Do you know how much of a drunk you need to be to worry people working in cable news - ThreadSky

janecoaston.bsky.social • 96 days ago

Do you know how much of a drunk you need to be to worry people working in cable news

SCOOP -- Pete Hegseth's drinking worried colleagues at Fox News, sources tell @nbcnews.com

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steintr.bsky.social•96 days ago

I suspect more than enough to prevent you from getting a TS/SCI clearance without a Presidential override? cc: @markzaidesq.bsky.social @bradmossesq.bsky.social

newcorps.bsky.social•96 days ago

Am I shocked? No!
Am I concerned? Yes!
Am I going do anything? NO, the American people have spoken. This is what they wanted.

votingvetinpa.bsky.social•96 days ago

And in Roger Ailes' frat house, no less!

foraminut.bsky.social•95 days ago

Interesting that Trump is now considering replacing his nomination. Trump doesn’t drink. It’s bizarre (albeit not unexpected) that all of the sexual misconduct didn’t appear to trouble him at all, but the drinking is enough to give him pause.

misterplutocrat.bsky.social•96 days ago

I worked at CNN in the 90s. I know exactly how much of a drunk you have to be.

austenlied.bsky.social•96 days ago

Details! Like don’t leave us hanging!

misterplutocrat.bsky.social•96 days ago

I’ve seen Bill Hemmer dance.

austenlied.bsky.social•96 days ago

🤯

janespane.bsky.social•96 days ago

vidiot.bsky.social•96 days ago

Hung out at Reggie's?

misterplutocrat.bsky.social•95 days ago

Haha. The British place at the Omni! I actually saw Hemmer dancing at a house party in Candler Park. Danced like Elaine from Seinfeld.

biscuitdrives.bsky.social•96 days ago

Pretty damn drunk!

lexophile.bsky.social•96 days ago

A whole new system of units is emerging with Donnie’s picks. In his first term, we got a unit of time: a Scaramucci. Now, a unit of drunkenness: a Hegseth.

johnnapa.bsky.social•96 days ago

A hugely bigly one.

kwarnockny.bsky.social•96 days ago

I'd like to see #Hegsethisadrunkenbum trending.

ericcolumbus.bsky.social•96 days ago

Hegseth’s show started at 6am

lickmeimacid.bsky.social•96 days ago

lol this is the thing that matters the most. he was likely coming in from an all nighter and going straight to makeup/wardrobe. maybe even did last call at a bar that closes at 4am -> work. this person can not be in charge of The Pentagon

danbraun93.bsky.social•95 days ago

I would not be shocked at all to learn he stumbled directly from one of the Irish pubs in Times Square to the News Corp. building.

johnmulloy.bsky.social•96 days ago

This person could not be in charge of an omelet station with open flame, much less the Pentagon.

danbraun93.bsky.social•95 days ago

Never mind not being trusted in shooting an arrow.

rudyfaust.bsky.social•96 days ago

He could find a place past 4am in NYC, but that’s a worse look.

turgidjacobian.bsky.social•95 days ago

Yeah, there's probably nothing like that in Arlington.

dickius.bsky.social•96 days ago

lmao

shittyopinions.com•95 days ago

In which case he deserves at least some credit for being ambitious about it

itsnotbread.bsky.social•96 days ago

You had guys throwing up in the MNF booth in the 70s

jeedyjay.bsky.social•96 days ago

https://youtu.be/4bYOpvgjoUg?si=1Uyv95XAuhEQxLHd

lifelongtennisfan.bsky.social•96 days ago

lol

rapistsroamfree.bsky.social•95 days ago

❤️😆

upsidedown25.bsky.social•96 days ago

I don’t but I can imagine

mellieman.bsky.social•96 days ago

Another worry… the Presidential succession…

1 Vice President
2 Speaker of the House
3 President Pro Tempore of Senate
4 Secretary of State
5 Secretary of the Treasury
6 Secretary of Defense
7 Attorney General

packrfan4.bsky.social•96 days ago

Actually, I do.

diamonds65.bsky.social•96 days ago

And not just any cable news but the holy Bible for MAGA.

maxthyme.bsky.social•96 days ago

Co-anchor: hey Pete, how drunk are you?

