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he really scares me...I love to watch what he eats and yes what he drinks...I am a fan ....I gather he has issues....which are none of my bees wax!!!!!!

Love his show and, as mentioned, there is a parental warning..but by the way, what is SF known for musically and gastronomically that he hates?

@ sallee: I think the line was about how really BIG Giada's HEAD is!!

Like I've mentioned before, I don't mind seeing him drunk on the shows, I was just commenting on it to see if other people find it amusing.

I'm not on a moral high horse with AB or anyone else who partakes in adult beverages. I've been known to get sloshed in my life. But there's a difference between someone who has a few drinks and someone who is a drinker. If you've lived with a drinker, you'd recognize the signs and I doubt you'd think it was cute or sexy or amusing. Real, maybe, because it's really who he is. And if he's that comfortable drinking that much before and during work, in public, on camera, all the time, he really is a drinker. What he brings home to his family is probably a lot less pretty than what you see edited for a TV audience.

I don't care if he drinks until his liver explodes, I don't care what it does to his personal life, and I don't care how many other people think he's adorable. He is what he is, and no one is going to change him. I wish him the best. I hope he's happy. I hope his family does well.

A lot of people find that drunks are amusing. Fine with me, too. Watch them slur their words and stumble and be amused all you want. I don't find it amusing, but since I don't have to bring him home and make up excuses as to why he's passed out in the middle of the day, it doesn't bother me if everyone else is amused.

For me, it's all a personal matter. I just can't watch him objectively, because there's too much history with someone like that and it's not something I need to have stirring in the back of my mind. It's just way too uncomfortable for me to watch, whether it's in person or on TV. Luckily, when it's on TV, I can just change the channel.

Maybe AB is sober at home and he only drinks on TV and it's all a big act. Maybe you think that I'm being overly dramatic when I make assumptions about his off-camera life. Maybe. But even if it was an actor on a made-for-TV after-school special, I'd be uncomfortable watching it.

If it doesn't bother you at all, then I'm happy for you. Really. It means that you've missed out on one of life's great miseries. I think it's great that most of you don't have that kind of crap in your history, and I hope that you never do.

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I'm not sure-- Andrea Immer often seems to get rather tanked on Simply Wine, and I've never heard anyone complain. Then again, I don't think she has the ratings that AB does, so there are probably fewer people to notice/complain. And I'm not complaining, BTW. ;)

That girl at the Prime Rib house was totally flirting with him. That was a sad scene.
However, they drank like 12309503 martinis that episode, fun!!!

True, Tony did appear a tad "over-served" even for him, but hey, when in Rome, eat pizza! Most troubling to me was when he turned down the bonus prime rib portion!

Really? Clean up your act for your kid. And shame on the network for supporting abuse. Hope all thier advertisers pull the plug just like they did on Glenn Beck!

Susquehanna--and that liver belongs to Michael Ruhlman.

I love him. Haven't you all noticed that the food world (esp. blogs) tends to be just a little bit....twee, precious, earnest, correct, jolie....He's much needed.

Bourdain drunk?

What are the odds?