Steven Tyler is famous for being a rock legend with the band Aerosmith. His daughter Liv Tyler is famous for being one of the most beautiful actresses in Hollywood.

Steven’s other daughter, Mia Tyler, 29, is famous for being, well, Steven Tyler’s other daughter. And for being a “plus-sized” model.

A cliche rock and rock childhood
In her new memoir, Mia talks about an admittedly cliche rock-n-roll upbringing of drugs and rehab, all before the age of 21. She also details her climb from that darkness in the book Creating Myself, released in August. The subtitle is How I Learned that Beauty Comes in All Shapes, Sizes and Packages, Including Me. The former English teacher in me would red-pen the heck out of that subtitle. Does “me” refer to “shapes,” “packages,” “beauty,” or that she learned it comes in all shapes?

Troubled teen years full of drugs, booze, and self-harming
Now drug-free at age 29, Mia says she was the “black sheep” of her family during her teen years, indulging in heavy drinking, drugs and self-mutilation. She told People, “I was a high school dropout, my relationship with my mom was bad — every cliche you could think of.”

Mia divorced Papa Roach drummer Dave Buckner in 2005 and recently separated from fiance Brian Harrah, also a musician. She calls the relationship with Harrah “dramatic,” but adds that “He’s an amazing guy, but I’m just not in any position right now to be a wife.”

She now lives in LA, enjoying single life with her cat Duders and Chihuahuas Teddy and Diva.

Dad Steven, still fierce at age 60, says he couldn’t be more proud of Mia. Steven had his own experiences with drug over-indulgence at the height of Aerosmith’s fame in the 1970s.

Mia’s past troubles are also providing her with the voice of experience, helping half-sister Liv, age 31, through her separation and divorce from musician Royston Langdon. Mia says she and Liv “are very silly” together.

Why did Mia’s downward spiral start so young? Her parents divorced when she was eight, and her mother, former model Cyrinda Foxe, reportedly left vials of cocaine around their New Hampshire home and left Mia alone while she went out partying. Foxe died in 2002 from brain cancer.

Calls dad Steven Tyler a stabilizing force
Her childhood must have been crazy, since Mia lists Steven Tyler as her one stabilizing force, making regular visits to take her for walks in the woods. “I wanted to soak up every second,” she says. “When he was around, I would just light up.”

Her drug use started with marijuana then moved to ecstasy and acid. By age 16, People says Mia carried cocaine around with her in juiceboxes and took hits through the straw. She also began cutting herself, first with a makeup compact, then with knives and razors.

It’s about finding a friend. I could always rely on cocaine and the same thing goes for cutting….You want to find that first initial high. You’re in love with your addictions, and they can’t say no to you. So you have to find out how to say no to them.

[From People, print edition, September 8, 2008]

Rehab helped her clean up for good; mother’s death helped her let go
It was dad Steven who sent Mia to Promises in Malibu in 1998, after Mia called him in a drug-fueled haze. She credits her father for helping her get clean. Steven was known as one of the “Toxic Twins” in the 1970s and recently went to rehab again to recuperate from “foot injuries.”

After rehab, Mia began working as a plus-sized model for companies like Lane Bryant and H&M. She also reconciled with her mother. When Cyrinda Foxe died at the age of 50 in 2002, Mia let her childhood pain go too.

I used to say, “When I grow up, I’m gonna sit my dad down and say all these things that I always questioned….But I put that stuff to rest when we put her to rest. You get older and realize those things that don’t matter anymore.

[From People, print edition, September 8, 2008]

Being a proud plus-sized model has been her claim to fame, but she recently lost 30 lbs from her 5′7”, 224-pound frame by going vegan and working with a trainer.

Her MySpace page has 45,000 friends who talk about serious issues like body image and depression.

The book itself isn’t garnering good reviews. Publishers Weekly says, “Tyler, constantly falling in and out of love, finally realized that the point wasn’t to find herself, but to create herself, a questionable insight. Not only that, she comes across as spoiled and shallow.”

