Hollywood’s least surprising revelations
Amy Winehouse burst on the scene in 2006 with “Rehab,” a tune about her staunch refusal to check into a rehabilitation facility. Still, when Winehouse was rushed to University College London Hospital in 2007, her people blamed “exhaustion.”
Winehouse herself, however, eschewed the exhaustion excuse and admitted to German magazine Stern that drugs were to blame. “I really thought that it was over for me then,” she told the magazine. “My husband Blake saved me. He brought me to the hospital.” (Pierre Philippe Marcou / AFP/Getty Images)
Remember when the question was: ‘Are they or aren’t they?’ Lohan was publicly canoodling with DJ Samantha Ronson for ages, and finally confirmed that she and Ronson were an item.
During an interview with syndicated radio show “Loveline,” a DJ asked Lohan, “You guys, you and Samantha, have been going out for how long now?”
Lohan laughed and answered, “For a very long time.” (Stephen Lovekin / Getty Images for IMG)
Duchovny, who has starred in the cable series “Californication” and Red Shoe Diaries,” had long been suspected of being a sex addict. After a decade of decrying such reports as false -- Im not a sex addict. I have never been to those meetings, he told Playgirl in 1997 -- last month he checked himself into treatment for the addiction. (Joel Ryan / Associated Press)
Over the course of a few years, America watched TV personality Star Jones shrink from overweight to downright svelte. At first, Jones enraged many for refusing to reveal her methods.
As a former fatty, [Jones] has an obligation to her tribe,” criticized Rosie O’Donnell. “And to write a book about how to be the perfect woman that she now is, and to leave out gastric bypass
its sickening,
In 2007, Jones finally penned an article for Glamour, in which she acknowledged having gastric bypass surgery.
“I admit that when asked about my obvious weight loss over the past four years, I was intentionally evasive,” Jones wrote. “I called it a ‘medical intervention,’ which was true, but it was really a pathetic attempt to tell only the truth I could handle at the time.” (Bryan Bedder / Getty Images)
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In 1997, after much speculation about her sexuality, Ellen DeGeneres finally came out to Time magazine.
The cheeky cover read, “Yep, I’m Gay,” highlighting the unshocking nature of the statement. Ellen’s sitcom character soon followed suit, coming out in a historic episode that featured Oprah Winfrey. (Brian K. Diggs / Associated Press)
In 2004, Olsen entered treatment for an eating disorder -- after she and her sister had poked fun of the rumors saying she was too skinny. According to USA Today, just one month before she checked into rehab, they appeared on Saturday Night Live in a skit where they pretended to be paparazzi, calling out to actors playing the twins: Mary-Kate, youre so skinny! Eat a sandwich! (Chris Polk / Associated Press)
When Lindsay Lohan landed in the hospital twice in 2006, her people blamed “exhaustion” and “dehydration.” Among the many skeptics was “Georgia Rule” producer James G. Robinson, who told Lohan in a memo, “We are well aware that your partying is the real reason for your so-called exhaustion.”
After two DUIs, Lohan checked into rehab. (Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times)
