Winona Ryder is trying to get her career back on-track after years of being a Hollywood after-thought. As part of her resurrection strategy, she has decided to address the 2001 shoplifting incident which transformed her from a hot young actress to a punchline. According to Winona, her unaccountable attack of kleptomania - she was caught on-tape trying to steal clothing from Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills - was caused by, what else, drugs. Winona tells Vogue Magazine:
Two months prior to that, I broke my arm in two places and the doctor was giving me a lot of stuff and I was taking it at first to get through the pain. And then there was this weird point when you don't know if you are in pain but you're taking it. Have you ever taken painkillers? It isn't a reckless (state) like you're out of your head. It's just confusion. The attention was what was embarrassing. It was the December after September 11th 2001. So much attention was being paid to me, when we had just been attacked, and there was all this really important news going on.
Yes Winona - everyone who breaks their arm ends up bombed out of their mind on pain medication. So we can perfectly well understand the problems you experienced. And of course, it was totally silly and frivolous for the world to be focusing on you when there were so many other more important things going on like the war on terror. All that time we spent obsessing over your issues - my God, no wonder Osama Bin Laden slipped through our fingers! How could we have been so negligent - allowing Winona Ryder to distract us from the terrorist threat?
A piece of advice from the Crabster to Winona - why not just crawl back into whatever hole you've been living in for the last six years? The world is full of interesting celebs and certainly doesn't need you. Seriously, do you think we were all just sitting here waiting for you to re-emerge? You probably do, don't you? You probably think we've been on the edge of our seats anticipating your return. I hate to break the news to you Winona, but we weren't. We were too busy waiting to see what crazy outfit Britney would wear next. Never for a second did you cross our minds. And now that you've decided to stick your head up, we've only been reminded of how dull you are, and wish you would please fuck off.
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