Oh, Really?

Yahoo! News shockingly reports that Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler sought the "safe environment" of rehab last month to recover from more than just surgery...he was fighting a dependency on pain and sleep medication.

"To have your feet done, to have your leg done, you have to be on narcotics," Tyler said. "You have to be on sleep aids at night. I don't know about (bandmate) Joe (Perry) but I was off and running and I didn't like the me that was me." Did we miss that big news about Joe Perry having surgery too? Or is it just the incoherent rambling of a pain med junkie?

Tyler released a statement in late May saying he checked into a rehab facility in search of said safe environment to recover from several foot surgeries and physical therapy, which is not even code for "he's on drugs". Tyler said the procedures were to correct longtime foot injuries resulting from his physical performances as the singer for the band. Sounds a little strange to me - how do you develop a pain and sleeping pill problem that requires rehab for treatment from a surgery you haven't had yet? Guess he was practicing his medication before the surgery just to know what he was in for. That, or Betty Ford's orthopedic rehab wing is finally ready to compete with it's chemical dependency programs.

And goddamn if the last ounce of rock cred Tyler had is now gone...Crocs? It's so hideous, I can't even do a vs. with him and Cojo.