Eva Mendes Jets Back to Rehab - Exclusive Photos!

We totally understood Eva Mendes' decision to split from Utah rehab facility Cirque Lodge and go house-hunting in L.A. yesterday. After all, when you're on the path to recovery, it's important to avoid old environments so you don't slip back into damaging patterns. And she's probably getting tired of chasing us out of her bushes every night. 

The whole "field trip" had us worried that she might relapse--or worse, come home suddenly and find us doing odd but wonderful things to her mail slot. So we're happy to report that Ms. Mendes has wrapped up her real-estate search and is rehab-bound once more.  

Eva made a swift departure from LAX today, but not without grabbing some pizza (hey, let the girl have some indulgences) and picking up a few souvenirs from the airport's I Love L.A. shop.

Best of luck, Eva; we hope you totally succeed in, uh, "proactively attend[ing] to some personal issues," as your publicist puts it.  Come back to Hollywoodland soon!