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The story has appeared from MSNBC.com to TV industry Web sites and the pages of the Tampa Tribune.
And WFLA-Ch. 8 morning anchor Gayle Guyardo remained upset Monday by those reports recounting how she was briefly removed from coverage of the Gasparilla parade Saturday after viewers complained about her slurred speech and seemingly disoriented comments.
Guyardo, 41, who has co-anchored parade coverage for 14 years, said she resented the implication of some critics: that she was drunk. The anchor said that she had been sick with the flu since early last week and that her illness may have affected her performance.
The YouTube clip doesn't help her cause, I admit. I'm willing to give her the benefit of the doubt and concede maybe she was sick, but if she was, she was too sick to be anchoring, and probably too sick to be upright. If she had the same crud that tore through my friends-list, I can imagine her being ill and feverish, and she certainly sounds incoherent. At any rate, someone should've sent her home before she put on a mic.
And WFLA-Ch. 8 morning anchor Gayle Guyardo remained upset Monday by those reports recounting how she was briefly removed from coverage of the Gasparilla parade Saturday after viewers complained about her slurred speech and seemingly disoriented comments.
Guyardo, 41, who has co-anchored parade coverage for 14 years, said she resented the implication of some critics: that she was drunk. The anchor said that she had been sick with the flu since early last week and that her illness may have affected her performance.
The YouTube clip doesn't help her cause, I admit. I'm willing to give her the benefit of the doubt and concede maybe she was sick, but if she was, she was too sick to be anchoring, and probably too sick to be upright. If she had the same crud that tore through my friends-list, I can imagine her being ill and feverish, and she certainly sounds incoherent. At any rate, someone should've sent her home before she put on a mic.
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