The Situation’s situation is over.
Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino is out of rehab, just in time to gym, tan and get his laundry done before filming begins on the upcoming Season 6 of “Jersey Shore.”
“The Situation is home!!!” he wrote on his Facebook page yesterday. “I just want to thank everyone for their support and words of encouragement.
“I’m back stronger and better than ever!” the Staten Island-born reality star added.
The Situation’s return home comes just three weeks after reports first surfaced that he had checked himself into rehab to get treatment for a pill-popping problem he’d developed as the result of his hectic schedule.
In addition to his work on “Jersey Shore,” The Situation filmed a guest-starring role as a DJ on ABC’s “Suburgatory,” acted in the Yobi.tv spoof talent show Web series “New Stage” and filmed a cameo in the upcoming “Three Stooges” movie — all within the past year.
“I have voluntarily taken steps to get control of a prescription medication problem I had due to exhaustion,” he revealed to fans on Facebook last month.
“I have spent the past several weeks getting treatment for this problem and recuperating from my work and appearance schedule.”
Neither The Situation nor his representatives have commented on what specific medications he was using in excess.
Gossip site TMZ reported that the “Jersey Shore” star had checked into the private Cirque Lodge drug rehabilitation center in Sundance, Utah, for help detoxing from prescription pills.
Sources also told TMZ that the Situation was “very open” about his alcohol use with fellow patients at the center and talked about how his frequent club appearances had increased his drinking.
The Situation’s drunken antics have been on display frequently throughout the past five seasons of the MTV series, leading to reports that the series’ production company had warned him against over-imbibing and even threatened to replace him if he didn’t get his act together.
MTV has announced that filming on the new season of “Jersey Shore” will begin this summer.