Arquette recalls Christmas intervention on Oprah
Actor David Arquette has opened up about a family intervention which sparked his post-Christmas rehab stint, revealing he arrived home from a Christmas (10) party trip to Miami, Florida to find his actress sister Patricia and estranged wife Courteney Cox at his bedside as he awoke from a nap.
Arquette checked into rehab at the beginning of January (11) and has now spoken about the moment he knew it was time to get sober during a taped chat with Oprah Winfrey, which aired on TV in America on Thursday (24Feb11).
He explains, “I came back from Miami and Id taken a nap and I woke up and Patricia and Courteney were at my bed.
“Courteney had a cup of coffee and I was like, ‘What are you two doing here together?’ Like I already knew… And Courteney’s like, ‘Do you mind coming out into the living room for a second?’
“I peep my head around the corner and my best friend… is there and my business partner and some guy I don’t know, and I go, ‘What up turkeys? I guess this is my intervention.’”
That took place on 30 December (10) but Arquette reveals he still attended a New Year’s Eve party the following night – because he had promised he would be there. But he didn’t drink.
He adds, “I was sober at the New Years event. It was at this club I was putting on… I had already been sober and so I went there because it was something I was planning on doing and I wanted to see if I could do it sober, if I could still entertain and dance around. And I could and I had a great time.”
In the hard-hitting chat with Winfrey, Arquette admits he drank his first beer when he was four and already had a “serious” drinking problem by the time he started high school. He also told the talk show host he stole marijuana from his father when he was eight. (KL/WNVOP/KD)
USA – 24.02.11
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