At first viewers were worried that Albany TV anchor Heather Kovar may have been having a stroke when her speech became slurred and random during a broadcast Sunday morning. She appeared more than a little out of it, as she fumbled her way through a weather report, before then introducing the wrong weather man.

At one point during the segment she which the topic entirely and gave the audience no explanation or context as to why. After the incident, Kovar was suspended by the station pending an investigation.

Kovar has since responded to viewers concerns and attributed her bizarre behavior to "sleep deprivation and exhaustion." Later in the broadcast she was muted when her mic was shut off by the control room, and according to the NYPost, Kovar notified the station that she would not be renewing her contract, which expires on July 31.

So since we know she wasn't having a stroke, get some sleep Heather, you're drunk.

Viewers expressing concern over train wreck of local evening newscast out of Albany. Anchor Heather Kovar appeared disheveled, misspoke, and slurred her words for the entire newscast. Here, she tries to set up the weather and toss to the meteorologist, who’s name she gets wrong. pic.twitter.com/70jwwvykKt

— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) July 10, 2022