Pete: yes

douglaso6464.bsky.social•96 days ago

He drinks...he falls down...no problem. It gets appointed to head the unauditable, trillion dollar defense department? Houston we have a problem

serendipityfalcon.bsky.social•96 days ago

You win the internet today

biglytariffman.bsky.social•96 days ago

"Damn, this dude drinks more than me and my husband put together!"

Judge Jeanine Pirro

democracydmv.bsky.social•96 days ago

Almost nothing seems to bother FOX NEWS, except a certified drunk!
Trump are you paying attention?

annaliisavilppu.bsky.social•96 days ago

The weekend cable noons no less.

swiftone.bsky.social•95 days ago

My wife's first reaction was a sarcastic "oh no, he offended conservatives with his drinking" followed immediately by a more serious "oh no. He offended conservatives with his drinking".

tidnov.bsky.social•96 days ago

If Larry Ludlow is worried, that should raise a flag.

jaksays.bsky.social•96 days ago

Jeanine Pirro barely moved their radars

neverthumper.bsky.social•96 days ago

As GC says, who wants to show up to Fox News sober?

neverthumper.bsky.social•96 days ago

6 am?! Just saw the below comment.

wxyz.bsky.social•96 days ago

oh no... he was *gasp* hungover? the world is ending. someone was hungover once.

ninjamonkky.bsky.social•96 days ago

Seriously, news people are basically drunkards who remain sober enough to put the news to bed, so they can go back home to whatever their particular watering hole is. It's like having a local Weekend Anchor tell you your hair is a bit big.

youngocato.bsky.social•96 days ago

Apparently repeatedly drunk at 6 AM will get you to that point.

waynefryback.bsky.social•96 days ago

That reminds me of a story they told about how Dick Cheney was arrested for DUI in Texas back in the 1960s.

How drunk did one have to be to get arrested for DUI in TEXAS in the 1960s??

nygolfergal.bsky.social•96 days ago

Especially when your colleague is Judge Jeanine.

classicalradical.bsky.social•96 days ago

She turned up drunk on air while they were filming from her home during the pandemic. They pulled her after ten minutes.

detroitstorm.bsky.social•96 days ago

IKR? That's like Steven Adler being kicked out of Guns'n'Roses for drug use while Axl Rose was still in the band

indypnw.bsky.social•96 days ago

😂😂😂 I didn’t think of it that way, but you are so right!

fivemeadows.bsky.social•96 days ago

And at Fox for Pete’s sake.

usnthem.bsky.social•96 days ago

Solid point.

cathy3of6.bsky.social•95 days ago

But FOX as usual said Shhh

wendydobie.bsky.social•96 days ago

I suspect that he isn’t the only one at faux news that might have a drinking problem.

markshatraw.bsky.social•96 days ago

What happens to Trump's nominees if he actually lets the FBI run background checks on them?

queenofsicily.bsky.social•96 days ago

He “cut a deal” with the FBI. Probably the same deal Kavenaugh got.

heyaries325.bsky.social•96 days ago

Considering the way his approval rating works, and with the caveat that we still don’t know a lot about the specifics of the cross-tabs, I have to imagine that a not-insignificant portion of people who voted for him think we should do FBI background checks on cabinet nominees.

missyluft.bsky.social•96 days ago

he's on the same channel as Janine Pirro!

voscovery.bsky.social•96 days ago

lol

castanton.bsky.social•95 days ago

Did someone happen to tell Hegseth that the DOD head has to be sober and ready to handle an emergency 24/7? Did he agree to stop drinking?

doubleadub.bsky.social•96 days ago

#pirro drunk AF 8 nights a week

chillygills.bsky.social•96 days ago

Every single person working in cable news is spaced out of their mind on wackadoo psychedelics and goofballs.

