Embattled singer Mindy McCready has been cast in the VH-1 reality show, 'Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew.' The show will follow eight celebrities as they go through an intense detoxification program. McCready's known vices are alcohol and prescription drugs.Other troubled stars set to appear this season are basketball great Dennis Rodman, actress MacKenzie Phillips ('One Day at a Time'), former Hollywood Madame Heidi Fleiss, former 'America's Next Top Model' contestant Lisa D'Amato, former Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr, former Miss United States Teen Kari Ann Peniche and former 'Real World Hollywood' star Joey Kovar.
McCready, whose best-known hits include 'Ten Thousand Angels' and 'Guys Do it All the Time,' has had a laundry list of troubles with drugs, alcohol and the law. She was arrested in 2004 for fraudulently obtaining prescription pills. In 2005, she was arrested for DUI and was arrested again just two months later on a string of charges, including identity theft and unlawful imprisonment. A subsequent arrest came in July 2007, when McCready allegedly assaulted her own mother and then resisted arrest. That incident resulted in her spending four months in a Tennessee jail. Another jail stint came last year after the singer violated her probation. Also in 2008, she entered rehab twice -- the second time after a failed suicide attempt.
McCready also made headlines last year after admitting to an affair with married baseball star Roger Clemens. The two met when the aspiring singer was just 15 years old, singing in a Florida karaoke bar. Clemens was already married with children at the time. Their alleged relationship lasted on and off through 2006.
The new season of 'Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew' will premiere in early 2010. Its host, Dr. Drew Pinsky, has helped celebrities ranging from Oscar-nominated actor Gary Busey to pro-wrestler Chyna defeat their addictions.
Reader Comments(1 of 2)
ScreaminEagleat 5-30-2009
Who cares want McCready does.Now days when people in the public eye do something wrong they go to rehab and everyone is so ready to forgive them......But think about it , if it were an every day guy or gal you go to jail and would be treat like trash. If people want to watch their shows that helps them get rich on your sympathy because they cnt't handle themself's , have at it..........
number1redbullat 5-30-2009
i think she can make it though this and i beleve she will make a big come back . see not like taylor swift . see Taylor swift is a want it be counrty art.s
perrimenoat 5-30-2009
Yeah, but Taylor Swift Is waaaay cuter, so she can get away with more!
judylilacmoonat 5-30-2009
Mindy has problems but she also plays this to the
max. she needs to complete rehab save her life
and forget about playing the Nashville Music scene
too many good artists here and also when she was
a recording artist. She blew it period and the
smpathy ploy is not believed anymore. Her Prima
Donna days are OVER!!
The Lovely Dianeat 5-30-2009
Shame on Dr. Drew. . . nothing like profiting off people at their most vulnerable. Aren't these programs annonymous? And shame on the viewers for keeping this trash coming!!
howardroark43at 5-30-2009
never heard of this broad...
Jeannieat 5-30-2009
Mindy needs rehab but more than that she needs to get to a psychiatrist. She is clearly bipolar and she will need medication to get better and put her life back on track. Mindy... take your meds. I am convinced you have already been diagnosed bipolar.
Susanat 5-30-2009
I feel bad for Mindy. She has battled the alcohol and drug demons for several years now and just can't seem to get control of them. If she could find some peace and happiness in her personal life, it would go a long way in helping her overcome these addictions. I don't think being on a televised rehab show is going to help and may hurt her even more. My prayers are with her.
Paul Hunterat 5-30-2009
my name is Paul Hunter, and I am the 19th child out of 21 children. Yes ! My mother who is Mrs. Louise Hunter from Racine, Wisconsin is the mother of 21 natural children, (18 living today) 61 grandchildren, and 55 great-grandchildren. www.hunterfamily21.com What we need to do is pray for Mindy and her family. "Rehab really means fix something in my life" info@hunterfamily21.com
Jamesat 5-30-2009
Why are we glamorizing these worthless bums by putting them on tv? Send them to rehab, if that doesn't work then go to jail, do not pass go, do not collect $200.00. Enough with advertizing all of their crap.
kym073at 5-30-2009
Why don't you guys out there who are harping on her, give her a break? So what if she goes on national television for help? At least she is attempting to get her life back together when the alternative to rehab is a slow suicide by alcohol and pills. Hopefully she will be successful and if not, keep trying. Again the alternative is clearly death. Addiction is not only a mental obsession which causes people to do things they normally wouldn't do with a sound state of mind, it is also a disease. With a higher power of her choice, help, determination, support and prayer...she just might make it. Shame on the ones who judge her and down her. I absolutely am convinced that no one is perfect. Reflect on your own life... a mistake is a mistake and at the end of the day, it is no greater or less than another. I'm sure everyone can find fault in themselves. But within that fault, does that make you less worthy as a human being?
gemstyxat 5-30-2009
I know from personal experience how tough it is shake
an addiction.It can be done,I have twelve years to prove it.Stop judging and pray for this young womans'
success.Practice some true humanity.Gob bless and keep
her,she can do it.
jetjackblackat 5-30-2009
they all sound exactly alike, most look alike and I can't tell one from the other.
Angelaat 5-30-2009
She's had too many chances to get straightened out, especially since she became a mother... and what does she get? To star on a friggin' TV show! I have no more sympathy for this bitch. Hell, I'm sitting home alone, again, on Saturday night eating in front of the computer and watching a TV program about serial killers. I feel sorry for ME!
Gordonat 5-30-2009
Sobriety is tough stuff, we must get honest, stop all the lying and sneaking, in other words get real, be transparent, willing to go to any lengths to get sober and staright. Check out my story at www.gordonrouston.com, I have been there done that in recovery (34) years share my story all the time, especilaly through my book, "MY MIND HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN," all true, no fiction, takes you one quite a journey, itno hell and back.