The family decided that he was wasting his time and we sent him back to school he did well and is now well off.
He and I are drinking buddies, very close. In his opinion, not mine, most actors are seriously screwed up.
I was friends with an actor when I lived in New York city who told me think of any well known actor in Hollywood - most of them are hardcore drugs users. I didn’t believe him until in the late 90s all these A list actors started going to this biker bar down by the Meat market. I’m not going to name names so I don’t get sued, but just think of any A list actor and they were there, and this place was an utter sh*thole and people were like what the hell is so great about his bar? Then it was found out the owner was dealing coke and ended up dead from an OD and surprise surprise all the A listers stopped going. And these are the people who dictate politics to us. I suspect that’s also the reason why they visit all the dictators to heap praise - They get drugs in return.