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Gail Porter Reveals She Has Received Treatment For Sex Addiction

'I Went To A Sex Addicts' Group'
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TV star Gail Porter has revealed she has received treatment for sex addiction, which she believes is linked to her bipolar disorder.

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The former model said she decided to seek help but was forced to attend a female-only self-help group after the other sufferers proved to be too distracting.

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The 43-year-old opened up about her addiction in an interview with Scotland's Herald newspaper.

“I went to a sex addicts’ group," she said. "And when we came out everyone was really horny.

“It’s like ‘Do we go for a burger afterwards - or back to someone’s home?’

“The girls ended up having to go to a female only group.”

The single mum-of-one, who lost her hair from stress-related alopecia in 2005, says also revealed that she fears her baldness puts men off from going on dates with her.

She said: “I watched this TV dating show TV recently and a young guy was asked his worst dating fear, and he said ‘If I was matched with a woman and she had no hair’.

“The worst thing baldness causes is loneliness. I wondered if I’d been some really evil person in a past life to deserve this.

"Your friends say it doesn’t matter, but it does to blokes.

“Sometimes I need to be on my own. Sometimes I really want a cuddle," she continued.

Despite being a successful model and TV presenter in the past, Gail revealed she is so broke that she went looking for work at her local Boots store in London.

"Sometimes I’ll offer myself up for work to local estate agents or Boots," she said. "But they don’t think I’m serious.”

Divorced Celebrity Sex Addicts
Russell Brand(01 of05)
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In 2005, Russell Brand sought treatment for his sex addiction at the KeyStone Center, a facility located in a Philadelphia suburb. In his 2007 memoir, "My Booky Wook," he dished about his sex-crazed days, writing: "At one point, about five years ago, I had a harem of about 10 women whom I would rotate in addition to one-night stands and random casual encounters."After Brand filed for divorce from Katy Perry in December 2011, rumors circulated that perhaps his insatiable sexual appetite was to blame. But Brand recently told Australia's "60 Minutes" that general incompatibility actually caused the split. Their marriage was officially dissolved in July 2012. (credit:AP)
Tiger Woods(02 of05)
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In January 2010, less than two months after reports first surfaced that Tiger Woods had numerous affairs while married to Elin Nordegren, the golfer checked into Pine Grove Behavioral Health and Addiction Services in Hattiesburg, Miss. to treat the sex addiction that he claimed destroyed his marriage. In February of that year, he issued a televised apology stating: "The issue involved here was my repeated irresponsible behavior. I was unfaithful. I had affairs. I cheated. What I did is not acceptable. And I am the only person to blame."Woods and Nordegren, who wed in Barbados in 2004, finalized their divorce in August 2010. (credit:Getty Images)
Jesse James(03 of05)
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In March 2010, Jesse James checked into Arizona treatment facility Sierra Tucson to address the alleged sex addiction that triggered his divorce from Sandra Bullock. Several months later, in a "Nightline" interview, James told host Vicki Mabrey: "I don't think I have a sex addiction where I'm running around trying to have sex with everyone and I can't stop... I think I do things to sabotage my life, including having extramarital affairs, texting, overworking myself, injuring myself, doing stunts and stupid things."Bullock filed for divorce from James in April 2010, after five years of marriage. James reportedly had affairs with several women during that time, including tattoo model Michelle "Bombshell" McGee. (credit:AP)
David Duchovny (04 of05)
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David Duchovny plays a sex addict on Showtime's "Californication," but he also happens to be one in real life. In 2008, the actor voluntarily checked himself into a sex rehab program. But Duchovny wasn't always able to admit he had a problem. In an interview with Playgirl in 1997, he told the magazine: "I'm not a sex addict...I have never been to those meetings. It's hurtful to my family and if I was involved with a woman in a monogamous relationship, it would be hurtful to her."Duchovny and wife Tea Leoni separated (for the second time) in June 2011, after 14 years of marriage. Rumors that they quietly divorced surfaced in 2012, though it has yet to be confirmed. (credit:Getty Images)
Eric Benét (05 of05)
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Amid rumors of his infidelity, R&B singer Eric Benet entered a 35-day treatment program for his sex addiction in 2002. Years later, he denied having an addiction, and insisted he only went to rehab at his mother-in-law's suggestion. "I'm not a sex addict," he told People magazine in 2005. "I wanted to save my marriage and do anything necessary to do that. I went and heard other people's stories and realized this is really not my struggle."Even though Benét sought treatment for the addiction that caused a rift in their marriage, his now-ex-wife Halle Berry filed for divorce anyway in 2004. The former ouple tied the knot in 2001 in a secret ceremony in Santa Barbara, Calif. (credit:AP )

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