From Todd Bridges Twitter:

I'm going to. Do ET today so watch it I'm going to tell the truth I have been watching

All these people try and tell there storys about what they don't know about it's makes me sad to see then talk bad

The best child star ever

http://twitter.com/toddbridges

From Todd Bridges Twitter:

I'm going to. Do ET today so watch it I'm going to tell the truth I have been watching

All these people try and tell there storys about what they don't know about it's makes me sad to see then talk bad

The best child star ever

http://twitter.com/toddbridges



What will Todd Bridges tell us that he hasn't already told us on the Today Show about his past life and his road to recovery?

Unless he's going to reveal something that might be painfully true about Gary Coleman.

I will be tuned in in 2 hours

What show / network? :confused:

Oh, never mind, it's ET.

What show / network? :confused:


ET on CBS

Yeah Entertainment Tonight... I hope its a few minute thing and not just something real quick.

I am kinda in shock Larry King didnt do something. Joy Behar had Shavar Ross on for about 15 minutes.

he brought up allot of nice things, it wasn't that bad kinda stuff on the set, but then he also saw Gary at 13 years old fire people off the set!

It airs here tomorrow on WSBK Channel 38.

I'm going to record it. This one looks like a tear jerker, so have the Kleenex on hand because Todd breaks his silence, but he also cries over the loss of Gary Coleman. :(

I missed it. Did anyone here get to see it?

According to 'many sources', Coleman deliberately "broke off all communication with the cast members from the show" about fifteen years ago. He wanted no associaltion with 'Diff'rent Strokes' thinking it was hampering his career moving forward.

So if Bridges has had no contact with him for fifteen years, what can he possibly have to say to set the record straight (or however he wroded that)?

I missed it. Did anyone here get to see it?



I'm almost positive that before too long, you'll be able to see it on YouTube.com. Look how quickly Gary's lashing back on insider came to YouTube.

I'm going to set up a recording for it tonight. I'll watch it later in the evening and give you my thoughts on it.

Comes on tonight at 7 or 7:30.

I missed it. Did anyone here get to see it?

It comes on tonight at 7pm. I tuned it to watch it last night because of a certain poster on this board

According to 'many sources', Coleman deliberately "broke off all communication with the cast members from the show" about fifteen years ago. He wanted no associaltion with 'Diff'rent Strokes' thinking it was hampering his career moving forward.

So if Bridges has had no contact with him for fifteen years, what can he possibly have to say to set the record straight (or however he wroded that)?
Well, 11 years ago, Gary and Todd were seen photographed together at Dana's funeral. So it hasn't been as long as they say.

Gary, Todd and Conrad were at the 2003 TV Land Awards on stage together.

According to 'many sources', Coleman deliberately "broke off all communication with the cast members from the show" about fifteen years ago. He wanted no associaltion with 'Diff'rent Strokes' thinking it was hampering his career moving forward.

So if Bridges has had no contact with him for fifteen years, what can he possibly have to say to set the record straight (or however he wroded that)?



Yes, Gary DID break off all ties with the former stars of Strokes.

That was probably a wrong move on his part because they might have been able to help save him a long time ago from the bad clutches of trouble that he was trapped in.

He could have been alive and well today.

So many unanswered questions, but very few answers if any at all! :(

Gary, Todd and Conrad were at the 2003 TV Land Awards on stage together.



And here are the pics to prove that they got together to do the '03 Awards on TVLand long after Strokes.

A then smiling Gary looked so much healthier back then, as does Todd!!

Todd is on Entertainment Tonight on Thursday (tonight):

http://www.etonline.com/media/photo/2010/06/157857/400_tbridges_100602_et.jpg

http://www.etonline.com/news/2010/06/87853/index.html

Charlotte Rae on Gary:
http://www.etonline.com/media/video/2010/06/157574/et_gcolemanintv_100602_large.jpg
http://www.etonline.com/news/2010/06/87819/index.html

Conrad Rain on Gary:
http://www.etonline.com/media/photo/2010/05/157378/400_gcoleman_cbain_tbridges_100528_kwinter_2267913.jpg
http://www.etonline.com/news/2010/05/87768/index.html

Look at how healthy looking Gary looked back then. You'd think that there was nothing wrong with him then! :)

http://www.eurweb.com/?p=27484

Todd Bridges: ‘Gary Coleman had a Secret Will’


*Todd Bridges has come forth with claims that Gary Coleman, his “Diff’rent Strokes” co-star, had a secret will at the time of his death that involves the exclusion of his parents.