I choose to believe this over the possibility that anyone would voluntarily spend their life being a social cancer.

antiquequaalude.bsky.social•96 days ago

Slightly more than her. I assume she's like the baseline they work off of

sevilleoz.bsky.social•96 days ago

Not just any cable news - Fox News where half their hosts are drunk!

danweiner.bsky.social•96 days ago

I mean, it's really dicey to be drunk on the air at Fox News. What if you're so drunk you actually say something negative about Nazis or the Klan?

frankd7.bsky.social•96 days ago

Not in his nature. All he had to do was
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjJd8rZPcAQ

jasonnlewis.bsky.social•96 days ago

Easy, just be the kind of person that is a massive fan of both of those groups. Now you’re a perfect fit for Faux News.

argonaut19.bsky.social•95 days ago

Turns out announcing your cabinet picks months ahead of any confirmation is not a genius move especially if you have shit to cover up. Bye bye Peter!

janecoaston.bsky.social•96 days ago

He had five affairs while married to his first wife and then had an affair with his third wife that ended his marriage to his second wife and he has an alcohol problem? How on earth does he get all this done

geek19.bsky.social•96 days ago

The Vanity Fair article going around about his first marriage end says they got married after being high school sweethearts and then moved to different cities. So...... shitty choices, basically

wndlb.bsky.social•96 days ago

Princeton, New Jersey is a couple of trains away from the far Upper West Side. Yeah, they weren’t at the same college, but
And the same when he was in DC and she was at JP Morgan in NYC

eric623.bsky.social•96 days ago

this is what i always thought. having one girlfriend is exhausting enough. like i would need two? or three?!

lawcreep.bsky.social•96 days ago

Who has the time? And he has 7 kids.

glennsummers.bsky.social•96 days ago

He's efficient in his depravity, I'll give him that anyway

glennsummers.bsky.social•96 days ago

He's really good at managing his debauchery, timewise

jediindy.bsky.social•96 days ago

That’s what the cocaine is for

ericcolumbus.bsky.social•96 days ago

He should run the Department of Government Efficiency!

riwoche.bsky.social•96 days ago

How on earth will this guy with no management experience manage three million Pentagon employees? By downing copious amounts of Russian vodka?

pedro45fan.bsky.social•96 days ago

Idk. All of those affairs indicate some kind of management experience 😂

itsnotbread.bsky.social•96 days ago

His multi-tasking abilities are what make him uniquely suited for SecDef

skeptocapital.com•96 days ago

surprised he hasn't penned a LinkedIn post on his productivity mindset yet!

nikolaidenmark.bsky.social•96 days ago

Can’t fault his ability to multi-task

anitawos.bsky.social•96 days ago

If he had only stopped drinking, he could have been having 4 more affairs with a 5th wife in another town.

bangunit.bsky.social•96 days ago

... meth?

danlather.bsky.social•96 days ago

Dammit.

Anyway, a drug solution for an alcohol problem.

moralimperative.bsky.social•96 days ago

Pull tabs.

2names1scott.com•96 days ago

usually this is accomplished with violence

bmceuen.bsky.social•96 days ago

Adding another relationship on top of my current relationship sounds like so much work that I simply do not have the energy for

unhipcat.bsky.social•96 days ago

Trump never intended for ph to run the pentagon. He was going to be a figurehead, pretending while someone else pulled the strings.

seamuspetrie.bsky.social•96 days ago

Sounds exhausting, tbh.

goblue96.bsky.social•96 days ago

Matt Gaetz is impressed by this. Dude put in work.

saltcreekbrews.bsky.social•96 days ago

This is always my point of view, how do they have time for all this stuff

biglytariffman.bsky.social•96 days ago

It's that American "Can do anyone when I'm not at home with my wife" spirit, I guess.

eggs2pricey.bsky.social•96 days ago

Multi tasker extraordinaire .

reportbywilson.bsky.social•96 days ago

Adderall, Red Bull, and Vodka?

yazikus.bsky.social•96 days ago

Has Ronny Jackson been appointed to anything yet? I feel like his services will be in high demand with the incoming appointees.

itsthegraftstupid.bsky.social•96 days ago

Would the pillow guy be a stretch? These guys do a lot of work in beds.

axialagegamer.bsky.social•95 days ago

Oh, the MyPillow guy is *absolutely* getting appointed to *something*. Probably a minor ambassadorship, but he's not getting left out of this administration. Mark my words.

yazikus.bsky.social•96 days ago

I think they need a guy who works a lot of meds 🤷‍♂️

itsthegraftstupid.bsky.social•96 days ago

Don Jr for DEA?

desihorn.bsky.social•96 days ago

Wow.. almost all the people I used to follow in Twitter before I left almost 4 years ago are getting here.

bryanmac.bsky.social•96 days ago

My wife and I have discussed how, even if we weren't inclined to be faithful, the prospect of carrying on an affair sounds EXHAUSTING.

