Fox Bosses Chastised Hegseth For Drunken Behavior

The New York Times reports:

More than once during his early years at the network, Mr. Hegseth’s heavy drinking and raucous behavior at Fox News-related events escalated into episodes that were addressed by company officials or co-workers. Those incidents underscore concerns about his behavior that have imperiled his prospects to lead the Pentagon. At Fox News, the network’s human resources department looked into Mr. Hegseth’s conduct at the “Fox & Friends” Christmas party in 2016 and discussed it with him.

The following December, Mr. Hegseth got so drunk at a wedding of a Fox News producer that he struggled to stand upright in a men’s bathroom, according to two people with direct knowledge of the episode who declined to be named for fear of retribution. Friends asked a producer who was there to get Mr. Hegseth a ride home so he could make it to the set by 6 a.m., they said. Timothy Parlatore, Mr. Hegseth’s lawyer, said that “neither of these allegations are true.”

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