Charlton Heston goes public about his battle with alcohol
By Jeannie Williams
PHILADELPHIA -- TV pundit John McLaughlin was shocked to hear at the
Republican convention that his friend Charlton Heston had spent three weeks
in a Utah rehab center in May. Heston revealed his previously unreported stay
to battle a drinking problem in an interview for this week's National
Enquirer.
''It surprises me,'' McLaughlin said. ''I remember years ago having him at my
home for dinner with his wife and Ronald Reagan and his wife and saw no hint
of anything. I admire him for coming forward and being candid.''
A spokeswoman for the National Rifle Association president confirmed this
weekend that Heston gave the interview. She said he would have no further
comment. Heston isn't attending the GOP convention, but that's because of
film and travel commitments, another spokeswoman said.
Heston, 76, now known as much for his NRA commercials as for his biblical
film roles, told the tabloid, ''It was one of my best recent ideas. And now
I'm not drinking at all.'' He blamed his busy schedule: performing in the
play Love Letters with his wife, Lydia, in the spring, working on financing
for a movie, doing NRA work and campaigning for George W. Bush. He gave up
scotch years ago but drank a lot of white wine on planes and at dinners, he
told the Enquirer: ''I wasn't slurring my words, I wasn't falling over, but I
realized it had become an addiction for me. And in my profession, that's a
terrible flaw to fall into.'' He said many actors' careers have been damaged
or destroyed by drinking but that his problem never affected his work.
''I believe I did it in time,'' he said of his treatment. His wife and son
were ''strong convincers'' that he should do it, and he says he's proud that
he did.
NRA CEO Wayne La Pierre could not be reached for comment.
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