Contentious?
As this is an open thread...I imagine all are free to say as they please. AA, like religion is a personal choice all should be free to make for OR against. I never liked those people who banged on my door with their "Awake" magazines trying to show me the way anymore than I wanted to hear about AA until I chose it. If a celebrity wants to "out" themselves that's their business. If they want to be private about it..again, their business. Live and let live for heaven's sake. I gotta worry about my own backyard rather than peer over the fence and "tsk, tsk" at anyone's else's. Create your own life than you don't have to worry about anyone else's.
All that aside, I do know that I am encouraged by the strength and courage of others in fighting their demons... especially when they attribute their choice "not to drink" to their success.