Melanie Griffith

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Antonio Banderas: Pain Meds Led Melanie Griffith to Rehab

Originally posted 09/09/2009 08:00AM

Melanie Griffith's recent admission to a rehab clinic isn't something husband Antonio Banderas is going to sweep under the rug.

"It's not a rumor, but let me explain to you," Banderas, 49, tells Ellen DeGeneres in an interview to air on Wednesday's The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

"It was said actually in some magazine that I said that I gave an ultimatum to my wife. That I present the matter of divorce because she has been involved in addictions and blah, blah, blah," says the actor. "Melanie has been addicted for many years and we always came out. We said it out loud. It was okay, we were never embarrassed of the situation but what happened she was clean and sober for six years."

But six years of clean living was endangered after Griffith, 52, had a skiing accident in Aspen, Co., a year and a half ago. Three operations in her knee required her to use narcotics – and come face-to-face with her demons again.

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INSIDE STORY: Melanie Griffith's Struggle with Addiction

Originally posted 08/26/2009 01:10PM

Melanie Griffith knows all too well the challenges of getting – and staying – sober.

The actress, who underwent treatment twice for substance abuse in 1988 and 2000, checked into a rehab facility, her rep said Monday, to "reinforce her commitment to stay healthy."

Her third stint in rehab marks what has been an on-again, off-again battle with addiction for the past three decades.

Admitting she has "an addictive personality," Griffith, 52, once told Australian magazine New Idea four years after her first trip to rehab that she's "lucky to be alive. I was never as bad as some people I knew, shooting heroin and stuff. But I did do a lot of drinking and cocaine. I just thought I was having a good time."

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Braxton, Griffith Belt for Broadway

Originally posted 04/16/2003 01:20PM

Despite reports of Broadway's demise in the wake of New York's dwindling tourist business, there are signs that the boards are booming -- given an influx of stars that include Toni Braxton, Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith, and singer Angie Stone.

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Griffith to Log Recovery

Originally posted 06/30/1998 12:00AM

Melanie Griffith's Dad Dies

Originally posted 08/22/1997 12:00AM