Funny Girl

Well, the people I think are horrible are the people who think it's fine to make personal remarks about people on the internet because they should have a thick skin and just ignore it. So it shouldn't bother them. If it does bother them, maybe they'll reconsider their opinion.

It it's arrogant to have empathy and compassion for someone who I don't know, and give them the benefit of the doubt, rather than be sceptical, critical, unsympathetic, and suggest they should give up their job, then I'll be guilty of that every time. I can't help it, it's the way I'm built.

I'm also operating on decongestant, cough syrup and about 4 hours sleep a night at the moment, so high chance of me being a bit tired and emotional (literally, but also the cough syrup has alcohol in it) myself.

By 'precious' I mean why do people always jump to her defence? I really don't need to be told about the effects of bullying nor do I need to be told about stress, I have experience of both. However, I certainly would not have behaved in the way Smith appears to behave (and I'm not just talking about FG). No one in their right minds would blame anyone for being ill and needing time off, but she is clearly not ill enough to keep off social media. Her agents need to have a word with her as from what I can recall of her over the years she lacks any sort of self regulation and needs someone to do it for her, perhaps taking a few weeks off or stepping down from the role is the way ahead. I also agree she must be having a terrible time over her father's illness but she's been like this before in the past.   

Fluffy unicorns that have glitter for horns?

I have to say that this whole Sheridan drama is way too entertaining. She's being a fool with her social media behavior.
Having said that..She has the right to not attend if she is not able to perform. Plus, come on people. Her father is dying. I never liked her to begin with (so overrated in Legally Blonde) and thought she was horribly miscast and quite horrible in Funny Girl, but I completely empathize and can see why she's having a difficult time going to work.

What i do NOT understand is the damage control that is being mismanaged by her team and the producers. They really need to have a "we understand things are sh*t and want to give you space, but we need to talk about what you decide to do if you don't come to work."

and the tooter the sweeter!

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LOL

The input and the media in general is because Sheridan has missed several shows, is testament to what a great actress she is.

However our friend in very fragile.

We still have a poor understanding, so therefore empathy for mental health issues. One in four of us will go down with poor mental health, because we cannot stick a plaster on it, doesn't mean it is NOT a real problem.

If Sheridan is truly suffering from mental health issues (something that I also have experience with personally) then the producers should tell her to leave the show. Has there been any definitive proof that she is though? Insecurity and sensitivity is not mental illness.

Absolutely, but if things get much worse with Sheridan missing shows, people are going to be ringing up wanting to return their tickets or get refunds. It's all bad publicity for the show. I would imagine anyone that hasn't seen the show yet and has bought tickets specifically to see Sheridan is feeling nervous at the moment.

Screw the insiders love, when The Sun say "insiders" it usually means someone in the Office couldn't get a statement so makes some crap up. Whether it is the case or not this time is yet to be seen, but I wouldn't worry about it too much yet

Either way, all she's really doing is drawing more attention to the situation.