If you grew up watching Nickelodeon in the 90's, you remember Nick Cannon and Amanda Bynes as co-stars on the popular sketch comedy, All That. Years later, the America's Got Talent host is publicly reaching out to his friend, via an open letter posted on his website.

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"Lately I have been hit with an onslaught of questions about someone I consider family, someone I watched grow up, and someone I genuinely feel is one of the most pleasant human beings I have had the pleasure of meeting, Amanda Bynes. The questions have ranged from, 'Have you spoken to Amanda' to 'Are you working on her rap album.' Sometimes I would answer in a playful humorous manner and sometimes I would brush it off as another pop culture topic that a reporter was trying to retrieve a sound bite for. But after recent events of Amanda being admitted under psychiatric care and reported as 5150, I see this as no laughing matter...I am always the first to say that fame and entertainment is one of the best and easiest occupations to ever have, but one must know how to navigate through the matrix or you may find yourself in a very dark hole."

"We all end up alone in that dark hole at some point in our lives and if you don't have a foundation of friends and family to help bring you up and out it makes that journey long and detrimental," Cannon wrote. "So I say to my sister Amanda Bynes you're not alone. I'm here for you. I understand. I care and I appreciate you, because that's what family does and that's what family is for."

Cannon wrapped up the letter with a picture of the two from their Nickelodeon days and lyrics from "Lean on Me".

Bynes was recently placed under psychiatric care due to recent destructive behavior. A court date is set for August 9th to determine if Bynes' parents will receive conservatorship over their troubled daughter's medical care and finances.

What do you think about Bynes' behavior? Tweet me, @DaniOnB106.

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