Ngemuva kwalokho u-Amanda wakhombisa ababhalisile ku-Instagram "uthando lwempilo yakhe", babeka i-selfie ehlanganyelwe naye. Lapho kwenzeka, igama le-Bana igama likaPaul Michael, uneminyaka engama-20 futhi eLos Angeles. Ngokwemininingwane yokuqhuma, lo mbhangqwana utholwe izinyanga ezimbili noma ezintathu, futhi bahlangana emphakathini wezidakwa ezingaziwa. I-Star Nickelodeon isanakekelwa ngabazali bayo, ngakho-ke ayikwazi ukungena emshadweni ongokomthetho ngaphandle kwahluleli wesiginesha. Umthombo wokushicilela wathi umndeni wazo uyazi ngokuzibandakanya, kepha akakakuvumi umbono womshado.
Umlingisi ugcinile impilo yakhe isikhathi eside emcashisweni. Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, u-Amanda waqala izinkinga ngotshwala nezidakamizwa, abakwazanga ukubhekana nesikhathi sokuqala. Ngenxa yokuncika, umsebenzi u-Amanda wahlupheka. Kaningi waphathwa izikhungo zokuvuselela kabusha. Okokugcina umlingisi wayelele embhangqwana ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule.
2005-2019
NgoFebhuwari 14, wamangaza ababhalisile bakhe ngokuthumela isithombe sesandla sakhe, emgqeni ongenagama nalowo owakhanga indandatho ngetshe elikhulu. Kepha umyalezo ka-Amanda ngokuzibandakanya awuzange uphendule kangako: Abanye bathi sebebonile ukuthi bavele babona ubuhle ngale ndandatho, kanti abanye bakhumbula indlela ayeseshade kanye nokuthi ufuna ukuqhubeka nokwenza amadodana.