Tomorrow's Star Magazine Today--Richie Sambora Turns To Heather For Help
Richie tells Heather: I Messed Up
Just three days before he suddenly checked into a rehab facility on June 6, Richie Sambora found himself calling his ex-wife, Heather Locklear for support. And despite their nasty split, Locklear was ready and willing to comfort the rocker when he was down.”
“Heather was shocked by the call,” a friend of the actress tells Star. “She’d never heard Rickie so out of sorts!” Or apparently, so remorseful, “He apologized to Heather for ‘the mess’ he had made of their 12-year marriage. He said he’s had a lot of time to think recently and he regretted hurting her and splitting up their family when their daughter, Ava, needed both her parents.” Heather’s response to her ex’s disturbing state? “She knew Richie [had been] having problems,” says her friend. “She told him, ‘You need to confront your issues.’ She urged him to seek professional treatment – not just for his own sake but for Ava’s!”
Although the nature of Sambora’s problem has been kept quiet, a friend of the guitarist tells Star that his drinking started to spiral out of control after he and Heather separated. “I remember a Bon Jovi concert in Florida in February 2006 where Richie was drinking so heavily, we all began to worry that he could have a sever problem,” says the friend. “Everyone knew he was devastated. Heather was the love of his life.’
His drinking quickly escalated, says another source. “In March 2006, Richie fell in the shower and broke a bone in his arm. He was in so much discomfort he started washing down painkillers with vodka!” Then, after his dad and “best friend” Adam Sambora died of lung caner in April 2007, the musician “went into a tailspin,” says his friend.
Happily, Sambora seems to be making progress toward recover. On June 13, a Bon Jovi’s rep announces he had successfully completed rehab and “continues to receive outside support.” Friends say that support group includes his Bon Jovi band mates and the other ex, Denise Richards.
“Jon [Bon Jovi] will do anything to see that Richie gets the help he needs and will watch over him on the road,” says Sambora’s friend. “Everyone is pulling for him – he’s one of the nicest guys in the business.”
Heather still has a place in her heart for her ex, “Richie’s finally getting the help he needs, and Heather will be there every step of the way.”
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ReplyDeleteI'm assuming EL just cuts and pastes from other sites, as in this case:
ReplyDeletewe all began to worry that he could have a sever problem,” says the friend.
Then, after his dad and “best friend” Adam Sambora died of lung caner in April 2007, the musician “went into a tailspin,” says his friend.
Happily, Sambora seems to be making progress toward recover.
Sever problem? Lung caner? Making progress toward recover? Are there no editors there?
What? I heard that Pete Doherty and Kate Moss have a sever problem with lung caner, and there's no hope of recover.
ReplyDeleteBrenda! You're an editor?!! Who knew??
ReplyDeleteI was kidding - I should have used "nose caner" instead of "lung caner"....but I have done editing before.
ReplyDeleteJust when I thought it couldn't get worse with all the happy horseshit pictures from the phone party...we had all the cut and pastes from the NE...must be a very slow day.
ReplyDeleteI know...if I don't like it leave.
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I was kidding, too. You know, like if you spelled the words wrong, you, too, must be an editor.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, that's pathetic that it went out that way. Someone was asleep at the wheel.
Anyone else concerned about the Angelina photo on the cover. She looks like an alien, and it's probably both camera angle and airbrushing.
ReplyDeleteAJ is in danger of becoming seriously ill if she doesn't get help soon. I'm really kinda concerned about her.
ReplyDeleteDid drunk Ritchie type this? Holy hilarious.
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