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"With Amanda Bynes&amp;apos; behavior becoming increasingly erratic, the comparisons to another troubled former teen star, Lindsay Lohan, were inevitable.\r\nBut in an interview with Entertainment Tonight September 26, Lindsay&amp;apos;s mom, Dina, 50, refused to acknowledge the similarities between her daughter and Bynes, both 26.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;You know, I&amp;apos;m a mother, and I feel that that&amp;apos;s for her mother to speak about, and not me, because people have spoken for my child and myself,&amp;quot; Dina explained. &amp;quot;I really feel that&amp;apos;s for her parents to discuss and Amanda herself.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nUnfortunately, a source tells the new issue of Us Weekly (out Friday) that Bynes&amp;apos; dentist dad, Rick, and her office manager mom, Lynn, are helpless: &amp;quot;Amanda shut them out and isn&amp;apos;t speaking to them.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nWhen pressed for general advice she&amp;apos;d give to parents who have been through similar situations, Dina -- also mom to Michael, Jr., 24, Ali, 18, and Cody, 16 -- replied, &amp;quot;Just be around. It&amp;apos;s hard when your daughter&amp;apos;s not, you know, over 18, and you want to let them go and they want to feel like they&amp;apos;re in control of themselves. So it&amp;apos;s a very strategic place for a parent to be, but she&amp;apos;ll be ok.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nDina also used her Entertainment Tonight interview to address her loopy appearance on Dr. Phil September 17. &amp;quot;I was absolutely not under, intoxicated, or on any kind of medication,&amp;quot; she insisted. &amp;quot;I was extremely upset.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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