Eva Mendes in Rehab

Posted Feb 1st 2008 1:00PM by TMZ Staff

TMZ has learned Eva Mendes is in Utah battling a substance abuse problem.

We're told the "Ghost Rider" star is at the famous Cirque Lodge, near Sundance. The Lodge, which treated Lindsay Lohan and other stars, is one of the most respected treatment facilities in the country.

Eva has been at Cirque for several weeks.

Her rep tells TMZ "Eva has been working hard for the past year and made a positive decision to take some much-needed time off to proactively attend to some personal issues that, while not critical, she felt deserved some outside professional support. Out of respect for Eva's privacy, we do not wish to discuss further details."

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31. Eva is a megababe! I hope she recovers well but I have to say that I am glad she will be plastered across all the gossip/pap outlets for months. I likie to lookie!

Posted at 12:37PM on Feb 1st 2008 by onionboy

32. So-we now know the reason this person kept taking her clothes off all the time-under the influence

Posted at 12:38PM on Feb 1st 2008 by Ms Kris

33. well, this is a surprise to me, never saw this coming. I like her as an actress and a person, she seems pretty real to me. At least she went in on her own before getting arrested, a drunk driving, etc. etc. I wish her the best.

Posted at 12:38PM on Feb 1st 2008 by Trin

34. #10..........You gotta feel sorry for that person. Maybe he/she was always LAST in every aspect of his/her sorry a$$ life.

Posted at 12:40PM on Feb 1st 2008 by Montana

35. Is all of Hollyweird battling something?

Posted at 12:41PM on Feb 1st 2008 by mickeylou

36. Why don't they just close Hollywood down all together. The whole friggin town needs HELP in one form or another. So much for fame and fortune. The Hollywood PUKES make me want to puke!

Posted at 12:44PM on Feb 1st 2008 by Montana

37. WTF???? What kind of substance? GOD BLESS!!!!

Posted at 12:46PM on Feb 1st 2008 by HOLY ISH

38. eva mendez is super hot, talk about a top rack!!
TOP RACK!!
nicolas cage is one of my favorite male actors, he should visit her and help her out

Posted at 12:46PM on Feb 1st 2008 by questor

39. Drugies and drunks have been around for a loooong time. Celebrities and normal (me) people alike. Its just now they can't hang.

Posted at 12:48PM on Feb 1st 2008 by biteme

40. "It isn't Hollywood, it's the whole damn world on drugs and booze...."

So true, and if I would have a drug problem it wouldn't be reported on TMZ, Just Jared or Perez Hilton.....

Posted at 12:48PM on Feb 1st 2008 by Claudia

41. I think all these celebs going to rehab now were scared by seeing Heath Ledger die. They figure if an oscar nom actor could have a problem then they too could go too far. They say that fame and money just magnify problems that already exist within a person's personality. And because the rest of the average joe addicts don't have a camera in their faces 24/7 no one notices.

RIP Heath
Rest in the hospital Britney.
I hope you get better Eva.

Life is too beatiful and already too short to live this way:)

Posted at 12:48PM on Feb 1st 2008 by Death will scare ya!

42. They could do a "WHO'S NEXT" competition.....

Posted at 12:51PM on Feb 1st 2008 by Claudia

43. Unlike Britney's circus of mental illness that's made a spectacle out of her (sadly, because the poor woman is crying out for attention), I guess more celebrities have been affected by Heath's tragic death. Although it's never been proven that he was abusing (I tend to think he was clean, but did abuse once upon a time), the pressures of stardom obviously took their toll to make him an insomniac and a sleeping-pill popper. His death impacted Hollywood so much that every major talent PR agency got pressure from their clients to shut down ET's slanderous news piece and baseless accusations on an ambiguous video. There's no WAY these stars weren't affected or made to think twice about their choices. We hope. Maybe Mendes learned a thing or two about the value of simply being alive. Let's hope they all clean up their acts before going into total downward spirals.

Posted at 12:51PM on Feb 1st 2008 by Ck

44. it's like I always say y'all...everyone should try rehab at least once in their lives...it's a great way to find some insight and figure out who you are and make some great friends with some really interesting people who you will want to keep in touch with forever...rehab was the MOST CLEAN LIVING FUN I EVER HAD and I will never forget it..you don't even know it's possible to laugh that much being sober!! addicts are smart and interesting and funny as hell...i feel lucky to have had the experience, everyone should...
it's a positive, not a negative...

Posted at 12:52PM on Feb 1st 2008 by np

45. Damn, this is sad news. She is so gorgeous, and hot. Hope you commite to your rehab, and get well soon. WHen you get out, make some more movie please. I love you Eva.
True fan,
Tuna

Posted at 12:53PM on Feb 1st 2008 by Tuna

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