Going to Rehab

In case you missed it, Charles Barkley cut loose what has to be the quote of the year, thus far. John Lennon's Black Daughter, this should make you proud.

Sir Charles went on a rant last night on the TNT postgame show about how NBA players smoke weed and "just dont act like grown-ass men."

That wasn't it though. His cohort kind of looked at him as if to say "Charles, you can't say ass on cable television."

Charles then filled the bill. He said: "If I get in trouble, I'll just say I'm gay and going to rehab."

That is the cliche thing to do in Hollywood these days. You do something ill, you're going to rehab to make it all better.

Charles just threw a hilarious double shot at the NBA and Hollywood. I'll let JLBD's words finish this off:

It seems like every time you turn around somebody is checking into rehab for the dumbest things. I know that Lindsay Lohan is a dysfunctional drunken confused child and a trip to rehab at the age of 20 for alcoholism is something that I don’t even want to touch on. But checking into rehab because of things you have said that just so happen to offend other people is beyond retarded. We all know about the Brandon Davis Firecrotch rant and how he went into rehab for that one, and there are a few others that are more low profile but still ridiculous.

But this one takes the cake: Today, Isaiah Washington from Grey’s Anatomy has checked himself into rehab to get a psychological analysis of why he says hateful things (Hence the homophobic remark he made last October & at the Golden Globes)

I think this is the most asinine approach to damage control that I have ever witnessed. How pitiful is that? Like Chris Rock said "what ever happened to crazy?" I say what ever happened to sheer ignorance? Can’t someone be ignorant and careless with their choice of words without needing to go to a rehabilitation center and throw thousands of dollars at these high profile shrinks? Sorry, but I am completely outdone by this stunt.