Coleman, who passed away Friday after suffering a brain hemorrhage, has been estranged from his parents, Sue and Willie Coleman, since a 1989 court battle over his finances. The former child star successfully sued his parents and former manager for misappropriating his $3.8 million trust fund and, in 1993, he was awarded $1.28 million.

Although they are expected to attend his funeral in Utah this weekend, Bridges reveals there is an ongoing dispute with Coleman’s parents over the star’s final will.

He tells ETOnline.com, “(A friend of mine and I) have paperwork, and we’ll bring it out soon, that will show what his wishes were and what he wanted. There’s a big fight going on with his parents and some other people involved, and after we bring this paperwork out, everybody’s going to shut up.

“Gary had certain wishes (excluding his parents). I’m not going to go against a dying man’s wishes… There’s a reason why he didn’t speak to them for 23 years.”

Bridges also opens up about Coleman’s other personal problems, including health issues stemming from congenital kidney disease, which impacted his adult life.

He adds, “Imagine having major health problems. Imagine getting ripped off of all your money. Imagine being raised in a household where he wasn’t taught how to love himself or to love others around him. So when he hit the world at an adult age, he wasn’t prepared. Physically, he wasn’t in great shape. He had a valve replaced, and people didn’t know that.”

Bridges’ interview comes after it was revealed by doctors that Shannon Price, who claimed she was Coleman’s wife and gave medics permission to turn off his life support system, was divorced from the actor.

It has since been revealed by officials at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center that Coleman, who was 42, had given his former wife the right to make medical decisions for him. A rep tells ETOnline, “Mr. Coleman had completed an Advanced Health Care Directive that granted Shannon Price permission to make medical decisions on his behalf if he was unable to do so.”

http://www.eurweb.com/?p=27484

Todd Bridges: ‘Gary Coleman had a Secret Will’


*Todd Bridges has come forth with claims that Gary Coleman, his “Diff’rent Strokes” co-star, had a secret will at the time of his death that involves the exclusion of his parents.

Coleman, who passed away Friday after suffering a brain hemorrhage, has been estranged from his parents, Sue and Willie Coleman, since a 1989 court battle over his finances. The former child star successfully sued his parents and former manager for misappropriating his $3.8 million trust fund and, in 1993, he was awarded $1.28 million.

Although they are expected to attend his funeral in Utah this weekend, Bridges reveals there is an ongoing dispute with Coleman’s parents over the star’s final will.

He tells ETOnline.com, “(A friend of mine and I) have paperwork, and we’ll bring it out soon, that will show what his wishes were and what he wanted. There’s a big fight going on with his parents and some other people involved, and after we bring this paperwork out, everybody’s going to shut up.

“Gary had certain wishes (excluding his parents). I’m not going to go against a dying man’s wishes… There’s a reason why he didn’t speak to them for 23 years.”

Bridges also opens up about Coleman’s other personal problems, including health issues stemming from congenital kidney disease, which impacted his adult life.

He adds, “Imagine having major health problems. Imagine getting ripped off of all your money. Imagine being raised in a household where he wasn’t taught how to love himself or to love others around him. So when he hit the world at an adult age, he wasn’t prepared. Physically, he wasn’t in great shape. He had a valve replaced, and people didn’t know that.”

Bridges’ interview comes after it was revealed by doctors that Shannon Price, who claimed she was Coleman’s wife and gave medics permission to turn off his life support system, was divorced from the actor.

It has since been revealed by officials at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center that Coleman, who was 42, had given his former wife the right to make medical decisions for him. A rep tells ETOnline, “Mr. Coleman had completed an Advanced Health Care Directive that granted Shannon Price permission to make medical decisions on his behalf if he was unable to do so.”



WOW, WHAT A SHOCKER!! 23 YEARS?!

That's an awfully long time to be mad with someone - especially your parents who loved, nourished, nurtured sheltetred, cherished and raised you from a baby!!

This part seems all too powerfully familiar with and similar to Michael Jackson's will last year when his had revealed that he excluded his dad from all fortunes.

Never really knew that Gary hated his parents with a pure passion something fierce THAT much, or for that long! :eek:

Thanks for the info, Pav and Sonny!!