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David Hasselhoff Relates Himself To Amy Winehouse
Posted on 02. Nov, 2009 by CSS.
Baywatch star David Hasselhoff has compared himself to drug-addled singer Amy Winehouse, saying that the pair share an addiction to alcohol that is “a universal problem.”
The singer/actor was admitted to rehab last month amid reports he accidentally hit a doctor during a booze binge. The Hoff has also been hospitalized on two separate occasions this year suffering from alcohol poisoning.
The star is now openly acknowledging that he has a drinking problem.
“The problem that I’ve experienced in my own life and some of the stuff that’s been documented about Amy is a universal problem. It’s an illness. You don’t wake up in the morning and decide to have this problem.”
I think it is very courageous for David to finally speak out about his struggle which has been publicly known for some time. It is so true, no one plans on being an alcoholic-it’s a disease- and I wish him the best with his recovery.
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ESPN Fires Steve Phillips, Phillips Has Reportedly Entered Rehab
Posted on 26. Oct, 2009 by CSS.
Baseball analyst Steve Phillips was fired by ESPN on Sunday night, less than a week after he admitted having an affair with a “delusional” production assistant at the network.
Phillips, 46, joined ESPN in 2004 and this year was promoted to provide commentary on the network’s Sunday Night Baseball broadcast. On Thursday, Phillips announced that he was taking a leave of absence from the network following reports that he had become romantically involved with ESPN production assistant Brooke Hundley(pictured above), who recently began stalking Phillips’ family.
“Despite the fact that she has been spoken to by a police detective, I have extreme concerns about the health and safety of my wife, my kids and myself,” Phillips said.
A spokesperson for ESPN released the following statement to The Insider on Sunday night: “[Phillips'] ability to be an effective representative for ESPN has been significantly and irreparably damaged, and it became evident it was time to part ways.”
After the July affair ended, Brooke repeatedly called and followed Steve’s wife, Marni, and also left her a letter describing intimate locations of Phillips’ birthmarks. She also allegedly stalked his teenage son on Facebook, asking him about his parents’ love life. Marni Phillips filed for divorce on Sept. 14.
A rep for the former New York Mets General Manager has announced that the baseball analyst is entering a treatment facility following reports that he had an affair with Hundley. In 1998, Phillips sparked a massive lawsuit against the Mets after having another affair with team employee, Rosa Rodriguez.
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Burt Reynolds In Rehab.
Posted on 17. Sep, 2009 by CSS.
Burt Reynolds has entered rehab.
According to The Insider, the 73-year-old acting legend is seeking treatment for an addiction to drugs and alcohol. The news comes after The National Enquirer published a photo of the iconic star on the grounds of the Hanley Center, a rehab facility in West Palm Beach. The tabloid claims the ladies’ man was found semi-conscious in a pool of blood by an employee at his Florida home and later admitted to a local mental psychiatric hospital.
“After a recent back surgery, Mr. Reynolds felt like he was going through hell and after a while, realized he was a prisoner of prescription pain pills,” the star’s rep said in a statement Wednesday afternoon. “He checked himself into rehab in order to regain control of his life.”
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Kelly Osbourne Talks Rehab & A Life Long Addiction.
Posted on 22. Mar, 2009 by CSS.
Second-generation substance abuser Kelly Osbourne says she was heading down the same dangerous path as her dad, rocker Ozzy Osbourne, before she checked herself into rehab a few months ago. The newly-engaged reality star says she had two options to free herself of a long-standing addiction to painkillers: rehab or death.
Three weeks after completing a month-long stay in a rehabilitation center, Kelly Osbourne tells PEOPLE that she’s been addicted to painkillers since she was a teenager.
“I had my tonsils taken out [at age 13], and they gave me liquid Vicodin,” the TV personality recalls of her first use of painkillers. “I found, when I take this, people like me. I’m having fun, I’m not getting picked on. It became a confidence thing.”
Osbourne, 24, says that despite two trips to rehab in 2004 and 2005, she has never been clean until now.
The star, who reunites with her family for a March 31 FOX special called Osbournes Reloaded (their first collaboration since MTV’s The Osbournes), decided to seek help after suffering an intense relapse this year. Using downers to sleep through the days, she says, “I knew if I didn’t get help, I would die.”
“I’m getting a second chance [at my career],” she says, “and I want to be present for it.”
-From People
It’s great that Kelly has enough self awareness to realize at an early age that she was heading into dangerous territory. I wish her continued strength and clarity in staying sober!
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Jonathan Rhys Meyers Checks Back Into Rehab
Posted on 01. Mar, 2009 by CSS.
