Saturday, January 24, 2009

CELEBRITY,ADDICTION REHAB. MORE LIKE "IMAGE" REHAB

Usually, I roll my eyes in disgust when I hear about celebs checking into rehab as opposed to facing a court of law when they mess up. In this instance, it's Kelly Osbourne, who's checking in after an alleged altercation with a woman who called her boyfriend stupid for not knowing what earthquakes are. Now, this is a justifiable complaint. Not knowing what an earthquake is, is really stupid.

Since Kelly IS an Osbourne, she deserves the benefit of the doubt: addiction runs in the family, and it's probably better to take control of it while you're young, so you can spend the rest of your twenties sober and bored by everyone you know. However, there should be a ban as of this year for 'rehab' being the response to 'I did something moronic because I have no self control'. Sobriety is a great thing for addicts, but the plethora of celebrities blaming their spoiled behavior on drugs or liquor is belittling to people who are genuinely suffering. Now that rehab is cool, even Intervention is getting shoddier, the drug addicts more questionable: the last few have seemed more addicted to attention than substances.

Jack already went through rehab for a heroin issue. Maybe the Osbournes should reconsider (SHARON) their desperate need at any cost to air their personal lives 24-7. The older daughter who refuse to be on the original Osbournes show is clearly the smart one. Sad, I used to love Sharon Osbourne because when she quit managing The Smashing Pumpkins, she stated, "I had to leave for medical reasons. Billy Corgan was making me sick.'

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