Mischa Barton has been photographed out drunk, or at least visibly tipsy, a few times in the past few months. She hasn't been busted for another DUI since her first arrest after Christmas, though, so at least she's staying off the road. She isn't staying sober, but I guess that's her business. It's legal and she's not hurting anyone.
Barton recently admitted that she went to rehab after her DUI arrest and pretty much states that she didn't do it to get sober - she did it to satisfy the judge and get off with a lighter sentence. Maybe I'm reading too much into what she said, but that's what it sounds like to me:
And now Barton has revealed she punished herself over the lapse in judgment by locking herself up at an unnamed rehab clinic in a bid to prove to herself and the authorities she was not a drunk.
She tells Marie Claire's UK edition, "I wanted to prove to the court that I would take it completely seriously, so I went to rehab to prove I was sober."
"It really helped in getting the more serious aspects of my case dropped because, you know, that's what they want to hear; you're not an alcoholic and you don't have a problem. So I did it in the most low-key way possible - I didn't make a fuss about it and I didn't tell a lot of my friends. I just did the program and got through it."
And she's still angry with herself for driving while over the limit.
She adds, "The thing is, I hate drunk drivers. Living in L.A., I can't stand them, and that's why I was so disappointed in myself. It's so not worth it when you put other lives at risk."
[WENN via 9WSYR]
She didn't do it to prove to herself that she could get sober, she did it to prove to the court. The segment of the article that's published here doesn't specify whether she went for a full 30 days or if she spent less time in rehab.
Barton is just 22. She seems to have learned her lesson after driving drunk and sobriety is not for everyone in their early 20s. Still, there have been plenty of stories about her problems with alcohol. She was recently said to have been falling down drunk at a club. Her boyfriend was so embarrassed and lily-livered about it that he just left her there to fend for herself. It sounds like she needs to ditch the boyfriend - and the booze.
Mischa Barton is shown below leaving Grill Royale restaurant in Berlin on 7/18/08. Credit: WENN. She is shown in the header on 6/18/08. Credit: Fame Pictures
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