London,
(ANI):
Antonio
Banderas
has
disclosed
that
his
actress
wife
Melanie
Griffith
checked
into
rehab
because
she
feared
controlling
her
drug
urges
would
be
extremely
difficult.
This
is
the
first
time
that
Banderas
has
gone
public
with
his
wife's
reasons
for
joining
the
rehab
after
she
moved
into
the
Cirque
Lodge
in
Utah
last
month.
The
Daily
Express
quoted
Banderas
as
telling
U.S.
talkshow
host
Ellen
DeGeneres:
"Let
me
explain
to
you.
It
was
actually
in
some
magazine
that
I
said
that
I
gave
an
ultimatum
to
my
wife.
That
I
present
the
matter
of
divorce
(sic)
because
she
has
been
involved
in
addictions
and
blah,
blah,
blah...
"Melanie
has
been
addicted
for
many
years
and
we
always
came
out.
We
said
it
out
loud.
It
was
OK,
we
were
never
embarrassed
of
the
situation
but...
she
was
clean
and
sober
for
six
years."
The
Shrek
actor
added
that
Griffith
feared
her
relapse
into
harder
drugs
was
imminent
after
she
started
on
prescription
drugs
following
a
skiing
accident
at
the
start
of
2008.
Banderas
said:
"In
March,
she
came
to
me
and
said,
'I'm
feeling
a
little
bit
weak
in
my
determination
for
this
(to
stay
sober)...
so
I
just
thought
to
go
to
rehabilitation
by
myself.'"
The
52-year-old
Griffith
has
struggled
with
booze
and
drugs
in
the
1970s
and
80s,
and
has
had
a
stint
with
the
rehab
unit
twice.