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Jeanine Pirro Fires Back at Critics Who Accused Her of Hosting Her Fox News Show Drunk
As the apex of the current pandemic looms in the United States, more and more Americans have begun working from home in an effort to slow the virus.
Television hosts aren't an exception to this—including far-Right Fox News host Judge Jeanine Pirro, whose performance on air this past Saturday night seemed a bit...off.
Pirro wasn't present for the first 15 minutes of the show, with colleague Jackie Ibañez subbing in. When Pirro did jump on, she claimed technical difficulties were the reason for her absence.
The strangeness didn't end there.
A disheveled Pirro slurred her words and began nodding off during an interview, leading some to believe she'd gone on the air drunk.
Watch the clips below.
Listen closely https://t.co/4aD8AVczjD— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn Torabi) 1585446175.0
Beyond parody. You can actually see Jeanine Pirro putting down her drink at the top of her show tonight...which was… https://t.co/Y3qjQum82W— ElElegante101 (@ElElegante101) 1585449215.0
Judge Jeanine missed the first segment of her show tonight because of “technical difficulties” and then hosted the… https://t.co/9WP0facozO— Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar) 1585448146.0
At one point a heavily inebriated Judge Jeanine is slowly nodding off while her guest talks. A quick-thinking produ… https://t.co/FIImJrF1Qa— John Teti (@John Teti) 1585453587.0
Soon, "Jeanine Pirro" began trending on Twitter with people noting the erratic behavior on her show.
Fox News released a statement echoing claims that the strangeness was due to technical difficulties brought about by Pirro working from home for the first time.
Soon, Pirro began replying to tweets herself, accusing people of "hate" and claiming that her disheveled hair was due to audio equipment.
@CBlind67 @skolanach No that’s an ifb grabbing my hair and no staff around to notice. I was in a truck where that w… https://t.co/l9T9HU6OuB— Jeanine Pirro (@Jeanine Pirro) 1585498354.0
@ElizabetKaren60 @skolanach Keep hating. U wear it well.— Jeanine Pirro (@Jeanine Pirro) 1585498434.0
People weren't exactly convinced.
@JudgeJeanine @CBlind67 @skolanach You ain’t got to lie. It’s ok 👌🏼— NoMoreLies (@NoMoreLies) 1585566511.0
@JudgeJeanine @ElizabetKaren60 @skolanach Mmmm k https://t.co/JadvSl5SQb— The Real ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ ◼︎◼︎◼︎ er (@The Real ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ ◼︎◼︎◼︎ er) 1585516290.0
@JudgeJeanine @ElizabetKaren60 @skolanach TBH if you’d quit hiding it, go all in, and call it Drunk Justice w/Judge… https://t.co/L4TV12HEoK— Jack Burton (@Jack Burton) 1585500623.0
Some compared Pirro's Saturday night show to another popular Saturday night show: Cecily Strong's parody of her on SNL.
@mmpadellan In honor of drunk Judge Jeanine Pirro this #SNL skit feels hilariously apropos https://t.co/rxCWoBwh2x— jelevision (@jelevision) 1585460347.0
@grantstern Jeanine Pirro is lit tonight https://t.co/aFN8i3Scqr— Koro (@Koro) 1585448408.0
Thanks to Judge Jeanine Pirro for last night on Fox News doing her impression of SNL's Cecily Strong doing an impre… https://t.co/7GfQAPyJfb— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@(((DeanObeidallah)))) 1585488104.0
Regardless of her mental state, it was certainly an interesting night for the judge.