Is Rehab the New Hollywood Fashion?

Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears, Keith Urban, Amy Winehouse and now the normally squeaky clean Kirsten Dunst. All have signed up for a spell in rehab. There was a time when walking the red carpet was all the publicity a celeb courted but now its far more intriguing. First it was fashionable to carry the little pouch in an oversized handbag, then it was adopting babies from foreign, war torn lands (see Madonna and Angelina Jolie for experts in this field!) and now a spate in rehab seems to carry the same fashion ticket.

There was a time when ‘rehab’ was a word kept under the table along with divorce, abortion and unwanted pregnancy, but now it appears it has become a way of courting the press during a down time in a celeb’s career.

So Dunst has had a couple of broken relationships. First Brokeback Mountain star Jake Gyllenhaal and then there was her more recent split with Johnny Borrell. Seeing Jake all snuggled up and happy with Reese Witherspoon sure didn’t help but which of us hasn’t experienced a break up and clawed our way back from the brink without a month in rehab?

Serious claims have come to light concerning the actress’s penchant for mixing alcohol with her medication. Prolonged nights of drinking have kept the 25-year-old’s family on pins & needles.

Maybe she should get herself a doggy in the bag or a baby from Vietnam!

ABB