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Was Diane Sawyer Drunk During the Election Coverage?

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She's normally straight-laced, serious and all business, but on Tuesday night, it looked as if "ABC World News" anchor Diane Sawyer was relying on something a little extra to get her through the extensive election coverage. Her erratic behavior has led some commentators to suspect that she may have been drunk. Watch the video below for some clips of the coverage.



Throughout the show, Sawyer was propping herself up with her elbows, slurring her speech and laughing, leading Twitter users to suggest that something may be amiss. One user said "And Diane Sawyer declares tonight’s winner is ... chardonnay!” and others even suggested that she may be on prescription painkillers.

However, a friend of Sawyers told the New York Daily News that her behavior was thanks to exhaustion after a grueling week of election coverage. Apparently, the source said that “she spent a number of sleepless nights preparing and rehearsing,” and “it just caught up to her.” Do you think Diane Sawyer was drunk?
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  • kayla jacobs 2012/12/04 00:49:36
    No
    kayla jacobs
    she was very tried from covering the super storm sandy for days with out a second of sleep
  • Dead Mariner 2012/11/26 04:09:47
    No
    Dead Mariner
    She's old, she was most likely just exhausted from the extra time and effort she put out during the freakish election period. But everyone would like to think she was drunk...
  • frank 2012/11/19 17:03:07
    Yes
    frank
    I think she was, now that was funny.
  • sglmom 2012/11/19 07:23:31
    Yes
    sglmom
    I'd say real possibility ..
    these advertisers (they are just more marketing tools of what has purchased their services)
    just don't care anymore ..
    about who sees what they do or imbibe ..
    doesn't surprise me at all .. when any appear 'under the influence' of drugs/alcohol ..
  • Kitty 2012/11/19 07:12:26
    No
    Kitty
    +1
    I think without much sleep she was probably slap-happy. When you go a long time without sleep you can get what is called "sleep-drunk", you bounce off walls and slur your speech. You can even be fined for driving a car with it, as it's called reckless driving. It's long and monotonous having to cover an election. No wonder she was out of control.
  • schjaz 2012/11/15 17:23:01
    Yes
    schjaz
    PAINFUL. Like this administration and the rest of the coast elitists, impaired!
  • TrudyGirl 2012/11/09 23:24:02
    No
    TrudyGirl
    +2
    She is a professional and it was probably exhaustion. I do not think she would work impaired.
  • Todd Parsons 2012/11/09 17:09:56
    No
    Todd Parsons
    She was high from the legalized pot and was all happy because she knew that now she'd get free birth control and then kill her fetus is the birth control failed.
  • Derbyhat 2012/11/09 17:00:58
    Yes
    Derbyhat
    +1
    Perhaps she voted early in Colorado!
  • Michigan Wolverines† 2012/11/09 16:27:11
    No
    Michigan Wolverines†
    +2
    drunks <-- thats drunk
  • schjaz Michiga... 2012/11/15 17:23:58
    schjaz
    not sure....could be bath salts.
  • sandra 2012/11/09 16:01:16 (edited)
    No
    sandra
    +2
    Not sure! But I thought it was going to be a lot worse .

