Anthony Cumia, a sexist, racist, Islamophobic shock jock recently arrested for alleged strangulation and false imprisonment against his then-girlfriend, has entered rehab. Cumia didn’t specify what he’s seeking treatment for, but expressed hope, in a pre-recorded radio message, that it would help him avoid getting “embroiled in legalities” in the future.
Page Six reports that Cumia announced he was entering treatment in a pre-recorded episode of his radio show, which aired Wednesday:
“I will not see the month of April here,” Cumia, 54, announced on a pre-recorded episode of his eponymous online radio show, which aired Wednesday. “I am taking a plane out of here, let’s just say. Out of New York, and going somewhere where I will spend a month … relaxing … learning … ‘rehabilitating,’ perhaps, is a word that could be used.”
He continued, “I don’t even know what I’m going into. I don’t know what the rules are, I don’t know what it’s going to be. It’s like a big mystery adventure type thing.”
“Anthony has made the decision to check himself into rehab to deal with personal issues,” reads a message posted by The Anthony Cumia Show’s Facebook page March 30.
“I’m going to a facility, I guess you’d call it, a program, a place where people go to sort shit out,” Cumia told comedian Jim Norton in a giggly conversation that aired April 1.