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Todd Bridges, formerly of “Diff’rent Strokes” and currently seen on TruTV’s “World’s Dumbest Criminals,” recently sat down and spoke to me about life on the set of the groundbreaking show, the media’s portrayal of former child stars, being abused as a child, and his battle with drug addiction.Read the complete interview with Todd Bridges here<\/a> and watch a clip below.<\/embed><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Todd Bridges, formerly of “Diff’rent Strokes” and currently seen on TruTV’s “World’s Dumbest Criminals,” recently sat down and spoke to me about life on the set of the groundbreaking show, the media’s portrayal of former child stars, being abused as a child, and his battle with drug addiction.Read the complete interview with Todd Bridges here…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-celebrities"],"yoast_head":"\nWatch Video: Todd Bridges on Childhood Abuse and Drug Addiction<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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