Tan Mom -- Released From Hospital ... Back to Rehab

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Tan Mom
Released From Hospital
... Back to Rehab
Re-address those get well cards ...Tan Mom has been released from the hospital following yesterday's health scare and she's now safe and sound back in rehab.

As TMZ first reported, 45-year-old Patricia Krentcil suffered a seizure at The Lukens Institute in Florida on Saturday. She was rushed to a local hospital and stabilized in the ambulance on the way.

Tan Mom was originally supposed to stay in the hospital for several days ... but after just five hours, we're told doctors said she was in good enough condition to leave.

She's now being monitored by doctors at the rehab facility.

As for what caused the seizure ... we're told it was believed to be a reaction to detoxing from alcohol.

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Joe Francis Sex Tape -- SOLD ... But Will Never Be Released

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Joe Francis Sex Tape
SOLD!!!!!!!
But Will Never Be Released The Joe Francis sex tape has been PURCHASED by a major porn company ... but the footage will never, ever, ever, ever see the light of day, TMZ has learned. 

We broke the story ... a sex tape featuring the "Girls Gone Wild" honcho and his smoking hot girlfriend was being shopped to various media outlets. Francis had threatened to sue everyone and their mother over the tape, claiming it was stolen from his GF's iPad. 

But Francis can call off his legal pit bulls (for a change) ... thanks to a HUUUUGE favor from Vivid Entertainment honcho Steve Hirsch. 

Turns out, the two porn moguls are friends (same porny circles) ... and when the person selling the tape went to Vivid, Steve decided to do Francis a solid and snatched it off the market (price: unknown). 

Hirsch then turned around and gave all of the footage to Joe, along with the promise he'd never release the tape.  

As for why the porn kings didn't involve police ... Hirsch told us, "Because of the time-sensitive nature of the situation I made a decision to expedite the process and return the movie to its original owner."

TMZ reached out to Francis ... he had no comment.