HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — While Corey Feldman appreciates the outpouring of support following the sudden death of his longtime friend and frequent co-star, Corey Haim, he's also very upset that Hollywood abandoned the former teen idol.
"Where were all these people the last 10 years, the last 15 years, of Corey's life," Feldman wondered Wednesday night during his appearance on Larry King Live. "Where were all these people to lend a handout, to reach out to him and say, you're a legend, you're an amazingly talented wonderful person who's never really gone out of his way to hurt anyone, other than himself?"
"In this entertainment industry, in Hollywood, we build people up as children, we put them on pedestals, and then, when we decide they're not marketable anymore, we walk away from them," he continued. "Then we taunt them and we tease them … It's okay for society as a whole to poke fun at, to point fingers at, us as human beings. Why is it okay to kick somebody when they're down? I don't think it should be tolerated anymore."
Feldman noted that Haim had very little support when he died early Wednesday at age 38. He was sharing an Oakwood apartment with his mother, where he was "very broke, very destitute."
"He doesn't have anything. He didn't even have a car," said Feldman.
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