Iyanla Vanzant embarked on a helluva mission when she decided to take on troubled actress Maia Campbell during a recent celebrity version of “Iyanla: Fix My Life.”
In the ’90s, Campbell starred in the hit sitcom In the House with LL Cool J and Debbie Allen. In 1998, she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder after acting out on set. After having her daughter in 2000, Maia stopped taking her medication and lost custody of her.
Maia then turned to drugs and was arrested multiple times. At her lowest point, a disturbing video of the once vibrant actress looking disheveled and acting erratically circulated on the internet.? She has since been sober two years, while still battling a bipolar disorder.
[READ: The Sad Truth About Maia Campbell]
Iyanla (who happens to have been a close friend of Maia’s mother, author Bebe Moore-Campbell) asks Maia to clear up the misconceptions surrounding her past, but several believe that Iyanla took on way too much with Campbell. Continue Reading…
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