Jonathan Rhys is back in rehab. By most estimates, this is the third time that Jonathan has seriously tried to deal with his alcohol (and drug?) problems by checking into some kind of formal facility, this time in England. Irish Independent was the first paper to announce Meyers’ rehab stay – it’s his hometown paper, and they seem to use the guy’s biography as a way to explain the multiple rehab visits. It’s interesting though.
Irish Independent claims that Meyers’ first rehab stint was in America, years ago. Then came a second, brief two-week stay in England. Last year, Meyers was arrested at an airport for a “drunken outburst”, but it was later explained that his mother had just died, so most people gave the guy a break. In most of his public appearance in the last year, Meyers has been looking coked out of his mind. Although, that could just be the way his eyes are. Irish Independent has more details:
It’s an all-too-familiar tale: a star goes off the rails with a bang and has to hit rock bottom before he or she can finally help themselves…some celebrities have found that their biggest battle is with their own demons.
Irish actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers is now a fully paid-up member of the club. The “The Tudors” star is reported to have recently checked into rehab in the UK in a bid to deal with a drink problem.
Suspicions arose when the Cork-reared actor failed to show at the IFTAs in Dublin earlier this month, where his acclaimed TV series The Tudors won 10 awards. The day before, he was allegedly spotted buying spirits in London. He also missed the Oscar Wilde Awards in LA, the annual celebration of the Irish in Hollywood, which is staged just before the Oscars.
Before filming the last series of The Tudors, producers insisted that he steer clear of alcohol, with his behaviour monitored by minders.
“He is one of the nicest guys in the world, he’s a pleasure to work with,” revealed a Tudors insider. “He has his demons all right, and he’s trying to cope with them as best he can. I couldn’t have coped with even 2pc of what’s being written about him. He is also great with children. If any kids ever come on the set he’s really nice to them. He gets down and talks to them face to face and makes sure they get autographs and whatever they want. He’s brilliant that way.”
The next series of The Tudors won’t start filming here until June, which should give him a chance to get back on track. His natural father John O‘Keeffe, who lives in Spain and separated from Jonathan’s mum when he was a child, has appealed to Jonathan to sort out his problems. Part of the problem may be his upbringing. John left Jonathan’s mum Geraldine when the boy was just three. He moved to England, taking two of their four boys with him, leaving Geraldine to raise Jonathan and another brother.
He had a troubled childhood, spending time in an orphanage and being expelled from school. His mother, who he loved dearly, drank a lot and didn’t seem to be able to cope with him properly.
[His] career took off but problems soon surfaced. A friend said: “Jonny had always been on the brink of going off the rails. He had a difficult childhood and he’s screwed up and wild.” He later spent time in rehab in both the United States and the UK.
“I didn’t start drinking until I was 25. Since then I’ve been drunk maybe a dozen and a half times. When I do I’m like Bambi. I’m all over the place, hopeless, like a 16-year-old kid. People notice,” said Jonathan.
And they did indeed notice when he turned up in Dublin in November 2007, after apparently enjoying an all-night session. He was arrested by Gardai and charged with being drunk and in breach of the peace.
In London the next day he was pictured with an early morning can of cider in his hand. Then came the news that his mother had died in Cork County, aged just 50. Heartbroken Jonathan flew back for the funeral, where he was comforted by, among others, his old acting pal Colin Farrell.
Jonathan has also been linked to a long series of beauties from socialite and model Cha Cha Seigne, who friends say remains the love of his life, to actress Toni Collette and an on/off affair with heiress Reena Hammer.
He is also a huge gay icon, and has no trouble playing gay roles. He said: “I’d actually love to do more gay parts. I want to play people like Rock Hudson and Montgomery Clift.”
From Irish Independent
I hope this visit takes, but something tells me it won’t. I really believe that as far as drug and alcohol addiction goes, the addict truly has to hit rock bottom before they really take their addiction, rehabilitation and life-long struggle seriously. I’ve always thought that was one of the biggest problems successful actors have with their addictions – they are often trying to battle while still having a job, getting good press, making money. It’s hard to hit rock bottom when you’ve got everyone supporting you and doing for you. Just my take – and I hope I’m wrong. Meyers is a gifted actor, and I hope we can enjoy his work for years to come.
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Promises Treatment Center Offering Free Rehab For Celebs.
Posted on 28. Dec, 2008 by CSS.
Tara Reid is rehabbing on the house!
Star Magazine reports the washed-up American Pie star checked herself into rehab after receiving an offer for a free ride at Malibu’s Promises Treatment Center.
After being hit particularly hard by the global recession, the $1,600 a night treatment facility, which has treated addicted celebrities like Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan, is offering pro bono rehab to celebrity drug addicts.
