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Calvin Klein to Seek Drug Treatment
Yahoo News ^
| 3/6/03
Posted on 04/05/2003 5:22:52 PM PST by marshmallow
NEW YORK - Two weeks after acting erratically at a New York Knicks basketball game, fashion designer Calvin Klein has announced he is seeking treatment for a drug problem.
A spokeswoman for Klein, 60, would not specify the type of treatment he will receive. In 1988, Klein entered the Hazelden Institute in Minnesota for alcohol and prescription drug abuse.
"For many years, I've been able to successfully address my substance abuse issues, which for anyone is a lifelong process, through strict adherence to counseling and regular attendance at meetings," Klein said in a statement. "However, when I recently stopped attending meetings regularly, I suffered a setback."
Klein credited friends with helping him to recognize the problem and also said he would continue to work with his company, Calvin Klein Inc., which was recently acquired by apparel maker Phillips-Van Heusen.
At the basketball game, Klein left his seat and walked up to Knicks player Latrell Sprewell as he was about to throw an inbound pass. He was escorted back to his seat by guards. Sprewell later said Klein was mumbling and could not be understood.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: blame; calvinklien; celebritygods; liberalelites
To: marshmallow
At the basketball game, Klein left his seat and walked up to Knicks player Latrell Sprewell as he was about to throw an inbound pass. He was escorted back to his seat by guards. Sprewell later said Klein was mumbling and could not be understood.Escorted back to his SEAT?!?! How about escorted out onto 8th Avenue!?!
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posted on
04/05/2003 5:24:14 PM PST
by
Timesink
(When was the last time YOU remembered we're on Code Orange?)
To: marshmallow
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz......
To: marshmallow
Drug abuse is a road to Hell.
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posted on
04/05/2003 5:25:57 PM PST
by
Iris7
(Sufficient for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing.)
To: marshmallow
Sprewell later said Klein was mumbling and could not be understood.
Wow, if Latrell thinks you're wacked out...
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posted on
04/05/2003 5:35:43 PM PST
by
lelio
To: marshmallow
Let's see, fabulously weathly, excellent designer, world famous, lovely wife.
Sure, that's a great reason to do drugs.
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posted on
04/05/2003 5:41:06 PM PST
by
Hillary's Lovely Legs
(May all of Saddam's virgins look like Helen Thomas)
To: marshmallow
suffered a setback? ok. whatever.
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posted on
04/05/2003 5:54:09 PM PST
by
OperationFreedom
( www.OperationFreedom.com)
To: OperationFreedom
He will get a standing O at his next fasion show
Let's not forget some of his commercials very homosexual oriented
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posted on
04/05/2003 5:59:30 PM PST
by
since1868
To: marshmallow
I get sick and tired of these celebrity addicts hiding behind the words "prescription drugs".
Either they're paying through the nose for some sleaze pharmacist to write phony prescriptions for them like Elvis did, or they're buying their drugs through underworld dealers.
Dopeheads like Klein give "prescription drugs" a bad connotation just as much as people of his ilk forever changed and degraded the meaning of a perfectly good word in the English language, "gay".
Leni
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posted on
04/05/2003 6:02:32 PM PST
by
MinuteGal
(THIS JUST IN ! Astonishing fare reduction for FReeps Ahoy Cruise! Check it out, pronto!)
To: since1868
The drug culture of the fashion world is alive and well. Homosexuality is a given. Hence, why female models sometimes look like starved androgynous little girly men. Not all homosexual fashionistas are bad though. I like Andre Talley and Karl Lagerfeld.
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posted on
04/05/2003 6:03:20 PM PST
by
cyborg
To: cyborg
The drug culture of the fashion world is alive and well. Homosexuality is a given. Hence, why female models sometimes look like starved androgynous little girly men. Not all homosexual fashionistas are bad though. I like Andre Talley and Karl Lagerfeld
Soory cyborg never heard of them.
I like Ralph Lauren
To: marshmallow
Jeez, I would think by the time one reaches 60 years old, common sense and maturity would tell them to leave drugs alone.
Maybe the erratic behavior is a touch of Alzheimer's? Course in the fashion world, I'm sure drug abuse has more drama and glamour than senility.
And in rehab for 28 days, one gets to talk about themselves over and over again which just has to feed the ego in a twisted way.
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posted on
04/05/2003 6:09:03 PM PST
by
3catsanadog
(When anything goes, everything will.)
To: 3catsanadog
The fasion world is just like Hollywood. They don't live in the real world. To them rehab is a medel of honor.
He will be more celebrated in his world then Jessica Lynch. Boy do these people make me sick!!
To: Iris7
Ok. I'll ask....were they DESIGNER DRUGS?
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posted on
04/05/2003 6:58:50 PM PST
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I will defend to your death my right to say it)
To: marshmallow
Ok.....where's the WAAAAAAAHAMBULANCE????
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posted on
04/05/2003 7:03:18 PM PST
by
BossLady
(MEANWHILE IN HELL.....Only a handful of fiery virgins left ...rock bottom prices....98% off.....)
To: marshmallow
Does this mean the ads he runs in the future will have more wholesome people instead of people who look like prostitutes strung out on drugs?? I don't buy a thing with his name on it because his ads are repulsive.
To: Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I will defend to your death my right to say it) Woo - Hah!
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posted on
04/05/2003 9:20:01 PM PST
by
Iris7
(Sufficient for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing.)
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