Posts Tagged ‘celebrities and drugs’
Fergie Bares All about Past Drug Addiction
November 30, 2010
Fergie, the glamorous singer from the Black Eyed Peas, has recently opened up to Glamour Magazine. Her struggle with meth addiction is one of the topics covered in the December edition of the magazine. It’s not the first time she’s discussed her addiction history in [...]
Carrie Fisher Abused Cocaine on Star Wars Set
October 19, 2010
Carrie Fisher recently said in an interview that she abused cocaine when she was filming “Empire Strikes Back” as Princess Leia. During the scenes set on the ice planet Hoth, Fisher says she used cocaine. Fisher says: “I didn’t even like coke that much. It [...]
George Michael Claims He’s Heading to Drug Rehab
October 14, 2010
Early in the morning on October 11, George Michael was spotted leaving his home in England. When asked where he was going, he said drug rehab and “I want to beat my drug addiction and lead a normal life,” according to The Sun. This comes [...]
Steven Purcell Leaves Drug Rehab
March 30, 2010
Steven Purcell is the former leader of Glasgow City Council and he recently quit his five-year position as council leader to go to drug and alcohol rehab. The most notable point made in the few short articles posted about his return trip home is only [...]
Drug addiction recovery fuels King’s forgiveness
February 23, 2009
Certainly if there was anyone in Los Angles who had a right to be an angry individual it would be Rodney King. The man suffered unmercifully at the hands of the LAPD in an event that touched off the 1992 riots which set the city [...]
Ex-NFL star Jamal Anderson arrested on drug charges
February 11, 2009
As a productive NFL running back for the NFC Champion Atlanta Falcons, Jamaal Anderson was once famous for dancing the “dirty bird” every time he made it into the end zone. Now however, the 36 year old ex-NFL great is tangoing with law enforcement over [...]
The tarnished legacy of Michael Phelps
February 7, 2009
Unless you’ve been living at the bottom of the pool for the past several weeks, you’ve probably heard that all-time Olympic record holder Michael Phelps was caught (via photo) smoking pot at a party. The picture circulated around the web and was quickly picked up [...]
For the Osbournes rehab runs in the family
January 30, 2009
When it comes to the Osbourne family and drug rehab, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Such is the case with Kelly Osbourne who recently checked back into rehab for the third time. Kelly allegedly was forced to re-enter rehab when she slipped [...]
VH1 launches yet another celebrity rehab show
January 14, 2009
Riding the success of the strangely compelling Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, cable network VH1 has launched a spin-off of the show, Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House. As the name might indicate, the reality show focuses on a group of celebrities who have completed an [...]
New book focuses on celebrity battles with addiction
January 5, 2009
An eye-opening new book by Christopher Kennedy Lawford is guaranteed to change the way people look at some of the favorite celebrities. But rather than focus on only the downward spiral of these indviduals, Lawford’s book, Moments of Clarity lets the high-profile individuals discuss, in [...]
