Personally, I could ramble on about Celebrity Rehab for pages… and if I didn’t have a 9-to-5 job, I definitely would.
This is a little late, but let me give my season finale predictions:
Brigitte – I was back-and-forth on whether she would choose Sober Living or not. She always seemed to be the most serious about treatment… very “it doesn’t matter whether or not you THINK you need treatment, because your doctors are saying that you do and they are the professionals.” I was also concerned that if she was too confident in her progress and commitment to sobriety, that she wouldn’t go. She had gotten a lot out of the experience, and might feel like she had really had her revelation and that’s what she needed.
Seth – Seth was coming up with so many BS excuses not to go. Stuff like “I just don’t know if I’m ready to handle all of that.” So, Seth… you don’t know if you’re ready to handy recovery, but you insist that you’re dedicated on staying sober, so… you’re going to try quasi-recovery? Uh, doesn’t work like that. Seth has also been-there-done-that with a Sober Living program, so I was also worried that he’d pull the “I’ve done it before and it just doesn’t work for me” excuse.
Ricco – I was so sure that Ricco was going. Which is funny, because I thought he did nothing but act out of his disease for the duration of the show.
Jaimee – I was pretty sure that Jessica wasn’t going. I think that a 3-month commitment was to overwhelming, and that she doesn’t really know what she’s up against with her disease.
Mary – Mary is very nice, but everyone was right in saying that she was easily influenced. If the other girls said “we are DEFINITELY going and we are EXCITED and we will make the next 3 months fun,” then she would have been all for it. I thought that she would go, though, after seeing the mess she was in the video.
Jessica – Uh, knowing that Jessica had already been arrested since the end of the show, I was pretty sure she did NOT choose Sober Living.
Joanie – I had this whole theory on WHY Joanie would choose to go… because she had sought treatment when she wasn’t even sure she was an addict. She sought treatment because she felt the impact of life feeling unmanageable. She used pills and alcohol and everything else to try and cope, and it didn’t work! For the others, the drugs/alcohol were serving a real purpose. They were working as coping tools. She just needed SOME kind of serious professional help. And I thought that she would continue on to Sober Living because she still needed help.
Alas, not all of my predictions came through.
This morning I stumbled upon a fantastic entry in VH1’s blog (something I’ve never read before): Our Dream Celebrity Rehab Cast, Season 2. I was especially amused by “Angelina Jolie & orphans” and “Kiera Knightly & period pieces.”
This inspired me to come up with my own “Celebrity Rehab Dream Cast”:
1. Patrick Dempsey & his hair – I think it was in People Magazine,
2. Tyra Banks & over-dramatization
3. Heidi Klum & trying to be Tyra
4. Ben Folds & incessant swear words
5. David Duchovney & anything paranormal
Grey Thinking 