Trashy Celebs

Okay, so I will admit it, I am a fan of the A&E show Intervention which offers a up-close-and-personal view of an addict and how his or her addiction affects not only his or her own life, but that of his or her family and friends as well. It’s an interesting show and has offered be a little glimpse and a little bit of insight to a side of life I have never experienced. And sometimes, I admit, I am a huge asshole and I will sit and drink a beer or two while I watch. Yes, I am heartless. Shut up. I don’t care. You don’t know my life!

Anywhoodle, I think even I won’t be sinking so low as to watch Celebrity Rehab on VH-1. Granted, I have not seen an episode yet, but I somehow doubt that VH-1 is going to treat the subject with the same sensitivity, lack of interference, and sympathetic-yet-detached view that A&E seems to.

Here’s a description from the VH-1 website:

“Celebrity Rehab” is the first television series to chronicle the dramatic, unscripted real life experiences of a group
of actual celebrities as they make the life-changing decision to enter themselves into a drug, alcohol and addiction
treatment program with the sincere desire to achieve true rehabilitation and recovery.

This compelling true account of addiction, healing, and redemption is being supervised with great compassion and
insight by renowned addiction and recovery expert Dr. Drew Pinsky, Medical Director of the Department of Chemical Dependency Services at Southern California’s Las Encinas Hospital, and host of the long-running radio and television advice series LOVELINE”.

This kinda makes me loose some respect for Dr. Drew (what I had left to lose after realizing how many years he spent working with Adam Corolla). I mean, I’ve listened to him on Loveline and such and thought he seemed more like a caring physician and less like a fame-whore, but maybe I was wrong. Maybe I should have seen this coming back when he turned up on an episode of Celebrity Fit Club to help “counsel” Jeff Conaway after a drug overdose. Uh, yeah. In fact, Jeff Conaway is one of the celebrities appearing on Celebrity Rehab. I wonder if that episode of Fit Club is what prompted this whole idea anyway? Jeez, I hope they haven’t kept Conaway waiting for help all this time.

Other, uh, celebrities appearing on the show are Jaimee Foxxworth (from Family Matters, Shifty Binzer from one-hit wonder Crazytown, Ricco Rodriguez (who?), Daniel Baldwin(!) because every VH-1 reality show deserves a Baldwin, Brigitte Nielson (who clearly needs another VH-1 reality show), Chyna, and porn-star Mary Carey.

Celebrity Rehab, Celebrity Fit Club, Dr. Drew, Adam Carolla, Jeff Conaway, Jaimee Foxxworth, Shifty Binzer, Crazytown, Ricco Rodriguez, Daniel Baldwin, Brigitte Nielsen, Chyna, Mary Carey, VH-1