My only view of Mia comes from her stint on the first season of Celebrity Fit Club, which originally aired in 2005. They show reruns constantly on the TV Guide Channel. She seemed very defiant, brash, and full of excuses, which was a serious contrast to my view of her sister Liv, who seems very sweet and down-to-earth.

Mia Tyler is shown on 4/27/07 in Las Vegas with her dad, Steven Tyler. Credit: WENN

It seems like rehab clinics are the new spas. Kirsten Dunst said she went to rehab for depression treatment while Steven Tyler is claiming that he went to rehab this month in order to have peace and quiet while he recovered from foot surgery:

“The doctors told me the pain in my feet could be corrected but it would require a few surgeries over time,” Tyler says in a statement released Thursday. “The ‘foot repair’ pain was intense, greater than I’d anticipated. The months of rehabilitative care and the painful strain of physical therapy were traumatic. I really needed a safe environment to recuperate where I could shut off my phone and get back on my feet. Make no mistake, Aerosmith has no plans to stop rocking. There’s a new album to record, then another tour.”

According to the statement, Tyler was treated at the center after a series of surgeries and post-operative physical therapy “to correct long-time foot injuries resulting from his trademark athletic performance onstage.”

[From People]

According to the website for the Las Encinas hospital where Tyler was treated, they treat addictions and chemical dependency, but it’s of course possible that he decided to go to rehab when he could have just as easily checked into a resort or spa.

It wasn’t his first stint in rehab this year, though. The National Enquirer reports that he sought outpatient treatment in another facility starting in February for an addiction to prescription painkillers, which he was taking to cope with the pain from hepatitis C.

These celebrities should just keep quiet about rehab and go about their business afterwards. They don’t have to give bogus excuses. Maybe they consider it insurance in case they fall off the wagon. Getting drunk at a club is no longer a bigdeal after rehab, since they already gave the excuse that they were there for the great food and seclusion.

In related news, Kirsten Dunst was said to have been “wobbly” after being out at a bar in NY last weekend.

Steven Tyler is shown at a MusiCares benefit on 5/9/08, thanks to WENN.

Steven Tyler, lead singer of Aerosmith, has walked his way into rehab. Pun intended.

Steven Tyler, the charismatic 60-year-old frontman for longtime Boston rockers Aerosmith and father of actress Liv Tyler, has reportedly checked himself into Las Encinas Hospital’s drug rehabilitation clinic in Pasadena, California, according to TMZ.com. At press time, a spokesperson for the band could not be reached for comment.

The treatment center is where noted addiction medicine specialist and radio talk-show host Dr. Drew Pinsky practices. It also served as the stage for Pinsky’s “Celebrity Rehab” reality series.

While the report wasn’t specific, Tyler, who once said, “Four rehabilitation centers for drug abuse later, I’ve been able to take a long, hard look at my behavior,” is said to be receiving treatment for substance abuse.

MTV

Steven was notorious for his drug and alcohol abuse in the 70’s and 80’s, but has been clean since around 1986. He and the guitarist from Aerosmith were called the ‘Toxic Twins’ because of their substance abuse. Wikipedia has no exact date for Steven being clean, but it also says that Steven has checked into rehab this time with his girlfriend, Erin Brady. I can’t find any reference to this elsewhere, but it could be true. I’m not sure if someone is trying to imply that his girlfriend could have been the one who introduced him to the drugs after 20 yeas of being clean.

This is pretty rotten timing for going into a treatment program, as Steven’s daughter Liv Tyler is going through a divorce right now, and doesn’t really need her dad entering rehab to add to her troubles.

Steven publicly revealed two years ago that he had hepatitis C, but says he cleared it from his system.

Picture note by Celebitchy: Steven Tyler is shown at MusiCares on 5/9/08. He’s not looking sober here.