‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Teen Star Says Robin Williams Spoke ‘Super Honestly About Mental Health’ and Made Her Feel Like ‘I’m Not a Freak. I Don’t Have to Hide This About Myself’

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Zack Sharf Digital News Director “Mrs. Doubtfire” teen star Lisa Jakub marked the Memorial Day holiday by talking to Fox News Digital about her nonprofit organization Mission Flexible, which she founded two years ago to help support veterans suffering from anxiety, depression and more.

She linked her work with veterans back to her most famous co-star, the late Robin Williams, revealing she was told after “Mrs.

Doubtfire” that Williams always made sure veterans had the chance to be a part of his movies’ film crews. “So many people have told me that Robin did a lot of work with the veteran population as well, and that he always had production crews hire local veterans to be background actors or things like that on set, which is not something I ever knew about when I worked with him… but I also love that little connection as well,” Jakub told Fox News Digital.

In fact, it was Williams who first spoke openly to her about mental health struggles when they worked together on “Mrs. Doubtfire.” “Robin was everything you would hope Robin would be, and it’s so wonderful to think back on him now,” Jakub told the outlet. “[I am] grateful that I got to be in his presence, that I got to be working with him, that he was so kind to me.” “[He was] probably one of the first people who ever really spoke to me super honestly about mental health,” she added. “And he would talk to me about his struggles and the things that he went through.