Former youngster actor and Young Talent Time star Debra Byrne stated she faces homelessness as Australia’s housing disaster continues to worsen.
In an emotional plea on social media, the singer, 66, stated she could possibly be with no roof over her head after getting an eviction discover as a result of her landlord determined to promote the home.
Not solely might she be with no residence, however her two younger grandchildren, Oliver and Aaron, who stay along with her, are additionally in danger.
The grandmother raised her daughter’s youngsters from start and labored within the leisure business for a number of years earlier than receiving well being care advantages.
Her daughter Lauren is mentally retarded and couldn’t persistently take care of her youngsters, so Debra bought full custody of the 2 boys.
Former youngster actor and Young Talent Time star Debra Byrne (pictured) stated she faces homelessness as Australia’s housing disaster deepens
Debra stated it’s harder for her to get a rental home now in an overstretched market as she is a full-time caregiver and a retiree taking care of younger youngsters.
“So I’ve been on the caregiving pension for a few years,” she wrote in an emotional Facebook publish.
How dare the rental business disapprove of retirees. How dare they see us as incapable of paying our hire.’
In an emotional plea on social media, the singer, 66, stated she could possibly be with no roof over her head after getting an eviction discover as a result of her landlord is promoting (Debra pictured on Young Time Talent as a teen)
Not solely might she be with no residence, however her two younger grandchildren, Oliver and Aaron, additionally stay along with her and are at risk
‘I succeeded very well. I am organized, I shop with depositors, I have an excellent rental record, I have a well-loved home.
“I love gardening and have often left a rental in a better condition than when we arrived.”
She continued, “I have PTSD, I’m on medicine. I deal with two lovely folks with particular wants.
“Just a couple of minutes in the past, somebody from our native publish workplace knocked on our door to signal one among my CDS.
“The irony, I’m determined for security for my household.”
Debra’s followers have rallied across the star to assist her safe a brand new residence.
In a fan group, somebody wrote: “Please help Debra find a suitable home for her, her daughter and grandson in Melbourne’s northern suburbs.”
Many followers have been shocked {that a} movie star like Debra can be in that place, with one particular person commenting, “I’m sorry to hear this about Debbie and her family, but I would have thought that the star she is would have enough money to to buy your own place.’
Debra Byrne (left) with her Young Talent Time co-stars in 1971, including Johnny Young (third from left)
Debra was one of the original cast members of Young Time Talent and starred on the show for four years.
After the show, Debra appeared in the Australian productions of high profile shows like Cats, Les Miserables and Sunset Boulevard.
She had revealed her struggles with heroin and cocaine in her 2006 memoir Not Quite Ripe, while a sex tape featuring Debra and a former partner was leaked to the media in the late 1980s.
More recently, Debra made a claim on Facebook in 2014 that she was raped while filming the Young Talent Time short film Caravan Holiday in 1972.
Byrne posted a plea for witnesses to alleged abuse she suffered on set to come forward on Facebook, but has since deleted the post
‘After a day of filming, we were swimming in a pool. I don’t remember where the pool was, but while I was in the pool (name withheld) swam up to me and digitally raped me,” she wrote within the publish, which has since been deleted.
Byrne gave a scathing response to Tina Arena after YTT Unmasked aired final yr, after she spoke in regards to the “protected” stars.
“(Being protected) has nothing to do with luck,” she wrote on social media, in response to The Daily Telegraph final September.
“It takes consideration, group, vigilance, intelligence, consciousness, and the belief that wherever youngsters congregate, there may be more likely to be an abuser. For me there have been many.’
Byrne (pictured) gave a scathing response to Tina Arena after YTT Unmasked aired final yr, after she spoke in regards to the stars being ‘protected’