Viewers who tuned in to Friday’s edition of “The Five” on Fox News got to see what’s become a regular sight in the network: Co-host Jeanine Pirro acting like she’d had one too many drinks before the broadcast began.
During a discussion of Hunter Biden’s laptop (Yes, conservatives are STILL beating that dead horse), Pirro looked and sounded like she was two sheets to the wind, unable to pronounce the name of former CIA Director Leon Panetta:
Former GOP strategist Rick Wilson had the perfect take on Pirro’s perfornance:
This isn’t the first time Pirro has appeared intoxicated while on air. Slate reported back in March of 2020:
There was something off about Jeanine Pirro’s weekly Fox News show from the beginning. Fox News anchor Jackie Ibañez covered for the Saturday night host for the first 15 minutes of the show. And when Pirro finally appeared, blaming “technical difficulties,” she seemed a bit off. The normally perfectly coiffed Pirro appeared disheveled, and many on social media said she appeared to be slurring her words—and even appeared to be nodding off at one point—leading to widespread speculation she had been drinking before going on air. Several were also quick to note that Pirro had an uncanny similarity to Cecily Strong’s impression of her on Saturday Night Live.
Here’s more of what Twitter users had to say about Pirro’s latest inebriated ranting:
