Amanda Bynes pauses podcast after one episode, won’t do show without Drake and A-list guests

The retired actress shocked fans when she announced her new project was coming to an end as quickly as it began.

What a Girl Wants is Drake — and without the rapper on her podcast, Amanda Bynes isn’t interested in continuing.

The retired actress told her TikTok followers on Sunday that the Amanda Bynes and Paul Sieminski: Podcast is coming to an end after one episode.

“So even though the podcast is doing really well and the response has been great, I am going to take a pause on it for now,” the She’s the Man star, 37, said over the weekend.

“We are not able to get the type of guests that I’d like on the show.”

In addition to Drake, the Amanda Show star noted that she would like to interview Jack Harlow and Post Malone.

“So maybe one day if we’re able to get those types of guests on the show, we will resume the podcast,” Bynes said. “But for now, I’m taking a pause on it. Thank you everyone who watched. I really hope you enjoyed it. That is all for now.”

Amanda Bynes and co-host Paul Sieminski only filmed one podcast with Dahlia Moth before the star quit.

The former Nickelodeon star’s followers encouraged her to continue filming episodes in the comments, calling her the “big star” they want to hear from.

“WE DON’T NEED GUESTS. We would love to hear about YOU,” one TikTok user wrote.

Another added, “Honestly Amanda I would just listen to you talk about whatever’s on your mind. you’re better than all them in my eyes.”

A third user asked the All That star not to “disappear again.”

Bynes claimed the first episode did “really well”.

She said she is taking a pause on the project for now.

Bynes remained out of the spotlight for most of the year as she was placed under multiple psychiatric holds — until her surprise November announcement that she was launching a podcast with pal Paul Sieminski.

“At first we are going to interview our friends and then we’re hoping to take it mainstream, and interview celebrities and artists,” she said at the time.

Bynes wanted the likes of rapper Drake on her show as a guest. Picture: Prince Williams/Wireimage

The star pictured in 2008 before she was placed under multiple psychiatric holds. Picture: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images

The friends’ first episode dropped on December 11, with the co-hosts speaking to Los Angeles-based tattoo artist Dahlia Moth about her work.

While Bynes did not give insight into her own life during the interview, she did reveal via Instagram Stories at the time that she got “blepharoplasty surgery on the skin folds in the corners of [her] eyes” and felt “better” after the cosmetic procedure.

The Hairspray star, who also debuted platinum blonde hair last week, was placed under a conservatorship in 2013. The arrangement ended last year.

This article originally appeared in Page Six and was reproduced with permission