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19 November 2008 3:57 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Tempers flared during a recent taping of reality TV show Celebrity Rehab when actors Gary Busey and Jeff Conaway challenged each other to a fight.

Conaway accused the Big Wednesday star of manhandling him and suggested Busey should be in a "psych unit" at a hospital, fuming, "You're a maniac, keep your hands off of me."

Upset Busey responded, "I'll break you tonight."

The Grease star then screamed, "Shove it up your ass."

Show leader Dr. Drew Pinsky insisted the two fallen stars spend a little time alone together to sort out their differences - and they quickly became friends again by confessing their admiration for each other.

The episode is set to air in the U.S. on Thursday. …

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22 October 2008 12:14 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Actor Gary Busey hit a low in his drug addiction days when he found himself snorting cocaine off his dog.

The Big Wednesday star, who claims he has been sober for 13 years, couldn't help himself when his pet pooch rolled in a supply of the drug.

He tells U.S. news show Access Hollywood, "I went in like a cropduster with my nose flying first and snorted the cocaine off the dog."

But he got more than he bargained for: "You get a little bugs, you get little hairs, you get grease and goo from the ground; it's not at all a healthy thing to do. But when you're an addict, you don't think of health, you think about destruction of yourself unconsciously." …

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