TMZ has just reported that Gerard Butler is being treated at the Betty Ford Center for substance abuse.

Apparently Gerard’s problems started in 2006, when he was filming the incredibly physically demanding “300″. The actor has apparently been struggling with pain management, and the problem became exacerbated while filming “Of Men and Mavericks” when he was badly hurt during a surfing accident on December 18.

Buter reportedly realized he was taking too many prescription drugs, and decided to admit himself to Betty Ford three weeks ago.

Sources tell TMZ that Butler was also using cocaine, but the majority of his problem stemmed from prescription pills.

Butler is reportedly due to leave the BFC today.

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Gerard Butler has been hospitalized after being pulled underwater and dragged over a rocky reef by a large set of waves. The actor was on the set of his new movie ‘Of Men and Mavericks’ in Northern California.

The actor, 42, was taken to Stanford Medical Center dazed but not seriously injured, after being rescued by a safety patrolman, according to ESPN.com.

“[Butler] had that 100-yard stare that surfers get after a two-wave hold-down or near-death experience,” reports ESPN.

Surfer Zach Wormhoudt, who was filming with Butler, told ESPN their group was caught off guard by a set of waves that appeared to come out of nowhere.

In March, professional surfer Sion Milosky drowned at the same spot.

Butler is expected to make a full recovery.

Scary!!

Here are pictures from Gerard on set!

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Gerard Butler takes a break from filming and from his shirt! He’s on the set of his new movie Of Men and Mavericks in Santa Cruz, California.

Ladies, you can thank me later!!

Photos: Fame

Yesterday I posted pictures of Gerard Butler arriving in his home country of Scotland to play a charity soccer match. Today we have pictures from inside the locker room – and the actor shows off his amazingly ripped body!

Gerard was in Scotland to play in a benefit for ex-Celtic football (soccer) player John Kennedy. Kennedy requested that all proceeds from the game go towards relief efforts for the famine in East Africa.

So Gerard is dropping weight like crazy. It’s a bit scary how small he’s gotten. While he looks crazy small – he doesn’t necessarily look sickly. Is his rapid weight loss a problem?

Wow! When I saw these pictures today I thought holy cow – he doesn’t even look the same! Apparently I’m not the only one who noticed…

Actor Gerard Butler, 41, who was famously muscled when he appeared in Zack Snyder’s “300,” showed off a new and very slim figure on Aug. 4 at a Hollywood Foreign Press luncheon in Beverly Hills.

Butler is no stranger to a changing body, however. After he finished filming “300″ and gave up the intense workout regimen that went with it, he put a bit of weight back on. Just as soon as that happened, though, he got himself back to the gym and paid careful attention to eating healthily.

“My diet is still never quite as scheduled as I wish it were, but now I try to eat vegetables and chicken instead of burgers and fries like I used to,” he said to Men’s Health at the time.

And perhaps this newest transformation is also for a role. Butler’s next film will be “Machine Gun Preacher,” and he described his character, Sam Childers, to USA Today as “a drug addict and a biker-turned-businessman, missionary and soldier.”

If there was ever a character that chameleon Butler would change his shape for, it might be Childers. After all, he told the paper, “You don’t get roles like this very often.”

Photos (Fame): Gerard Butler arrives for a benefit match for ex-Celtic football player John Kennedy in Glasgow, UK.

Hollywood has it’s newest “it” couple! According to US Magazine, Gerard Butler and Ashley Greene are an item.

The couple were reportedly seen together last week at the CDFA after-party and the pair had eyes only for each other.

A source is quoted saying, “He had a hand on her shoulder and leaned in to her. He really turned on the charm.”

Butler, 41, was seen ordering a drink for the 24-year-old ‘Twilight’ star and had her in hysterics during his rendition of Journey’s ‘Don’t Stop Believing.’

It was reported that Butler was seen even putting his hand on Greene’s behind.

Greene split from her long time boyfriend Joe Jonas back in March and she has since been seen going out with Kings of Leon bassist Jared Followill and ‘Captain America’ actor Chris Evans.

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I love this dress by Chloe Sevigny! I think she looks amazing! Here she is at last nights CFDA Awards in NYC.

Also pictured: Liv Tyler, Naomi Watts and Gerard Butler.

Photos: Fame