The dedication required to commit Hegseth's level of infidelity is astonishing.

rowyourbot.bsky.social•96 days ago

That’s because you take care of other people. If everyone is catering to you, and you don’t give a shit about anyone but yourself, you will have more time on your hands.

marcdachamp.bsky.social•96 days ago

My wife and I make this joke all the time. Ignoring the fact that we both love each other very much, who has the time for all that?!

cstrable.bsky.social•96 days ago

The time alone you would need to dedicate to it! Let alone the energy and presumably money.

janecoaston.bsky.social•96 days ago

Seriously!

aexia.bsky.social•96 days ago

It’s not exhausting if you simply don’t care if you get caught or hurt anyone.

oblio.bsky.social•95 days ago

7 Habits of Highly Alcoholic People?

cerenz.bsky.social•96 days ago

Jane…have we considered the 1996 unclassic, “Multiplicity”?

jayjayerjayest.bsky.social•96 days ago

You leave Andie MacDowell alone

hickpop.bsky.social•96 days ago

His real job is reading a teleprompter 6 hours a week so lots of party time.

turgidjacobian.bsky.social•96 days ago

All things are possible with wingnut welfare.

alexblackwood.bsky.social•96 days ago

By never doing any work at work? He ran one vet org into the ground, partied at another until they finally got rid of him.

tft.io•96 days ago

Who has the time

notdmitry.bsky.social•96 days ago

When you need a spreadsheet for your affairs. . .

rebcoco.bsky.social•96 days ago

“Ohhhh, that’s not what Undersecretary for Military Affairs means…?”

itsnotbread.bsky.social•96 days ago

... you ask RFK Jr how he does it

beaverstanacct.bsky.social•96 days ago

He may actually be a superman

joekatz45.bsky.social•96 days ago

Given that the financial state he left the orgs he was working for in, seems plausible he made some time between 9 and 5

riothobbit.bsky.social•96 days ago

they don't call 'em rolling blackouts because you stay still

poliphinosaur.bsky.social•96 days ago

Huge amounts of cocaine.

snyderjohn99.bsky.social•96 days ago

Ask TJT

axialagegamer.bsky.social•95 days ago

Little known fact: alcohol problems increase your time available for affairs.

danlather.bsky.social•96 days ago

Meth?

willpierce.bsky.social•96 days ago

He must get up very early in the morning.

biz-malarkey.bsky.social•95 days ago

In this economy?

ptmoria.bsky.social•96 days ago

The alcohol probably helps

homecrushgirl.bsky.social•95 days ago

Ask RFK jr.

marcmancuso.bsky.social•95 days ago

Cocaine?

jeffterando.bsky.social•95 days ago

Built different (derogatory)

jamesjhare.com•96 days ago

and they were only married like 4 years right?

quintusslide.bsky.social•96 days ago

In his *first four years*. Mother-fucker had a woman in the broom closet in the honeymoon suite.

sparklepigeon.bsky.social•96 days ago

That we know of…

onekade.bsky.social•96 days ago

Probably it’s all he does. He ran a couple of nonprofits into the ground.

rowyourbot.bsky.social•96 days ago

That IS the reason. And he’s not making quality time with everyone you can be damn sure.

sarahwhelmed.bsky.social•96 days ago

I guess we should be grateful he isn't putting all that energy into his policy objectives, but good golly, the toxic combo of liquor and Viagra his life must be

gwbiscuit.bsky.social•96 days ago

It’d be a shame if his heart exploded during a coke & viagra-fueled fuck session

sarahwhelmed.bsky.social•96 days ago

I will contribute to a go fund me for this

brendanmcginley.bsky.social•96 days ago

Not a violation of ToS if the man has no heart.

