Everyone was shocked a few weeks ago to see pictures of a fully gray haired Matt LeBlanc out and about in the public eye again. But in truth..the now 43 year-old actor has been going gray since way back in his Friends days.

Six years after the end of the Friends and four after his spinoff Joey ended…he decided to go au naturel.

“I dyed my hair the whole time on ‘Friends,’” he admitted Thursday at a Television Critics’ Panel in Beverly Hills for his new Showtime series “Episodes.”

“I just was sick of doing it,” LeBlanc explained of darkening his hair.  “When ‘Joey’ ended, I took a lot of time off… I just really was kinda burned out. I just wanted to be a dad.”

At least according to Hollywood gossip Janet Charlton.

Janet says that everybody needs to stop calling him Jake Gayllenhaal or Toothy Tile, because he prefers a bong to a penis any day. In fact, she says he is such a pot head that his love of the herb is what led to his break-up with Reese Witherspoon. She wasn’t a beard..she was a prude.

“At last the truth comes out. An acquaintance of Reese and Jake acknowledges that they were very smitten with each other for quite awhile and seemed perfectly matched. Unfortunately, Jake had a habit that Reese could not live with, and he wouldn’t give it up. He smoked way too much. And we’re not talking nicotine here. Not only did it rub Reese the wrong way, but she worried about her children being exposed to his bad habits. So, regretfully, she moved on. Note: those of you who insist that Jake is gay are NUTS.”

Marky Mark and his very own funky bunch. Yes, I had to go there.

Ok, bad joke over..now on to the pictures. Mark Wahlberg was honored on Thursday with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Ever the family man, he brought along wife Rhea Durham and their four kids, daughter Ella Rae, 6, Michael, 4, Brendan, almost 2, and baby Grace. Wow…this chick has been pregnant since 2004.

Next up for Mark…he costars with Will Ferrell in the upcoming cop comedy The Other Guys.

There is major drama at the Pasedena Recovery Centre where Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew is being filmed. Shockingly it involves the loudmouthed former model Janice Dickinson.

The self-proclaimed world’s first supermodel is said to have had several ‘very loud arguments’ with ex-Tiger Woods’ mistress Rachel Uchitel.

‘Rachel hates Janice and Janice hates Rachel.Janice thinks Rachel is an opportunist, and Rachel thinks Janice is a has been. They haven’t gotten along since the beginning. They get into frequent loud arguments and it’s getting disruptive for the others. Janice frequently rolls her eyes when Rachel is talking in the group therapy sessions.’

Two chicks who want to be the prettiest girls in the room.

Rachel briefly quit the program earlier this week and bolted to the L’Ermitage hotel in Beverly Hills, reportedly after a particularly tough therapy session with Dr. Drew in which he questioned her about her self esteem and self worth. Apparently she has none.

Ellen DeGeneres is leaving “American Idol” after one season as a judge for the hit Fox TV singing contest. Surprised? Not so much. I don’t think that was really a good fit for her.

So with Ellen not returning for the 10th season, there are now two vacancies on its judging panel. Fox has yet to announce a replacement for Simon Cowell, although names like Brett Michaels, Chris Isaack, Jessica Simpson and Courtney Love are being thrown around.

Let’s hope Fox takes this opportunity to revamp the judges panel ….for the better this time.

I vote for Courtney Love and Brett Michaels. They would totally offset all the “dawgs” coming from the other end of the table.

I highly doubt that American Idol will actually give Simon Cowell’s judge chair to Jessica Simpson..especially since the latest rumor is that Nigel Lythgoe from So You Think You Can Dance is headed back to Idol. Nigel oversaw Idol for its first seven more popular seasons and Fox wants him back to fix shit.

Word on the street is that Nigel and Simon Fuller have Justin Timberlake and Elton John at the top of their judge wish lists..so there is no way in hell Jess is gonna beat out JT or Sir Elton.

But wouldn’t she make a perfect replacement for Paula Abdul’s booze and Vicodin rants?

Life & Style is reporting that she is “in negotiations” to fill Simon’s vacant spot.

“She’s met with producer-creator Simon Fuller several times. They like her — she’s a good fit — and she likes it. Now it’s just a question of how to fit her in.”

I say they squeeze her in right between Randy and Kara. Catfight on one side and bitch slappin’ on the other.

I’m still so awed by how in shape The Real Housewives of New York’s Bethenny Frankel managed to stay in while pregnant and how quickly her body bounced back that I have been devouring all things Skinny Girl lately.

Of course, you all know that Bethenny touts a nothing-is-off-limits-but-everything-must-be-in-moderation mantra about dieting and nutrition. And she just expanded on it on The Huckabee Show. What she says makes perfect sense, but it’s not so easy to wrap your head around only taking two bites of chocolate cake instead of eating the whole thing…especially when you are in it. But I do totally agree with what she says in theory. It’s the application of it that trips me up every time.

“The truth is, you can’t be extreme, meaning there’s no binging but there’s no crash dieting … Truthfully, most people are terrified while they’re pregnant that they have to eat for two and then they binge. And then when they’re not pregnant they go on a crash diet. Extremes don’t work.”

So here’s the big heroin-dog-leash-nipple-tape pictures that Star magazine was bragging on all day.

None of this is new information. Angelina has always been honest about her past drug use and wild ways…and I read somewhere that at least the nipple tape picture is from an actual photo shoot from years ago..not some personal candid taken by an ex-drug-partner.