EXCLUSIVE: Dr. Drew On Brad Pitt Quitting Smoking Pot Because He Became A Dad
Posted on Aug 19, 2009 @ 10:17AM
Dr. Drew Pinsky -- board certified addiction specialist & host of Celebrity Rehab -- has some advice for actor Brad Pitt who recently revealed to Bill Maher that he no longer smokes marijiuana because he became a father.
Dr. Drew tells RadarOnline.com exclusively, "You have to wonder how much pot Brad was smoking. Was it a chronic problem? I don't know. But to the extent that he had to quit because he felt it was interfering with his parenting abilities is bothersome."
Drew says the number one mistake parents make is admitting to their children that they did drugs. "I see it all the time with my patients. Parents tell their son/daughter that they did drugs, and then they warn them about the hazards of drugs. But in the child's adolescent mind, it's hypocrisy. Their parents did it, and they are ok." Dr. Drew says the only time it's acceptable to tell the children is if they, the parents, are in recovery.
Drew has specific advice for daddy Pitt when one the members of the Brangelina brood inquires about his pot smoking days. "Don't lie to your kids. The horse is out of the barn. Here is what I would tell him (Brad Pitt) to say I wish I hadn't said that, it would have been better for you to not know what I did or didn't do. The fact is why is here is why I think you shouldn't do it, or I would say I was so badly addicted I had to struggle with it, to stop to make sure I was available to parent you. It's an unusual situation with this public conversation."
Another concern Drew has for the Pitt children, are all of the moves the family makes. "Multiple moves are very destructive for kids. I can't say it's necessarily going to harm them. They never develop any stable relationships with their peers. It's very traumatic on many levels. A couple of VH1 programs coming up, some of the patients have moved 20 or more times."
The third season of Celebrity Rehab is set to premiere on VH1 in early 2010.
Drew is currently on the New York Times bestseller list for the book that he wrote, The Mirror Effect, How Celebrity Narcissism Is Seducing America.
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May 27, 2011 @ 14:22
May 27, 2011 @ 13:00
Brad is over the hill drugs and 6 children made him an old man. I can't stand him and Angie .She look very old and materly. Here they go draging six kids along. Not sexy anymore. Enough they need to be out of lime light.
Posted Wed, 08/19/2009 - 11:35pm
Brad Pitt can say he's Satan and the world would still worship him. Just sayin...
Posted Wed, 08/19/2009 - 7:35pm
Dr Drew is better looking than Pitt. He's really starting to look like a serious boozer. Or maybe it's the munchie factor.
Posted Wed, 08/19/2009 - 5:50pm
Btw,I love that pic of Brad Pitt... he looks like a creepy wabbit. does he have buck teeth? Brads face = wax on wax off.... lololol from all that botox.
Posted Wed, 08/19/2009 - 1:53pm
Dr drew, Brad didn't stop using drugs. Quentin tarentino told on him. Dr drew, he was using Drugs and the kids were in the house. OMG! lol
Posted Wed, 08/19/2009 - 1:52pm
Better he should worry about how the kids will feel when they find out their dad is an active drug user who has no problem lying to the press about it. And they will find out - just as soon as they're old enough to google.
Posted Wed, 08/19/2009 - 1:42pm
Yup whatever Dr Drew! Why did you go to med school only to become a glorified reality show witch doctor that contributes to the cheap exploitation of people with serious addictions? This guys a fame **** of the worst sort.
Posted Wed, 08/19/2009 - 1:39pm
Who cares?? There are many Americans using drugs and alcohol and many who want it legalized why finger point at Pitt and Jolie?? Worry about your own lives people!
Posted Wed, 08/19/2009 - 1:02pm
The old girlie face brad and manish looking angie in secret have their stach put away until the kids go to sleep and then drag the dope and pot out the children will follow the habit because they are living in it
Posted Wed, 08/19/2009 - 12:39pm
girly? more like creepy. look at his face.
Posted Wed, 08/19/2009 - 1:50pm