{"id":590670,"date":"2026-04-08T17:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/590670\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T17:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:32:10","slug":"jennie-garth-says-drinking-pills-got-so-bad-she-needed-her-stomach-pumped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/590670\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennie Garth Says Drinking, Pills Got So Bad She Needed Her Stomach Pumped"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Jennie Garth<br \/>\n                          Booze, Pills Spiral So Bad \u2026<br \/>\n                          I Needed My Stomach Pumped!!!<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              April 8, 2026<br \/>\n                            7:10 AM PDT<br \/>\n                                                                      |<br \/>\n                                                                Updated<br \/>\n                                  April 8, 2026<br \/>\n                                9:44 AM PDT\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260408_7606c2d03c564ea48ceb32b7a232c12e\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:bec365d0-e209-4b34-a11b-66f4ea64291c\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7606c2d03c564ea48ceb32b7a232c12e_md.jpg\" alt=\"Jennie-Garth-main-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/jennie-garth\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jennie Garth<\/a> is getting brutally real about a dark chapter in her life &#8230; admitting she drank and popped pills so heavily at one point, she landed in the hospital getting her stomach pumped.<\/p>\n<p>In her new memoir, &#8220;I Choose Me,&#8221; the &#8220;Beverly Hills, 90210&#8221; star reveals the spiral kicked in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2012\/03\/28\/peter-facinelli-divorce-jennie-garth\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">after her split<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/peter-facinelli\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Facinelli <\/a>in 2012 &#8230; turning to booze and pills to cope with the fallout.<\/p>\n<p>Jennie wrote it got so bad she ended up at Canyon Ranch Rehab after the stomach-pumping, trying to unlearn the self-medicating that had taken over.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260408_1c8b1a9d34574539a1dfc86cffe467ab\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:bec365d0-e209-4b34-a11b-66f4ea64291c\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1c8b1a9d34574539a1dfc86cffe467ab_md.jpg\" alt=\"Jennie Garth and Peter Facinelli 2010 getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>But getting clean didn\u2019t magically fix everything. She says the sting of rejection still lingered, leaving her feeling like her light had dimmed.<\/p>\n<p>Then came the turning point &#8212; Jennie says one day she realized she couldn\u2019t keep living like that, especially as it started wrecking her relationships. So she made a call &#8230; and chose to forgive him.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260408_bc7f4549c85e45728c184376a267af57\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:bec365d0-e209-4b34-a11b-66f4ea64291c\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bc7f4549c85e45728c184376a267af57_md.jpg\" alt=\"Jennie Garth and Dave Abrams 2023 getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, she\u2019s on the other side &#8212; sober, settled, and happily married to actor Dave Abrams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jennie Garth Booze, Pills Spiral So Bad \u2026 I Needed My Stomach Pumped!!! 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