C'mon guys, do we really think she was even stoned, drunk or anything at all? I think that was the perception she wanted, obviously, but do you think that she really was?
1. She didn't just get that way all of a sudden, so the network had to know prior to her going out, and did they really want her out there if that was the case, not knowing what she might do or say?? (read Janet Jackson, Bono here).
2. That is the personna that she wants to portray, it is her schtick, her signature, so to speak. She has no talent, or abilities to exploit, so her claim to fame is that she comes off as a drunken, stoned, gold digging cheap broad. She is the poster child for it. The network, I think, would allow her to 'act' the part, but not actually 'be' the part.
3. Her acting was really bad (what a surprise). All of her movements appeared to be calculated and exaggerated to make her point.
I think she is getting just what she wanted out of it, people talking about her and coverage. Shows as removed as PTI (Pardon the Interruption), a sports show, were panning her. She goes by the mantra that there is no such thing as bad publicity, so as long as she is in the public eye, she's happy. As one said above, she is an "attention whore". She can't get good press, so she settles for this.
While it may be seen by us as a sad way to live your life, and to be remembered, she laughs all of the way to the bank. In the end it will probably get to her though. She wants to be a tragically, misunderstood Marilyn Monroe type, but instead she is a cartoon character.
Bottom line, it wasn't about pot or booze. It was about $$$$$$
