On Thursday, Jackie O. Henderson made a shocking admission that she had previously been in rehab for drug and alcohol addiction.
The radio host, 49, tearfully revealed during The Kyle and Jackie O Show that she checked herself into the Betty Ford Center in California in November 2022, during an extended break from her hit radio show.
The iconic US treatment center has helped a long list of celebrities overcome their struggles with addiction.
Located in Rancho Mirage, California, near Palm Springs, the original center was founded by Betty Ford, wife of former US President Gerald Ford, and Dr. James West in 1982.
Betty was inspired to establish the center after her own battles with alcohol and diazepam addiction.
Provides inpatient, outpatient, and residential day treatment for alcohol and other drug addictions.
The Betty Ford Center also has 100 inpatient beds on campus and additional housing for 84 patients in a residential day treatment program.
He is known for his tough, no-nonsense attitude toward rehab, and not all patients can handle the strict regimen, especially pampered celebrities.
Jackie O Henderson, 49, admitted that she checked into the Betty Ford Center in California in November 2022, when she took an extended break from The Kyle and Jackie O Show. Pictured on Thursday
The Betty Ford Center merged with the Hazelden Foundation in 2014 to create the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation.
There are currently 15 Hazelden Betty Ford clinics throughout the United States.
Past famous patients include Elizabeth Taylor, Gary Busey, Johnny Cash, Robert Downey Jr. Kelsey Grammer, David Hasselhoff, Mickey Mantle, Liza Minnelli, Ozzy Osbourne, Chevy Chase, Jerry Lee Lewis and Anna Nicole Smith.
The center charges between $30,000 and $60,000 for a one-month stay, depending on the program.
Located in Rancho Mirage, California, near Palm Springs, the center was founded by Betty Ford, wife of former US President Gerald Ford, and Dr. James West in 1982.
A frequent visitor to the Center is actress Lindsay Lohan.
In 2010, Lindsay entered an inpatient rehabilitation facility, where she was discharged after just 23 days, and in October she entered the Betty Ford Center, where she remained by court order for three months until early January 2011.
He returned to the facility in 2013 to undergo 90 days of court-ordered therapy as part of his sentence for reckless driving.
Australian rocker Keith Urban has also publicly battled drug and alcohol addiction and has entered rehab on several occasions.
He is known for his tough, no-nonsense attitude towards rehab and not all patients are able to endure the strict regime, especially the pampered celebrities.
A frequent visitor to the Center is actress Lindsay Lohan, who spent three months there in 2010, before returning in 2013. Pictured in 2024.
Australian rocker Keith Urban checked into the facility in October 2006, just months after marrying Nicole Kidman.
The last time he visited the Betty Ford Center was in October 2006, a few months after he married Nicole Kidman.
Keith once recalled the time his wife organized an intervention for his addiction problems, in an excerpt from Jeff Apter’s book Keith Urban.
Keith told Rolling Stone in 2016 that he would have understood if Nicole had decided to leave him after her rehab stint in 2006, given that it was so soon after the couple got married.
Former Friends star Matthew Perry, who died in October 2023 after drowning in his home’s hot tub, was also a patient at the Center and checked into its Minnesota facility for 28 days in 1997 for an addiction to painkillers after a jet ski accident.
Other famous patients from the past included Elizabeth Taylor, Gary Busey, Johnny Cash, Robert Downey Jr. Kelsey Grammer, David Hasselhoff, Mickey Mantle, Liza Minnelli, Ozzy Osbourne, Chevy Chase, Jerry Lee Lewis and Anna Nicole Smith (pictured).
“It was a huge blessing that Nic asked me to intervene,” Keith said, adding that his reckless behavior “caused my new marriage to implode.”
Former Friends star Matthew Perry, who died in October 2023 after drowning in his home’s hot tub, was also a patient at the Center and checked into its Minnesota facility for 28 days in 1997 for an addiction to painkillers after a jet ski accident.
The actor, who played Chandler Bing in the iconic series, revealed to the New York Times By 2022 he had spent nearly $9 million in an effort to stay sober.
TMZ She also reported that, before his death, Matthew was in the early stages of establishing an organization similar to the Hazleden Betty Ford Foundation in an effort to fund addiction recovery treatment.
Meanwhile, Jackie O admitted that he spent 28 days in the treatment center in 2022 for an addiction to painkillers, sleeping pills and alcohol.
He claimed that at the height of her addiction, Jackie was taking between 10 and 12 Stilnox/Zolpidem sleeping pills and 24 Panadeine Forte a day.
The radio queen admitted that she often took the medications while drinking alcohol.
