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Antonio Banderas Explains Melanie Griffith’s Trip To Rehab

Antonio Banderas is a real man. Seriously. I don’t find him attractive, I don’t like his movies, but he has balls.

Antonio was on the Ellen Show today and openly discussed his wife, Melanie Griffith’s recent trip to LaCirque Lodge Rehabilitation Center (i.e. Rehab, y’all).

Despite reports that Banderas gave Griffith the ultimatum: rehab or divorce, Banderas claims that Melanie herself suggested checking in after she became dependant on pain killers following a skiing accident and subsequent knee surgeries a year and a half ago.

Via People:

“It was said actually in some magazine that I said that I gave an ultimatum to my wife. That I present the matter of divorce because she has been involved in addictions and blah, blah, blah,” says the actor. “Melanie has been addicted for many years and we always came out. We said it out loud. It was okay, we were never embarrassed of the situation but what happened she was clean and sober for six years.”

Banderas also revealed that the rest of Melanie’s family is in therapy to help them cope with her addiction.

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Melanie Griffith’s Rehab or Divorce Ultimatum

I didn’t realize rehab was now like going to the dentist. I must be overdue for a stay. Or is it more like getting your hair did? You go in when your roots need a touch up…

Melanie Griffith has checked into rehab again for a routine rehabilitation stay. This will be her third time in a facility since 1998. Her first time was to battle both alcohol and drug abuse. In 2000 she checked into the Daniel Freeman Hospital after a drug dependency on pain killers due to a “neck injury.”

This time she will be headed to Cirque Lodge for treatment. Cirque is famous for hosting Lindsay Lohan and Kristen Dunst’s rehab attempts. Reps for Melanie stated that this is more of a reinforcement than a treatment.

“She is there to reinforce her commitment to stay healthy,” says her rep Robin Baum. “This is part of a routine plan that was designed between her and her doctors years ago.”

Sound fishy? It should. Other sources have claimed that she is back on booze and her husband, Antonia Banderas, has laid down an ultimatum which is far more likely. Antonio threatened to end their marriage if she didn’t seek help and quit drinking and abusing drugs.

An insider is quoted saying, “She’s working with the counselors on getting control of her demons. The reason Melanie checked in was her husband was demanding that she get clean and sober.”

Another source tells the Star, “Melanie’s struggling right now, but Antonio has been checking in on her as much as he is allowed, making sure she gets back on her feet.”

Lets hope she gets back to a sober state and realizes she is married to the perfect drug.

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