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Famous people try to get clean in 'Celebrity Rehab 2'
It's hard to watch "Celebrity Rehab" (9 p.m. Thursday, VH1) without feeling a little guilty.
Sure, this show, which follows famous folks who try to kick devastating addictions, has a much nobler mission than most of MTV and VH1's programming, much of which depends on deluded if not inebriated participants.
But there's a slightly icky element of voyeurism that accompanies watching "Celebrity Rehab"; it's as if you're witnessing a slow-motion car crash from the comfort of your couch, week after week. However responsible these people are for their own problems—and most of them had fame or money or both—that doesn't really mitigate the pain on display.
Yet that is the point, I guess. Haven't we all, at some point, wanted to believe that the lives of the rich and famous aren't all they're cracked up to be? Well, this show offers proof.
This season, the addictions appear to be more hard-core than they were in Season 1. Model Amber Smith arrives unable to function without a bewildering array of pills. Steven Adler, the original Guns N' Roses drummer, says he once tried to kill himself by washing multiple Valium pills down with a bottle of Jagermeister—and all he got was a good night's rest.
Actor Jeff Conaway and his scary Goth girlfriend, Vicki, both of whom were featured heavily in Season 1, are back for another go-rou...
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