Gerard Butler leaves rehab

Gerard Butler has left rehab after seeking treatment to overcome a prescription drug dependency.

As expected, the Coriolanus actor completed a three-week programme at the Betty Ford Centre yesterday (February 24).

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“Gerard has completed a successful course of treatment and has returned home in good health,” a spokesperson confirmed. “We will not be making any further comment at this time.”

Butler was admitted to the facility in an effort to prevent his over-reliance on medication developing into a full-blown addiction.

He has allegedly struggled with pain issues ever since the physically demanding shoot for 300 in 2006.

These were exacerbated following his surfing accident in December while filming Of Men and Mavericks.

The 42-year-old admitted that the incident, which took place in Northern California, had been a “pretty close call”.

“This was maybe one of the few times that the reports were not exaggerated,” he said. “[The waves] just took me and I couldn’t get up.”