{"id":17473,"date":"2016-04-27T16:55:06","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T21:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=17473"},"modified":"2016-04-27T19:21:55","modified_gmt":"2016-04-28T00:21:55","slug":"tmz-chyna-was-set-for-tv-intervention-prior-to-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/04\/27\/tmz-chyna-was-set-for-tv-intervention-prior-to-death\/","title":{"rendered":"TMZ &#8211; Chyna was set for TV intervention prior to death, Update &#8211; celebrity wonders why not off-camera?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1966829313\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> Two days after plans were revealed for Chyna (Joanie Laurer) to be part of a televised intervention, celebrity Tom Arnold <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2016\/04\/27\/tom-arnold-chyna-intervention\/\" target=\"_blank\">asked TMZ why an intervention did not take place off-camera and before a TV shoot<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Arnold, as the voice of reason going through his own addiction battles, said time is the most important element and action should have been taken before a TV show was filmed.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>There were plans to film an intervention for Chyna (Joanie Laurer) at a rehab center prior to her death, according to Laurer&#8217;s manager.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2016\/04\/25\/chyna-manager-struck-deal-with-intervention-show-days-before-death\/\" target=\"_blank\">TMZ talked to Laurer&#8217;s manager Anthony Anzaldo<\/a>, who said that he recently signed a deal with the producers of the TV show &#8220;Intervention&#8221; to help her with recent prescription drug use.<\/p>\n<p>Anzaldo said Laurer was dependent on sleep and pain medication to make it through the day. He wanted to get Laurer&#8217;s closest wrestling friends together, such as &#8220;Stone Cold&#8221; Steve Austin and Mick Foley, to do a televised show.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;An interventionalist was already lined up as was a facility that was going to take her for 90 days,&#8221; Anzaldo told TMZ.<\/p>\n<p>Anzaldo and Laurer were already working on a documentary project on Laurer&#8217;s attempted comeback and goal to be accepted into the WWE Hall of Fame that kept her in front of cameras.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2006423612\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Laurer was last heard from on Sunday\/Monday, April 17 and 18. 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