Joey Kovar: 'Real World' Star's Death Caused By Overdose on Alcohol, Cocaine and Viagra [UPDATE]
During Kavor's time on the 2008 "Real World Hollywood," he left the season halfway through, to enter rehab for alcohol and drug abuse. When he left, he said, "I don't mean to be that guy... I've been dealing with it a couple years now... I come here [on the show and] boom, here comes the monster, again," reported WetPaint.
However, sobriety was more difficult to sustain than Kovar anticipated. In 2009, he received help for his cocaine and ecstasy addiction by checking into "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew" Season 3. At the time, Kovar was about to become a new dad. "I thought having kids would be what cleaned me up," he said in a Vh1 interview, "but that's not the case."
After the season ended and he was released from rehab, he admitted to relapsing, saying his cocaine addiction worsened. According to Vh1, during his relapse, Kovar said he only slept for three or four nights within the span of one to two months.
