I barely know who this actress is, but this story is worth repeating just for the point and laugh factor alone. Army Wives actress Kim Delaney, 49, gave a halting speech in Philadelphia on Thursday at the National Constitution Center. It was so bad that someone came on stage and escorted her off before she was finished. The occasion was for the Liberty Medal Award presentation to former defense secretary Robert Gates. In the video above, you can see Delaney smiling and struggling to read a teleprompter off to the side, but in the video below (which was posted at People.com) it?s not as clear that she?s trying to read a script. I saw that version below at first and it looked like she could have been pulling that weird speech out of her drunken ass. It?s more likely that she had to give a speech that someone else wrote for her, that she didn?t prepare and had a bunch of cocktails to bolster to confidence. The result is a viral video and a tie-in to her DUI and multiple rehab stays. Here?s more:
What?s wrong with Kim Delaney?
The star of Lifetime?s ?Army Wives? was kicked off stage at Philadelphia?s National Constitution Center Thursday night after delivering an inappropriate and at times incomprehensible speech at the Liberty Medal Award presentation to former defense secretary Robert Gates.
Delaney stumbled to the podium and twisted her hands as she talked about having ?served in active military duty family for five years.? ?I?ve seen soldiers come home with painful life altering injuries borne of their time and service,? she said, slurring at times. ?I?ve attended numerous military funerals, including that of my best friend?s son.?
Except, she hasn?t.?It?s all make believe. I do that as a job. It?s make believe,? she said nearly two minutes into her speech. ?I have the luxury to do all of this on a television show.?
Video from ABC affiliate WPVI shows the crowd growing uncomfortable as Delaney rambles on. She was escorted off stage before finishing her remarks.
CBS? Philadelphia affiliate reported that Delaney was supposed to read her speech off a teleprompter, but technical difficulties forced her to wing it. Representatives for the National Constitution Center did not immediately respond to ABCNews.com?s requests for comment.
Delaney, 49, has had issues with substance abuse ? in 2002, she was arrested for suspicion of drunk driving after she refused to take a breathalyzer test. She?s sought rehab for alcohol addiction twice.
Delaney?s rep did not immediately respond to ABCNews.com?s requests for comment.
I?m kind of torn as to whether I should feel sorry for her. I know I should be making fun of her for being a drunken fool at a prestigious event like this, but maybe she was really nervous about speaking at this event she was in no way qualified to speak at and got wasted to cope. Given her record of rehab stays and a DUI, it?s probably just another Thursday night for her though. Delaney got fired from CSI Miami in 2002, and rumor has it that her alcoholism was to blame.
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13 Responses to ?Kim Delaney gets booted for awkward speech: drunk and can?t read the teleprompter??
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So painful to watch!!
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I saw this and it was bad, just bad. You could have heard the jaws dropping to the floor in utter horror.
I think she was high on something
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Yes so hard to watch? wow talk about embarrassing and inappropriate? but you know we?re all human and make at least one giant mistake in our life (and lots of small ones) so I?m not judging her, but- still gee whiz
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She looks more nervous or scared, rather than drunk. She appears to be having a hard time reading the teleprompter. (?)
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Drunk as a skunk. This was very hard to watch. I mean look at her hair. Jeez I don?t know much about her either but maybe she is going through something and coping by drinking. Maybe she mixed medications. I have no clue, this was sad.
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I haven?t watched the video because it seems kind of depressing to watch what she keeps doing to her career, not to mention her personal life. Isn?t she the one who lost custody of her kids or is that someone else?
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Very hard to watch. I feel bad for her, if it is a drug or alcohol problem I hope she gets help.
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As someone in recovery, I saw this clip, and I cannot/will not feel sorry for her. Yes, I agree, she probably got tanked in nervous anticipation of her ?speech,? but this woman has a ?history? & documented record of substance abuse, and she has the money, time & resources to address it.
Guess what? She is in obvious DENIAL. She doesn?t want to be in recovery?which is her ?right,? but on the other side of the coin, if she chooses to not be clean & sober, she?s going to have to take the flak/criticism?whatever from the obvious tell-tale signs of drinking and whatever else she may be doing.
Delaney is a gorgeous woman, & it?s certainly a crying shame to see her look so disheveled & impaired in this video. In recovery, we call people like her ?walkie-talkies,? because they?re still out there TRYING to appear ?normal,? but evidence of their addictions show. She is unwittingly being a fine example of what consequences occur when one refuses to accept the reality of the situation.
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Why is someone who does a tacky tv show that is sooooooooo far from the reality of military families given any creedence?
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I thought she was nervous and couldn?t read the teleprompter. It was HORRIBLE delivery, but I didn?t hear slurring, just painful delivery. I was glad when they escorted her off stage.
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It?s sad that she?s still struggling with addiction. I hope she gets the help she needs. I will say though that the speech would have been atrocious even had she been sober (elaborating on ?tv experiences? to empathize with vets? tacky)
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This is so sad and unfortunate.
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@gee - What you said!! I totally agree.
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