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Casting Celebrity Re-rehab 2

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HOW COME WE NEVER HANG ANYMORE? Corolla, Pinsky (Photo: Getty Images)
Say what you will about the pure schadenfreude that initially drove us all to enter Celebrity Rehab. Along the way, we genuinely got hooked, and, we dare say, found something ... about the show ... and ourselves (sniff) ... that we liked. Seriously, if a show can give you a reason to care about Jeff Conaway and simultaneously ruin any masturbatory fantasy you might ever have had about Mary Carey (a whole different taste concern for another post), it can certainly make it another season. Producers must have panicked at the prospect that they'd have to hunt down a whole new crop of fuckups for a follow-up, though. There are plenty of Baldwins, but there is only one crack-whiffin', Vicodin-chewin, ecstasy relapsin' Shifty Shellshock. VH1's own blog jokingly posted about a dream cast, but it wasn't very likely (Angelina Jolie? Not in time for a new , anyway.) To help the process along, Radar looks into the crystal ball for our own Celebrity Rehab 2 suggestions ...

Jason Castro
Replacing: Jaimee Foxworth
Claim to Fame: Current American Idol contestant, this generation's Joe Dirt
Why: Dude is as weedy as they come, and that was Jaimee Foxworth's "addiction" ("Marijuana is not a drug; I used to suck dick for coke"—Bob Saget). We've said it before, the kid is a locker search (and a harsh Simoning) away from a drug scandal.
Sober Living? Sure, if there are cameras there.

Adam Corolla
Replacing: Joan Marie "Chyna Doll" Laurer
Claim to fame: Radio host, former co-host with Dr. Drew on Loveline
Why: While getting Corolla to cop to an addiction (Man Show beer, anyone) might be a hell of a lot easier, he's more likely to be in there for face time with his old bud Dr. Drew (and his cameras), just like Chyna. Also, he's clearly on steroids.
Sober Living? Only if Drew's there.

Amy Winehouse
Replacing: Jeff Conaway and Seth "Shifty" Binzer
Why: She could crack-and-pill them both under the table and comes complete with a dysfunctional other half. Bonus: Hacky daily paper writers get to play on her "Rehab" song for one more round.
Sober Living? No, no, no.

Ashley Alexandra Dupré
Replacing: Mary Carey
Claim to fame: America's Whore
Why: A drug problem is really the only chance she has left at sympathy. Instead of a scene where she does ballet, she could go to a studio and work on her next crappy song and MySpace page. Bonus: If there's ever a group outing to Catalina, you know she's taking her top off.
Sober Living? How much does it pay?

Brandon/Jason Davis
Replacing: Daniel Baldwin/Ricco Rodriguez
Claim to fame: Oil heirs, L.A. club scenesters
Why: It's a two-fer! First, Greasy Bear swoops in, having allegedly finished rehab once, fires off a few inappropriate text messages to Dupré then makes a bee line for Chateau Marmot, mumbling something about "firecrotch." Gummy Bear swoops in Ricco-style but kind of smack-naps his way through the rest of the season, waking occasionally for food fights, cookouts, food parities, and eating.
Sober Living? Totally, bro! Let's fuckin' DO IT! (Zzzzz ...)

Jessica Sierra
Replacing: Jessica Sierra
Claim to fame: a former contestant on American Idol, she also played Jessica Sierra on Celebrity Rehab
Why: She's court-mandated to live at the Pasadena Recovery Center for a year under Dr. Drew's care. She can't not be on the show.
Sober Living? For life, yo, as long as it isn't in Florida.

Britney Spears
Replacing: Brigitte Nielsen
Claim to fame: one-time wife of that famous rapper and actor, Kevin Federline
Why: Similar hairstyle to Nielsen. Same age (right?). She's a less-than-stellar mother, and she could maybe have already fucked Sly Stallone.
Sober Living? Not sure, what's TMZ say?

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