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Former
NBA bad boy Dennis Rodman has always been a questionable sort who led a
colorful and controversial life.
Recently, the retired basketball player was visiting North Korean leader
Kim Jong-un and it had the world questioning what he was even doing there and
if he had control of his mental faculties.
Rodman’s
problems with alcohol are well-documented and he has sought treatment for the
issue on numerous occasions. In May
2008, he entered an outpatient treatment program for alcohol rehab. While a guest on the Celebrity Apprentice in 2009, his bizarre behavior led to an
intervention with Phil Jackson, his friends and family. After the intervention,
Rodman agreed to appear on the third season of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew and he remained in a 21-day treatment
program at Pasadena Recovery Center.
One week
after completing his alcohol treatment, Rodman entered a sober living community
in Hollywood Hill, which was filmed for the television program Sober House. During his time on Sober House, Rodman reconnected with his mother Shirley, with whom
he had had no contact for seven years.
During the same time his mother visited, his two children also met her
for the very first time.
In
January of 2010, on the same day Celebrity
Rehab premiered, Rodman was removed from a restaurant in California for his
disruptive and strange behavior. In
March 2012, his financial advisor stated, “In all honesty, Dennis, although a
very sweet person, is an alcoholic. His sickness impacts his ability to get
work.”
In
January of 2014, while Rodman was on a visit to North Korea he had a breakdown
after a period of heavy drinking. Rodman
was acting strangely and let off an expletive filled rant towards a reporter
for CNN, he was incoherent and rambling when asked about the U.S. citizen
Kenneth Bae, who is currently being held captive in North Korea. Bae’s family was outraged and Rodman took a
bashing in the press for not using his influence to help gain the man’s
release.
Upon
returning from North Korea, Rodman checked himself back into a treatment center
to receive care for his alcoholism.
Rodman’s publicist Darren Prince declined to say which facility the star
has gone too and asks for the press to respect his privacy. Rodman has done the best possible thing and
gone into treatment for his alcoholism.
What he needs is now is time and privacy to get his life back together
again and hopefully he will.
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