LOS ANGELES - Robin Williams is seeking treatment for alcoholism, publicist Mara Buxbaum said Wednesday.



The 55-year-old comedian had been sober for 20 years, Buxbaum said.

Williams "found himself drinking again and has decided to take proactive measures to deal with this for his own well-being and the well-being of his family," she said in a statement. "He looks forward to returning to work this fall to support his upcoming film releases."

Buxbaum declined to elaborate beyond the statement.

Williams stars in "Man of the Year," due in October, and voices an animated penguin in "Happy Feet," slated for release in November. His new film, "The Night Listener," is now in theaters.

He won an Oscar for his supporting role in 1997's "Good Will Hunting."

aww Robin Williams is so amazing (one of my all time faves)... hope he pulls through this

Awww.

Good that he is getting help

He "found himself drinking again," makes it sound like he was sleepwalking.


Still, I wish him the best.

i dont think its just 'drinking'

ThreadBare said:

It can kinda be that way, yanno.

sweet said:

Yeah, that's a thought.

luv4all7 said:

Just goes to show that they are human like the rest of us.. they can just afford better rehab..
Best wishes to him..

at least it's not cocaine again - he was scary when he was doing that. i saw a stand up comedy special on A&E where he was just FLYING on the stuff and it was like watching a car crash. it was WAY more disturbing than it was funny.

I wonder if his meds need to be adjusted? sometimes when the levels are off people will self medicate to keep the equilibrium, then the addition kicks in
( in this case again) and compounds the problem.

luv4all7 said:

It's not "yanno",
it "nanno nanno".

shanti0608 said:

Uhmmmmm, the rest of us don't need to go into rehab...period.

Illustrator said:

nanoo nanoo ~makeshandsignal~

Natisse said:

~makinghandsignal~

Illustrator said:

oh god I miss that show

Don't let them clip your wings, Robin.

Anx said:

i think i may have seen that. i just remember thinking how i never realized that robin williams was so scary.

JasmineFire said:

I wish I would have seen it. I can't imagine him even more hyper than he normally is. What year did it come out?

applekisses said:

i don't remember. i saw it on videotape when i was young.

Anx said:

i think i saw some of that. Robin has only made me laugh on occasion, but he's a master at creating tension, which gets on my damn nerves. Him and Jonathan Winters in the same room together was always hilarious.

Anx said:

ummmm...like i said before i dont think its JUST drinking

I don't "get" Robin Williams...

I wish him the best.

He's been a favorite entertainer of mine for a long time. I hate to see anyone relapse.