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Diane Sawyer’s Odd Election Night Behavior Leads to “Drunk” Rumors (VIDEO)

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What was going on with Diane Sawyer during ABC News’ election night coverage?

The veteran news anchor seemed a bit off during Tuesday’s broadcast, at least to many viewers who were baffled by her mannerisms, including her slowed speech and fixation on the network’s background music.

Twitter users were especially vocal in their speculation about Sawyer possibly being drunk, with a parody @DrnkDianeSawyer account even set up to post messages like, “hey guys wh o won i fell aslee?p.”

Of course, given the long night of coverage, it’s more likely Sawyer was just a bit tired.

Gossip Cop has reached out to ABC News for comment.

Check out the video below — and tell us what (if anything) you think was going on with Sawyer!

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  • J F

    She doesn’t sound drunk to me … just her usual babbling self talking about nothing of any importance. Then again, the other two networks do the same so who knows???

  • vinny

    Ya….that bitch is drunk.

  • oldman

    definitely under the influence.

  • Dee

    Not a thing wrong with her, thats how she always talks!

  • Americanpride

    Pills and maybe alcohol , I noticed she was intoxicated right away last night. Very obvious and poor decision on her part. She probably expected Romney to win and needed to escape.

  • flyboy7588

    Can you say, “Jessica Savitch”?????

  • Rose

    Power of suggestion.

  • fancyfeatherstx

    I think she was just tired.

  • fancyfeatherstx

    I believe she was just tired after putting some long hard hours .

  • http://www.facebook.com/ralph.wilson.90 Ralph Wilson

    She’s an old liberal hag, thats what is wrong with her.

  • http://twitter.com/curlyhammed CurlyhammedProphet

    The old dried up cow is snockered and should be working for that crap channel.

  • papabear

    she is drunk and an embarrassment to her on air colleges and the nation

  • stargazeman

    It was her husband, Mike Nichols (Mrs. Robinson director) 81st birthday yesterday—so I’m sure she and he nipped a little before she took the air…She is a complete disgrace now. Too old, too biased, too liberal, too phony now for that job. No one is watching it anyway, except for the very old and homebound who have little to no buying power. Her million dollar a month salary doesnt justify the declining ad revenue. End it—please…fire her and dont replace her, just go to Entertainment Tonight or something–no one will miss it. She’ll be an appropriate person to have ended the Nightly News saga because of drunken behavior. She was never a true journalist–recall she was a beauty queen from Kentucky who got to interview Nixon after Watergate and his exile because he preferred and requested, a young blonde….from beauty queen to drunken embarrassment…Amazing a George Stephenapolous sits next to that display. Disgraceful—all the way around…please end it.

  • doodad69

    Probably depressed at witnessing the long, slow death of her “profession.” If I were a Big Media yarn-spinner like her, I would be suicidal over my complete lack of integrity.

  • doodad69

    Her whole profession is a goddamn embarrassment to the nation.

  • Human being 1957

    So what, she is awesome anyways. One out of thousands of broadcasts…grow up jerks!

  • Mr Sir

    Unlike your “integrity” of theorizing on a gossip chat board…?

  • doodad69

    ….WHAT?!? Ms. Madame, your reply had no bearing on what I said at all. Get back to working your glory hole, Ms. Madame. There are some tired, horny truck drivers that need serviced before hitting the road again.

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