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Melanie Griffith arrives for the 84th Annual Academy Awards from Hollywood, CA February 26, 2012. - Provided courtesy of Heather Ikei / A.M.P.A.S.
07/04/2012

Melanie Griffith said that it was her daughters who convinced her to go to rehab in 2009 for an addiction to painkillers.

"My daughters really sat me down and said, look, Mom, this is what it is. Dakota and Stella, both," Griffith told the Los Angeles Times. "I don't want to say what really happened, but they were the ones who said, "You really need to get help," and I heard them and knew what they meant. And I saw it and I did it."

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09/22/2011
Spanish Actor Antonio Banderas, right, and his wife Melanie Griffith arrive for the screening of Midnight in Paris and the opening ceremony, at the 64th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France. - Provided courtesy of AP / Joel Ryan

Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith have outlasted many Hollywood marriages, racking up 15-years together, but the actor recently revealed that they "have had as many problems as anybody."

"The secret is that we had failures before. And love at the beginning is a rush. It's big, full of energy, beautiful. But it doesn't last like that," Banderas told AARP The Magazine in its November issue. "We have had as many problems as anybody. We've never hidden it. We've been open about addictions, in the case of Melanie. She has overcome her problems beautifully."

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