    She`s very Professional, so if she was drinking prior to her going on air, she obviously knew when she had enough. Because she didn`t seem that drunk to me. But that`s just my opinion! drunk
    LOL but she does look a little tipsy in this picture, LOL
  • Michiga... sandra 2012/11/09 16:26:06
    Michigan Wolverines†
    +1
    she wasnt drunk she was stoned lol look at her eyes there redder than the devil
  • johnnyg 2012/11/09 15:28:18
    Yes
    johnnyg
    +1
    Every time someone said "Obama" or "Romney" she had to take a drink!!
  • ZeldaFan13 2012/11/09 15:27:32
    Yes
    ZeldaFan13
    +1
    She was a little crazy lol Then again, she usually is xD
  • Jack 2012/11/09 14:59:39
    No
    Jack
    +3
    Don't even care here...after covering that mess, I'd want to have a few brews too...won't blame her at all if so.
  • HappyGuy 2012/11/09 14:04:08
    Yes
    HappyGuy
    She was happy her LORD had one
  • kingz123 2012/11/09 13:53:53
  • L K 2012/11/09 12:52:45 (edited)
    No
    L K
    +3
    No, it is out of character for her to be anything but professional. My guess she was either slap happy from hours working without sleep, or she may have been ill and taken something like an Antihistamine or something. I remember being so sick one year at school and having to speak to a group of parents at their children's award's assembly. I took some over the counter cold medicine so my nose wouldn't run and I was flying. I can't even remember the speech I gave. I have never ever taken cold medicine again at work. I had a terrible reaction to it. So who knows, perhaps she was tired and took something...She did sound odd, but drunk? Naw, that is totally out of character for her. Plus on set she would have an ear piece in and be hearing several people talk to her about results etc. Speaking live and talking while someone is shouting in your ear has to be difficult.
  • kingz123 L K 2012/11/09 13:55:36
  • BlackTa... L K 2012/11/09 14:55:43
    BlackTalon_666/freedom for all
    +1
    For your info, she has been seen as a "secret" party girl and has also had a thing for alcohol since her days at WLKY-TV. Sawyer being the prominent news and politics personality she has been for so long, she has found that the road to success is most times a hard one, and a journey that is sometimes made easier to travel with the occasional use of alcohol among other things....
  • sandra BlackTa... 2012/11/09 16:21:39
    sandra
    Most people are boozers and alcoholics lol, lol... that's why the selling of Alcohol is still legal, lol, lol....Too many drunks. drunk animated
  • Tordgaard 2012/11/09 08:46:37
    No
    Tordgaard
    +3
    She was tired and trying to keep a disorganized mass of commentators busy saying something remotely interesting while we all sat waiting to know which team won.
  • Golden Flame 2012/11/09 07:37:35
    Yes
    Golden Flame
    Obamacare. jk
  • MOMMA THOMAS 2012/11/09 07:37:05
    No
    MOMMA THOMAS
    +3
    EXHAUSTION CAUSES BEHAVIOR LIKE THAT...
  • Krissy Webster 2012/11/09 06:33:37
    Yes
    Krissy Webster
    +1
    Then again, maybe it's a health issue... it happened to Judge Judy. She should go get checked if she wasn't wasted though! That was HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • strawberry 2012/11/09 05:37:50
    Yes
    strawberry
    +3
    Maybe Diane Sawyer needs a long, long rest. She sounded as though her mind was gone.
  • True~Male strawberry 2012/11/10 05:15:08
    True~Male
    Typical Liberal in action
  • Dead Ma... True~Male 2012/11/26 04:13:01
    Dead Mariner
    +8
    Typical Repuglican moron.
  • True~Male Dead Ma... 2012/11/27 04:21:40
    True~Male
    What the hell ? She needs to be fired !
  • Ann 2012/11/09 05:23:41
    Yes
    Ann
    +2
    She was on something!
  • True~Male 2012/11/09 05:21:52
    Yes
    True~Male
    +1
    She was slurring her speech --I thought a few times she might be having a stroke --this was rather irritating .
  • Tordgaard True~Male 2012/11/09 08:52:19
    Tordgaard
    +2
    Just saying ... why would you be rather irritated instead of concerned if you actually thought someone was having a stroke?
  • True~Male Tordgaard 2012/11/10 05:15:55 (edited)
    True~Male
    When it comes to her -I'm irritated no matter even it was a heart attack
  • Tordgaard True~Male 2012/11/10 22:53:15
    Tordgaard
    +1
    Understood - Most of us have a few persons who just irritate us.
  • True~Male Tordgaard 2012/11/27 04:22:48 (edited)
  • Jack True~Male 2012/11/09 15:05:17
    Jack
    +2
    Yeah....go have yourself an irritating stroke.
  • True~Male Jack 2012/11/10 05:17:26
  • True~Male Jack 2012/11/27 04:23:33
    True~Male
    HAHAHAHAAAH
  • Miles 2012/11/09 05:16:16
    No
    Miles
    +1
    hard to tell..

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