Burt Reynolds Checks Into Rehab

Burt Reynolds is seeking treatment in a rehabilitation facility for alleged addictions to prescription drugs and alcohol.

The veteran star, 73, was reportedly admitted to hospital on August 21st after he was found semi-conscious and covered in blood following a fall at his waterfront mansion in Hobe Sound.

A source told a U.S. tabloid,

“The houseman found Burt lying in a pool of blood. He’d fallen and was badly cut. The houseman drove him to the hospital. But this time, Burt was behaving strangely, and doctors were so concerned about his state of mind that they sent him to the county mental health facility in West Palm Beach.”

The Smokey and the Bandit actor then agreed to check straight into rehab after medics refused to discharge him unless he sought professional help for his alleged addictions at the nearby Hanley Center.

“The facility refused to release him unless he agreed to go immediately into drug and alcohol rehab.

He’s been increasingly abusing booze and prescription drugs, mainly painkillers. There have been many times recently when he’s been completely out of it, and twice in the last few months he’s ended up at the ER (emergency room).”

Burt Reynolds has checked himself into the best little sober house in…well, Florida, apparently.

source: Burt Reynolds and His Mustache Ride Into Rehab [e online]

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