Bob Beckel in rehab for addiction – IOTW Report

Bob Beckel in rehab for addiction

Bizpac: Fox News has confirmed that Bob Beckel, co-host of “The Five,” has been in drug rehabilitation for the past several months.

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The Fox News resident liberal everyone loves to hate has been absent from the set of “The Five” since Feb. 16,  recovering from back surgery.

Bizpac Review has been reporting on his absence since early March.

Fox News confirmed that Beckel did undergo back surgery, but then relapsed into a pain medication addiction associated with the surgery. more

14 Comments on Bob Beckel in rehab for addiction

  1. I wish Bob well, I don’t agree with him, but then I’m a conservative and I appreciate other peoples problems and I try to understand
    God bless you Bob. You ASSHOLE.
    bOB BROTHER, SEMPER FI.

  2. Beckel is a liberal, and I disagree with him on many of his views, but The Five isn’t the same without him. I believe that because Beckel is on Fox, he does not have to always toe the party line in order to please the viewers, unlike the MSNBC talking heads, and I have heard him call out Obama and other Democrats on occasion. He also has a sense of humor that is more sophisticated than just “Republicans are stupid.” (I’m referring to you, Maddow). In short, Beckel is more interesting to watch than virtually any other liberal.

    Beckel has also been open about his prior problems, and I wish him a successful recovery.

  3. A couple of weeks ago, my 89 year old mom and I were watching “The Five”, and then all of a sudden, with a sigh, my mom says “I miss Dad”, to which I quickly responded “Me too”, thinking she was talking about my dear departed Father. Then it dawned on me she was talking about Bob Beckel because she said it right around Juan Williams yapping about something, and she had mentioned Bob could act like a curmudgeonly dad of the group. Any way, it made me chuckle. Wyatt is right, the show is not the same without him and I hope he’s back soon.

  4. Having had a laminectomy (back surgery on the lumbar area of the spine) last year, I can verify that the pain can be unendurable, even with narcotic pain killers. However, one must never take too many, as the effectiveness wears off. If Beckel had addiction problems before, it’s a flaw in his personality, and at his age, he should know better. That being said, I sincerely hope that in rehab, he finds a way to conquer the pain, if only for short periods at a time.

    JW and JR are two of the most insufferable ‘co-hosts’, with Jerry Rivers coming in third. I see the need for opposing opinions, but theirs just don’t wash much of the time. And to those who feel the others always have the ‘same’ opinions, you are wrong…and must only be listening while multi-tasking in another room of your homes. You miss an awful lot, especially the great facial expressions caught by the cameras.

  5. I refuse to listen to beckel, juan williams or any other talking head tool that freely and willingly spews obama’s talking points and is vicious toward those who oppose obama’s illegal, immoral actions and dismantling of the Constitution.

    abuse of painkillers is not the only addiction beckel has.

  6. I had back surgery back in the 80s and after the surgery, didn’t have to take another pain pill. The whole point of the surgery was to eliminate the source of pain.

    Good luck and God bless,
    Mr. Beckel,
    but the odds are, you’ll still be a socialist shill.

  7. Isn’t that funny? Most of the comments on here wish Beckel at least a smidgen of good will, but to hear a leftist, the fact that Rush had a painkiller addiction is right there at the top of what makes him a Public Enemy. In fact, the words “fat” and “drug addict” have been determined by leftists to be argument closers LOL.

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