Jon Hamm opens up about rehab stint
Jon Hamm opened up about this recent trip to a rehabilitation center for alcohol addiction in a new interview with Australia's TV Week.
Hamm's 30-day rehab stint ended just before he was due to start a round of press for the final episodes of "Mad Men."
"Life throws a lot at you sometimes, and you have to deal with it as much as you can," Hamm, 44, said Wednesday. "I've been very fortunate that throughout the most recent 24-hour period, I've had a lot of family and friends support me."
Hamm also answered a question about any similarities between his own life and the life of his character, Don Draper, on the hit series.
"Obviously there can be a lot of discussion about how much of this is related to that, and honestly I don't have much to say about that either," he said. "I've said in varying ways that acting can be a difficult endeavor, certainly not as difficult as the recent example I used of being a baby heart surgeon. But it does present its own challenges, and so does life."
Hamm said his longtime partner, actress-filmmaker Jennifer Westfeldt, was a big help in his recovery.
"Mad Men" returns April 5 on AMC.