Stone Temple Pilots' Weiland Has Confidence In Winona Ryder

11/11/2002 5:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
Jerry Armor

(11/11/02, 5 p.m. ET) -- Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland is confident that things will turn out OK for actress Winona Ryder, despite her recent felony convictions of grand theft and vandalism.

Weiland told LAUNCH that just because Ryder's in the public eye, it "doesn't mean the public owns her." He also thinks the best thing for her to do it get back to work. "You know, just keep on doing what she's doing--she's a great actress and uh, you know, I'm sure she, after all this huge ordeal, has realized that she made a couple of stupid mistakes and I doubt she will ever make that same mistake again."

The STP frontman appeared Thursday (November 7) at the House Of Blues in Los Angeles, for the Musician's Assistance Program Awards dinner and fundraiser.

-- Darryl Morden, Los Angeles

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