Irish Prime Minister: I Wasn't Drunk In Interview

You know it probably wasn't the interview of your life if rivals call you out for having been smashed while giving it, but Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen says he was not—repeat was not—drunk during a live radio interview yesterday morning. The rumor started when an opposition party official tweeted that he sounded “half way between drunk and hung-over and totally disinterested.”

But asked whether he’d actually hit the sauce, Cowen replied, “I’m sorry, absolutely not. I mean, that’s ridiculous. It’s not true at all. Please.” If Cowen sounds a little … off … in the interview, it might be because he has sinus problems, the Daily Telegraph reports. (More Brian Cowen stories.)