Days after saying he’s “100% fine” and wouldn’t go to rehab following an apparent overdose from smoking crack cocaine, Andy Dick checked into a facility in Palm Springs.
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Andy Dick has checked into rehab following an apparent drug overdose.
The 59-year-old “Andy Dick Show” star was admitted into a facility in Palm Springs, California, representative Trevor Simms confirmed to USA TODAY on Dec. 13.
Dick first shared the news with TMZ on Dec. 12, two days after he and two of his friends sat down with a cameraman for the outlet to explain what happened in photos of the comedian slumped over against a building in Hollywood.
“Doesn’t it look like I’m 100% fine? A hundred and 10 percent,” he told the cameraman. The comedian claimed that on Dec. 9, he’d come across “a guy that was my age” on the sidewalk. After sitting with him, Dick alleged the man “whipped out” some “crack.”
“I wanted to see what he was doing. And also, I don’t mind doing a little crack every now and then,” Dick said.
A friend sitting to his right, who’d explained he was livestreaming the incident, told the cameraman that he’d run to get Narcan. Narcan is a nasal spray medication that is commonly used to treat opioid overdoses.
When asked if he planned to go to rehab, Dick replied, “[expletive] no.”
When reached by USA TODAY, a representative for the Los Angeles Fire Department, which was reportedly called to the scene, said that “without the patient’s written consent, the LAFD cannot confirm identities or release any protected details.”
According to the National Library of Medicine, crack cocaine is “heated to make it into a rock crystal” and is smoked. Overdosing on cocaine, which is “very addictive,” can cause strokes, seizures, irregular heartbeat and heart attacks, but “no specific medicine” can treat an overdose event.
In the 12 months ending in April 2025 — the most recent data available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — more than 73,000 overdose deaths were reported in the U.S.
The actor, who broke out on has been open about his struggles with addiction over the years and released a short-lived podcast called “ADICKTED with Andy Dick” in 2021.
Dick, who got his big break on “The Ben Stiller Show” in the ’90s, has a long history of substance abuse issues.
He has also had multiple run-ins with the law over the years, including for several alleged sexual battery incidents. Dick was ordered to register as a sex offender after he was convicted in 2022 of groping a rideshare driver in Los Angeles County four years earlier, according to the Los Angeles Times.
If you or someone you know is struggling with mental and/or substance use disorders, you can call the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration‘s free and confidential treatment referral and information service at 1-800-662-HELP (4357). It’s available 24/7 in English and Spanish (TTY: 1-800-487-4889).