Amanda Bynes was photographed in public for the first time on Wednesday after checking out of a mental health facility after a three-week stay.
The 37-year-old actress got a manicure at an establishment in Toluca Lake, California, as sources told the Dailymail.
com that “she has been advised to continue to distance herself from her” former fiancé, Paul Michael.
The Thousand Oaks, California resident was seen at Cosmo Nails, where eyewitnesses said she smoked a cigarette while waiting for an Uber after the manicure.
Bynes checked out of a mental health facility on Tuesday after a three-week stay. She reportedly worked with facility staff to determine she was ready to return to her normal routines.
Now she is entering an outpatient treatment program to ensure she maintains the progress she has made during her treatment. She is also regaining a sense of normalcy as she will reportedly be moving back into her own home.
Bynes has been under guardianship since 2013, but it ended last year to give her more freedom to make her own decisions.
The latest: Amanda Bynes was photographed in public for the first time on Wednesday after checking out of a mental health facility after a three-week stay. The 37-year-old actress got a manicure at a Toluca Lake, California, establishment
TMZ previously reported that Bynes’s parents were not considering setting up another conservatory, as she was doing relatively well prior to her recent mental health crisis.
The original scheme began in 2013, after she was involuntarily committed following multiple run-ins with the law that began a year earlier.
She had two hit-and-runs, as well as a DUI, in 2012, and she was later arrested in 2013 for allegedly throwing a bong out the window of her 36th-floor Manhattan apartment.
Bynes was last hospitalized after reportedly wandering the streets of Greater Los Angeles for four days right after her car was towed in Long Beach on March 15.
During that period, she was apparently in a manic state and walked around naked for some time.
Amanda was allegedly seen naked the day she entered the treatment facility, but a witness told TMZ that the She’s The Man star pulled over a car to get help.
She was apparently aware of her mental state and called 911 to report that she was coming out of a psychotic state and needed help.
Details: The Thousand Oaks, California resident was spotted at Cosmo Nails where eyewitnesses said she smoked a cigarette while waiting for an Uber after the manicure
Casual: The actress wore a white T-shirt at the salon in Southern California
Back out: Amanda Bynes, 37, has checked out of a mental health facility after spending three weeks there after calling 911 and reporting she was struggling with psychosis
After being captured, Bynes was initially placed in a psychiatric facility for 72 hours, which was initially extended while her team at the mental health facility developed a treatment plan for her.
Amid her mental health struggles, Bynes’s parents banned her ex-fiancé Paul Michael from having any contact with her after their four-year relationship ended in January this year.
“They don’t want her ex-fiance with him and he’s been ordered not to have any contact with her,” an insider told DailyMail.com on March 28.
“He doesn’t seem to have her best interests at heart, and her family has nothing good to say about him.”
During a conversation with the New York Posthe said, “She’s off her meds, and she’s still off her meds… She’s wild.”
Michael previously claimed that the two were now “friends.”
Bynes rose to fame as a child star at age 13 on Nickelodeon’s The Amanda Show, and had success on shows like All That and What I Like About You.
She has also appeared in films such as She’s the Man, What a Girl Wants and Hairspray, with her last appearance in a movie in 2010’s Easy A.
Byne’s latest crisis appears to be the reason she pulled out of a reunion with her All That cast at ’90s Con last month, which was originally attributed to an “unknown illness.”
She had previously expressed her excitement about reconnecting with her castmates ahead of the convention.
Bad days: The actress reportedly roamed the streets of LA for days after her car was towed in Long Beach, and she was even seen walking around naked
Dropped out: Amanda’s latest crisis appears to be the reason she had to pull out of a ’90s Con performance with her All That costars at the last minute last month
Alone again: Bynes went into receivership in 2013 after multiple mental health issues and repeated run-ins with the law, but it was terminated in March 2022; seen with parents Rick and Lynn Bynes
She would be joined by SNL star Kenan Thompson, his Good Burger costar Kel Mitchell, Danny Tamberelli and Lori Beth Denberg, all of whom were part of the hit Nickelodeon sketch comedy series.
The event would also have been her first public appearance since her conservatory had ended a year earlier.
The series ran for 10 seasons from 1994 to 2005, Bynes appeared on All That from 1996 to 2000.
It was later revived in 2019.