‘Star Wars’ actor Jake Lloyd currently in hospital after “full-blown psychotic break”

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Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, is currently in hospital after suffering what his mother described as a “full-blown psychotic break” in March 2023.While the film has been celebrating its 25th anniversary recently, the now 35-year-old has been absent from the coverage and has largely remained out of the spotlight since the film was released.His mother Lisa gave an exclusive interview to Scripps News about her son’s life after Star Wars, revealing that he had been diagnosed with schizophrenia in his 20s, having first started experiencing symptoms while in high school.“Jake started having some trouble in high school,” Lisa said. “He started talking about ‘realities’.

He didn’t know if he was in this reality, or a different reality. I didn’t really know exactly what to say to that.”One day, Lisa asked her son if he’d finished his homework. “And he was like, ‘Well, I don’t even know if I need to do it.

I don’t know which reality I’m in,’” she said. “And I’m like, ‘Well, you’re in my reality today, so you have to do your homework.’”Lisa also said that a doctor had suggested he had bipolar disorder and tried numerous medications to help him manage his symptoms but nothing worked.When he went to college, he told his mother “that people were following him” and he also frequently missed classes.

He would sometimes mention seeing people with “black eyes” staring at him on the street, and having late-night conversations with Daily Show host Jon Stewart through his TV.“He didn’t tell us he was hearing voices at the time.