I got an email today saying Burt Reynolds was in rehab. That was no surprise, the dude is an alcohol-consuming machine - the kind of man I hope my 12 illegitimate sons grow up to be (of course I'll never see it since I'm currently hiding from them and their mother's whines for money, but still, I'm praying)... But then I found out it wasn't for the booze but something much more disappointing (read: pansy).

Burt Reynolds has been released from a drug rehabilitation center where he was being treated for an addiction to painkillers, his manager said Wednesday.

The star of "Smokey and the Bandit," "Deliverance" and "Boogie Nights" began struggling after recent back surgery and "realized that he was in the prison of prescription pain pills," his manager Erik Kritzer said in a statement.

Kritzer said in a later e-mail message he did not know when Reynolds entered or left the Hanley Center in West Palm Beach. The facility's management declined comment, citing patient confidentiality.

Kritzer said Reynolds, 73, hopes his story will help others in similar situations and that they won't try to solve the problem by themselves. The actor lives in Hobe Sound, a wealthy beachside community north of Palm Beach County.

Why is it that actors always claim addiction after surgery? Millions of people have operations everyday, they get their pain medicine and take it until they're all better - no addiction formed. I want for once, JUST ONCE, an actor to come out and go, "Man, I love prescription pills, but they make me into a jackass, so I'm going to rehab. Hopefully, when I come out, I will no longer be a jackass. Thanks." If Burt Reynolds really wants to teach a lesson, that's the way to do it. And truly, he's the man to do it. I still live a free-wheelin', mustache-rockin' lifestyle, all from his teachings.