She can safely call people "ugly" from the comforts of her disheveled apartment and rarely makes public appearances, except for court dates.
So when the 27-year-old former Nickelodeon star is spotted on the streets of
Some New Yorkers have recently taken it upon themselves to capture Bynes on such outings, and she doesn't disappoint.
Instagram user @mlcny spotted Bynes dancing as she walked down Eighth Avenue in New York this week — wearing the same sweatpants outfit she wore to court Tuesday, trading out her blue wig for a blonde one.
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And as luck would have it, a supervising producer at "
Watch "The View" producer tell the crazy story:
Here's a photo the producer took of Bynes while eating dinner alone.
"She sat down, she ate very, very quickly, and was mumbling to herself," she explained of the encounter. "I thought to myself, very seriously, why is she alone? Why isn't anyone doing anything about this?"
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Bynes got wind of the producer's tale and once again took to Twitter late Thursday with a denial.
that is not me eating soup! there is someone posing as me who looks nothing like me! ew!
— amanda bynes (@amandabynes) July 12, 2013
when my hair grows out will everyone stop putting up fake videos of random girls in wigs posing as me? thanks!
— amanda bynes (@amandabynes) July 12, 2013
my lawyer will have every fake story about me removed from the internet
— amanda bynes (@amandabynes) July 12, 2013