Amanda Bynes vapes on solo outing in West Hollywood after revealing drastic new weight-loss attempt
The 39-year-old former child star was glimpsed taking a puff of her vaping device after doing some shopping around the Los Angeles–adjacent city.
She wore an ultra-casual look for the outing that mostly covered up her figure after she admitted that she was going on the buzzy weight-loss drug Ozempic.
The former All That star was layered up with an off-white hoodie that she wore zipped up all the way, and she paired it with a long set of white athletic shorts.
Despite looking as if she was dressed for a workout, Amanda contrasted her clothing with a stylish pair of tan canvas Gucci Jordaan loafers, which cost around $1,050 on the fashion house's website.
She completed her ensemble with a compact black handbag and a pair of boxy black sunglasses, and she sported her peroxide blond hair tied back.
Amanda had already made some purchases and carried a brown shopping bag with her.
She appeared to cut a more athletic figure compared to recent weeks, though it's unclear if she has already started using Ozempic to help with her weight-loss goals.
The She's The Man star announced her plan a month earlier on social media, joking that she wanted to lose weight so that she would look better when she was spotted out in public.
Amanda was also willing to share her current weight as she outlined her goals for her fans.
'Oh, I'm going on Ozempic. So excited. I'm 173 now so I hope to get down to like 130, which would be awesome so I look better in paparazzi pictures,' Bynes said in the video.
That weight would likely put her well within what is considered a healthy BMI range at her height.
She added, 'I will post about my Ozempic journey of course.'
Last year, Amanda revealed she had gained 20 pounds due to depression, and at the time said she'd like to get back to the 110 pounds she weighed as a teenager.
Concerningly, that weight would likely put the former actress — who is reportedly around 5ft7in tall — in the underweight category.
Amanda announced her foray into the X-rated subscription site OnlyFan in April, but she insisted to her fans she was using it merely to communicate with them and claiming she won't be sharing anything 'sleazy.'
Calling it a 'career renaissance,' she said she wants to use it to divulge stories from her time at Nickelodeon, a year after the release of the explosive documentary Quiet On Set, which painted a picture of a 'toxic environment' at the children's TV network.
A source close to the former child star has claimed the move will not only afford her the opportunity to make money, share her fashion designs and provide a potential springboard into reality TV, but will also be a safe space to reveal 'what happened from her past at Nickelodeon.'
'Amanda was looking into making money and is convinced that OnlyFans will bring some serious cash her way,' the insider told DailyMail.com.
'Her intentions are to do this before she seeks any reality show opportunities.
'She understands the stigma around OnlyFans, but she is determined to make this very safe — nothing naughty.
'She wants to share some of her future designs with her fans, collaborate with them and she also wants to tell stories to people who don't know everything about what happened from her past at Nickelodeon.
'She wants to make it a spot where fans can go and treat it like a meet and greet.'
The insider said she 'doesn't care if friends won't like that she is doing this' as she is 'looking to change course on how she has lived her life the last few years.'
They added: 'She is seeing OnlyFans as a bit of a career renaissance.'
Bynes announced her OnlyFans debut on Instagram, 15 years after quitting the entertainment business.
'I'm doing onlyfans to chat with my fans through dm's,' she wrote alongside a screenshot of her new profile. 'I won't be posting any sleazy content. Excited to join.'
She is charging fans more than $50 per month to access her page, which currently has mirror selfies.
Bynes has maintained a relatively low profile since quitting Hollywood in 2010.
It followed a tumultuous time for the troubled star who suffered a highly publicized breakdown in the early 2010s before being placed under a legal conservatorship by her parents for nine years back in 2013.
In the wake of the documentary Quiet on the Set, a video circulated of a bikini-clad Bynes, who was a child at the time, sitting in a hot tub with a fully clothed Schneider.
The clip was taken from Bynes' recurring sketch, Amanda's Jacuzzi, which saw the young star interview guests in the bubbling pool.
Commentators recalled Schneider and Bynes being 'very close,' including 'physically.'
Karyn Finley Thompson, who worked as an editor on several Nickelodeon shows, said: 'There were many times that I saw Amanda sitting behind him, hugging him or giving him like a neck massage or whatever.
'Dan and Amanda had a close relationship, and I didn't think anything different than that. The hot tub scene though I always thought was a little odd.'
Schneider departed from the network in 2018 amid numerous allegations of misconduct.
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