Little Things,' a mix of tunes featuring rock, soul, and country music, catch a re-airing of
'Naughty But Nice' Monday or Tuesday at 2:30 PM ET.
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Linda Carter , still amazingly Beautiful woman....
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Yes, Lynda Carter is still beautiful at 59. I think she is right to a degree about therapy. These new kid stars today are all about partying, see how loaded they can get on drugs and booze. Then young NORMAL kids see this and say, if they can do this so can we. The people have NO morals about anything. They sleep with almost any one, are high on somethings and make NORMAL everyday kids think this is cool! It AIN'T cool, it leads to destruction of your lives. Young people, look to other role models in your life not these people.
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I'm impressed. She can still move her forehead. Good for Lynda Carter for not making herself a freak show with too much plastic surgery. She's beautiful. Other maturing stars should follow her example.
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Require you to go to therapy? Who is this broad, a mini Stalin? How about a coupla weeks in North Korea while you're at it, Linda? How about concentrating on your own train wreck of a life and leaving other people alone?
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I think it's a good idea for anyone under 18 - along with their parents.
Obviously not a Scientologist.
Linda has been through hell and back in her personal life over the last 20 years. Her son became very ill and almost died, her husband was accused (and aquitted) of money laundering, was mistakenly diagnosed with breast cancer, and a few other things that would drive anyone to drink.
She's holding up well now and looks fabulous. Leave the dear woman alone!
Maybe it's just me because I really don't see her in very many interviews, but she seems a little "tipsy" when she's talking. Hope she isn't drinking again. Still beautiful as ever though.
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k, off your meds, are you?
A suggestion is not the same thing as an ukase.
I agree with Lynda C. I think it should exclude the Scientologists as therapists as well.
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whos this washed up white women
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I agree therapy of some sort is needed. There are too many train wrecks out today.
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I ASKED HER IF SHE HAD ANY WORK DONE....SHE SAID NO WAY
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No surgery for sure, but she has some botox on. I saw her live twice last week in NY and she still looks amazing. She's one of the most beautiful actress ever!.
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