Robin Williams & Mel Gibson: Rehab Buddies?

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...well not quite buddies but they were rumored to be at the same rehab center. Funny man Robin Williams spoke out on Friday for the first time about his stint in rehab for treatment of alcoholism. "I went to rehab the same day that Mel Gibson was arrested on (Pacific) Coast Highway," Williams said in an interview to promote his new movie, "Man of the Year," out Oct. 13. "I think it allowed me a certain anonymity." So why is he announcing it to the world now??

Williams added: "God does have a sense of humor that he was stopped by the only Jewish highway patrolman."

As for rumors he was in the same rehab program as Gibson, Williams said at the Beverly Hills press junket, "No, we never met, and we were supposedly keeping correspondence. But I have Jewish agents so I haven't gotten any messages."

A rep for Williams, 55, confirmed in August that the he was entering rehab after he "found himself drinking again and… decided to take proactive measures to deal with this for his own well-being and the well-being of his family."