“Enrollment was down due to the bad economy, so in an effort to drum publicity, they asked around Hollywood to see who wanted to stay there for free.”
Well if your a celeb in Hollywood who would like to kick their vices on a free tab- oppurtunity is knocking!!
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Tara Reid Makes Her Best Career Move Yet.
Posted on 12. Dec, 2008 by CSS.
Tara Reid has finally checked herself into Rehab!!
Her reps aren’t confirming what she is seeking treatment for but lets just hope she tackles some of her demons- Tara Reid has been known as quite the party girl for years now, and not the good kind of party girl- she’s been known as the one to get into drunken stupors, pass out in public, make obscene remarks and generally just make an all around fool of herself.
Tara Reids reps have only confirmed that, “Tara Reid has checked herself into Promises Treatment Center.”
We better not hear that this was ‘research for a part’ – that excuse is tired!!
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Blake Fielder- Civil Says He Will Divorce Amy Winehouse In Order To Save Her.
Posted on 01. Dec, 2008 by CSS.
Amy Winehouse’s husband says he’s ending the couple’s 18-month marriage because divorce is the only way to stop the talented songstress from killing herself.
Blake Fielder-Civil, who is currently in a rehab clinic as part of his early release from prison, says he feels responsible for Amy’s well-documented drug addiction and will not reconcile with the troubled singer when he leaves the Life Works Center later this month.
“I dragged Amy into it and without me there is no doubt that she would never have gone down that road. I ruined something beautiful,” Blake, 26, said in an interview with News of the World over the weekend.
“Now I have to let her go to save her life. I am not abandoning her. I am doing this out of love.”
He adds, “When I see pictures of Amy and the state she’s in it tears my heart out. It scares me to death that I can’t fix Amy. But for her recovery I have to leave her alone. I will do anything for her and that includes walking away.”
“There are still reasons that Amy and I don’t like to be sober and if I go back to her I am basically saying, ‘It’s all right to kill yourself Amy.’”
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Ryan O'Neal's Son Sentenced to Rehab Over Meth Bust.
Posted on 09. Oct, 2008 by CSS.
Ryan O’Neal’s son with Farrah Fawcett, Redmond O’Neal has been sentenced to a two week court ordered rehab program after violating his probation and being busted with Meth. This kid has struggled with drug addiction for years and he is so young(23)!! Do you honestly think making this kid go to a two week program is really going to turn it around at this point? He is fighting a meth addiction- i dont know what the law allows in these cases if someone does please let me know! I think his sentence to rehab should have been much much longer…Let’s face it two weeks in rehab is a JOKE.
What Redmond O’Neal called a “major misunderstanding” is starting to make a little more sense.
The 23-year-old son of Ryan O’Neal and Farrah Fawcett, who was arrested along with his dad last month on suspicion of methamphetamine possession, was ordered into a two-week treatment program Wednesday after admitting that he had relapsed.
“You’re a stand-up guy to come here and deal with your problem,” Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Scott Millington told Redmond, who also checked into rehab in 2004 to treat a heroin addiction. “I want you to stay clean…You better stay clean or the hammer is going to fall.”
An attorney for the O’Neals didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
No criminal charges have been filed against either Redmond or his dad in connection with their Sept. 17 bust at the elder O’Neal’s Malibu home during a routine probation checkup. Officers allegedly found Redmond to be in possession of what looked like meth, as well as a small vial of the stuff in his father’s bedroom.
At the time of their arrest, Redmond was about two months into a three-year probation sentence for DUI and possessing heroin and crystal meth.
Ryan O’Neal has maintained his innocence in the affair, his lawyer telling reporters that his client would no doubt be vindicated.
“Those were not Ryan’s drugs, he doesn’t use drugs, and has nothing to do with them,” attorney Mark Werksman said. “It’s a dangerous assumption for deputies to have arrested Ryan just because he was in proximity to the drugs.”
-From E!Online
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Not Sure I Buy It..
Posted on 22. Aug, 2008 by CSS.
Okay so here’s the deal, Wino’s people (& by wino’s people i mean her day) have released information to the press on how Amy is gearing up to enter rehab this week.
While i do believe that she could be going to a rehabilitation center i do not believe she will be rehabilitated!! It’s a sad truth, no one’s going to fix themselves unless they truly want to and it seems she may be too far gone to get that….
Winehouse is set to rehab at a facility very close to her husband Blake, apparently that part of the equation is what made Amy agree to go.
The facility was suggested to Amy through Russell Brand who was able to kick his demons their in 2003.
I hope there is truth to this story, and I hope she gets the help she so obviously needs!
