MICHAEL DOUGLAS - MICHAEL DOUGLAS SLAMS SEX ADDICT RUMOURS

MICHAEL DOUGLAS SLAMS SEX ADDICT RUMOURS

Actor MICHAEL DOUGLAS has hit back at media accusations he is a sex addict, insisting the stories were simply invented to sell newspapers. The BASIC INSTINCT star went into rehab to beat his alcoholism, but, he claims, this was "too boring" for the press. He says, "Times have changed and sex sells. Around 1990 I voluntarily went into rehab because I was drinking too much and some smartass editor said, 'Oh another boring story about an actor going to rehab. Let's give him sex addiction.' "Then it became 'Self-confessed sex addict!' And I don't remember ever mentioning it!"