Joe Namath Drunk Interview On ESPN's Patriots-Jets Game Saturday Night?

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[Recovering_Democrat]

Did anyone see Joe Namath's sideline interview with the female reporter-babe during the second quarter of the Pats-Jets game?

She was asking him about Chad Pennington, and he talked to her like Chad was going to lead them to a championship...of course, the Jets aren't going anywhere now...and his speech was very deliberate and slow.

"He's either drunk or he has some kind of disease", I said to my mate.

The very next question, the woman (I didn't catch her name) asked him about how great it was being a QB as a Jet...and Namath started smiling and leaning around her...she kept her distance as best she could as she held the mic up to Joe.

"I wanna kiss you!" Namath blurted...before he got some more composure, spoke about the team looking forward to next year...then ended with the same line "I really wanna kiss you!" or something like that.

The girl said, "Thank you Joe, I'll take that as a compliment."

The announcers were silent for a second, then one of them said, "Joe is a fun guy..."

Kind of reminded me of the story of Howard Cosell getting sauced in the booth during a Monday Night Football game.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Anyone else notice this??

[Iowa David]

As a Jets fan I saw it and cringed the entire time....

I wanna kiss you

[ditto h]

Let this Irishman tell you, Joe was not sober.

[NeoCaveman]

Damn, I missed it.

[mhking]

Just damn.

If you want on the new list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

[sinkspur]

Saw it.

Namath's blitzed, and had no business doing that interview.

What a jerk.

[bigfootbob]

Joe better watch the alcohol consumption considering he's using cox-2 inhibitors for arthritis. Could lead to severe liver damage. He was toasted, Suzie Kolber howls at the moon.

[al baby]

Sorry i mised it but is that important i think not
hoevere i will save joe a seat

[deadhead]

Noticed this too, he didn't seem just a little tipsy....he appeared to be very drunk.

Guess Joe is celebrating Christmas a little early

[eddie willers]

Let this Irishman tell you, Joe was not sober.

If you're that old and get drunk on the job, you have got a REAL problem.

Betty Ford....meet Joe Namath.

[sinkspur]

Suzie Kolber howls at the moon.

She's not coyote, but she's a "beacher" (meaning, you've got to be wearing sunglasses to take her home).

[oceanview]

didn't see it, but his normal speech has a slur or drawl in it. and he is always hitting on the babes, I remember he was hitting on Jillian once in an interview.

[Alberta's Child]

Dude -- That's EXACTLY what I was thinking!

It started even before the second question -- his response to the first one was rambling and confusing.

[michaelt]

I noticed it too.

The first question he answered relatively coherently but I couldn't help but think, is he drunk?

Then when they came back to them for the second question, and he had that leering grin, and said "I wanna kiss you" well, there was no question about it.

That was good TV.

[Alberta's Child]

In particular, his answer to the first question about Chad Pennington was so long and incoherent that in the middle of it he appeared to forget what he was trying to say at the start.

[The KG9 Kid]

Joe Namath long ago earned the lifetime perk of getting drinks bought for him at Jets games.

His money's no good in the VIP section, and he's probably got free roam of the stadium.

[Joe Boucher]

For what it is worth, he lives in Jupiter Florida at least part of the time. He has been recognized buying large quantities of rolling papers at local stores.

[oceanview]

supposedly, when his wife and daughter left him, he was totally devasted, perhaps even having a breakdown.

[cars for sale]

it wasn't Namath's fault.It was the networks for putting a camera in front of him. Joe is Broadway Freakin Joe
and he earned it too. No ,this was the stupid TV decision
makers fault......

[hole_n_one]

I couldn't find an audio clip of Cosell's MNF broadcast, but I did find one of Harrison Ford who was apparently sloshed while presenting at the Golden Globes.......

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