The former CEO of HBO has revealed that "The Sopranos" lead James Gandolfini once dared the network to release him after reacting poorly to an intervention for his substance abuse issues.

"We did an intervention with him at my apartment in New York," Chris Albrecht shared in the new Max docuseries,
"Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos." "That was to try to get him to go to a facility........

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