Is Celebrity Rehab Scraping The Bottom of the Barrel For Season3?
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VH1 has just announced its newest motley crew of rehabbers who will embarrass themselves in the upcoming Season 3 of "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew Pinksy."
Dr. Drew is a board certified internist and an addiction medicine specialist who holds the hands of these troubled celebs. Sounds like a pretty crappy job if you ask me.
For those of you who not familiar with "Celebrity Rehab," it's a reality show for stars with various addiction problems. These troubled "stars" agree to enter a rehab center in Pasadena Ca. for treatment under the care of Dr. Drew and a staff of former addicts.
Dr. Drew is previously famous for his Los Angeles radio show, "Loveline," and also a show on MTV called Sex With Mom And Dad. But the last couple of years, Dr. Drew has been hit with the reality show bug and will be joining Celebrity Rehab for its third season. Dr. Pinksy is also involved in another reality show called "Sober House." This spin-off show is for graduates of "Celebrity Rehab" who go into a communal home after "graduation" and try to make it on their own with some supervision, rules, chores and curfews.
In the past, Celebrity Rehab has had such guests as Steven Adler, ex drummer of Guns N' Roses, Rod Stewart's son Sean, ex female wrestler Chyna, actors Gary Busey and Jeff Conaway, as well as several other assorted Z-listers.
For the life of me, I can't understand why anyone would agree to do this show. Do these stars really want to put another nail in the coffin of their already embattled careers by advertising their drug and alcohol problems? Or perhaps they are they looking to revamp their careers? I hate to use the term has beens, but these stars have not been in the limelight for quite some time, and some of them I wouldn't consider stars at all.
For example, last season, when the show featured Rod Stewart's son Sean and ballerina turned porn gal/failed politician/adult toy store owner Mary Carey. Seriously, how are these people considered "stars" by any stretch of the imagination. Reality television really is the first sign of the end of times. You read it hear first.
As sad as all this may seem, it gets worse and VH1 seems to be really scraping the bottom of the barrel for Season 3.
Do people really consider some of these people stars? Who's next on deck for Season 4? Madonna's plumber?
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