squid351.bsky.social•96 days ago

If we know about all this, imagine what we don’t know about. This man is a blackmailing disaster! This is fucking crazy!

wndlb.bsky.social•96 days ago

There is a reason Team Trump has now decided to go with FBI checks. #NoSurprises

ellawbr.bsky.social•96 days ago

I mean, it’s kind of an endorsement of his organizational skills. I’d get lost having one affair.

heatherjochens.bsky.social•96 days ago

Easy: no one actually holds him accountable for anything in his life ever. The closest he ever got to a consequence was being pulled from the National Guard on Jan 6 because they were concerned about his ties to white supremacist groups.

phollanda.bsky.social•96 days ago

Not just cable news. FOX NEWS.

mikusa.bsky.social•96 days ago

So probably Trump doing Fox a solid by drawing out the drunk with promises of power only to face the Senate intervention of political reality. A not so graceful exit but nonetheless handled.

expatsy.bsky.social•95 days ago

Countdown has begun for his withdrawal.

blazesboylan.bsky.social•96 days ago

Worry about the NYT, Jane. Worry about that.

nifferama.bsky.social•96 days ago

Sure nobody should worry about a guy who’s probably a blackout drinker being in a position like the one he’s being nominated for. Why should she write about that?

blazesboylan.bsky.social•95 days ago

The point is the NYT is being scooped by NBC News. And the NYT is both-siding all this stuff.
I just take issue when the NYT normalizes Trump and his insanity but people like Jane get sassy on social media. Do it in your paper! Here is the NYT front page right now. Find the Hegsetth coverage:

lexou.bsky.social•96 days ago

From what I hear about this man, he is constantly drinking himself into a stupor, so for all I know the abnormal behavior they noticed was him being sober for once.

jasper33.bsky.social•95 days ago

I mean you’d have to be like an SEC level drunk

hans-g.bsky.social•96 days ago

Is anyone on Fox not drunk on the job?

mfriedmannola.bsky.social•95 days ago

Cough cough, Auntie Jeanine Pirro, cough cough.

I"m told she has a special green room just to store her 6L boxes of Franzia.

icedbrew2.bsky.social•96 days ago

parkerdw.bsky.social•95 days ago

Shade.

worldofmarilyn.bsky.social•96 days ago

Wut???? Trump hates drunks!!!

quintusslide.bsky.social•96 days ago

It's like being a stage actor who is so lascivious that your fellow cast-members start worrying about your sexual morals. It's a reach.

yardyspice.bsky.social•96 days ago

Just realizing that SA isn't going to sink this guy. His mother's letter isn't going to work either. It's going to be something weird like lying about going to church.

michaelbuckelew.bsky.social•96 days ago

That’s like someone in porn saying “you know, you really should cut back on the sex.”

neverthumper.bsky.social•96 days ago

Exactly. Who wants to put that BS out sober?

charlesxavier.bsky.social•96 days ago

He was on at 6AM, I want to know if we was drinking since 5 or if he was still drunk from the night before.

nesler.org•96 days ago

He was almost certainly rolling in from a night of drinking, and then heading to bed after work.

cbull.bsky.social•95 days ago

Do you know how drunk you need to be to get kicked out of a veterans group?! It’s like getting kicked out of the Klan for being too racist.

robin-d-frazier.bsky.social•96 days ago

About as bad as a Repug in the Texas Legislature. But they beat their wives and girlfriends too.

grumpyfinfan.bsky.social•96 days ago

This much..

shaner38.bsky.social•96 days ago

Like, Jeanne Pirro looked at him and said "that dude's got a problem."

blairebeggins.bsky.social•96 days ago

has anyone watched madmen? or- worked in media? also- he does legit scare me for almost any job

redbrow.bsky.social•94 days ago

😂

bhenny504.bsky.social•96 days ago

Dude said Ron Burgundy don't have shit on me

scoobyshakespeare.bsky.social•96 days ago

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