There's a lot that my parents and Steve don't even know.
They all think that I've been sober.
The fact of the matter is that I have been drinking.
Just yesterday I probably had 10 drinks.
Even today I had two tequilas and a bottle of wine.
In my parents' house I know they have a no drinking rule.
But, you know, I drink at their home all the time.
I use my parents' car to go buy alcohol.
I have this great Todd's purse
that I can hide the liquor in.
Sometimes I have to drape a sweater over it
so they can't see that it's bulging.
What I do is I close the bedroom door and go in and I drink.
When I'm drinking I have to hide the bottle behind pillows.
After I finish a beer at my parents' house
I'll take the bottle and hide it in a suitcase
I have in my closet.
This is where I'm hiding my bottles.
If my parents find it they're gonna take them out.
I also have two adult children from a previous relationship.
They pick me up, we go out drinking.
Cheers, bottoms up, Long Island iced tea.
My fear now is that everyone knows what I've been up to.
My parents are probably gonna kick me out.
What's your reaction to that?
We had our suspicions but we didn't have proof.
And you don't really wanna be the alcohol police.
When you have a daughter 48, you know,
you don't wanna be the alcohol police so you're
trying to, again, give her the benefit of the doubt.
You've been here a few days, right?
Mhm, yeah.
Saturday she drank alcohol on the plane.
She met producers in the office drunk.
She requested staff to get her cigarettes.
She requested staff accompany her for lunch.
She drank alcohol at lunch.
On Sunday she told the staff
she had 10 drinks the day before.
She told a segment producer she had two shots of tequila
and a bottle of wine that morning.
On Monday she texted the producer at 8:00 am
that she spent her last dollar on alcohol
and had been drinking since 2:30 am,
requested staff take her to the liquor store.
She smelled of alcohol and was stumbling around.
You're shaking your head no?
We have the texts.
You asked a producer for a drink this morning.
We're not gonna debate if you have
a drinking problem, are we?
No.
And you disclosed to us that you're drinking
in their house, that tells me that you don't
really want to hide this.
No.
Let's be completely honest, okay?
I mean, what the hell?
They can kill you but they can't eat you, right?
I mean.
Yeah.
How many bottles you figure you've got
hidden in your parents house right now, empties?
Maybe like 15.
And how many have you carried out of there
when you had the chance?
Twenty.
So 15 there and you've taken 20 out so far.
Yeah.
How do you not know this?
She's sneaky.
She stays in her bedroom with the door shut.
I can't help her if you don't help me.
That's the problem here.
Well we will help you.
And listen,
you gotta be just worn the hell out.
I mean cash wise, otherwise, and I don't know,
you may not put him up for husband of the year or whatever
but I'll tell you what.
The boy has stepped up here.
He's taken care of your children,
he's bent his life around.
(applause)
God bless you.