ER star John Stamos appeared on Australian television in June, most notably on the show Mornings with Kerri-Anne. He appeared to be incoherent, read from the teleprompter and made lewd gestures towards the host. Later he blamed the incident on sleeping pills.

“By the time I got to Australia my body was so out of whack,” says Stamos, who has told TV Guide his travel plans had included stops in New York, New Orleans, Greece, Japan and Cairo before landing Down Under on June 21.

A couple of days later, when Stamos was scheduled to promote ER, he says he was still feeling jet-lagged so “I took a sleeping pill at 5 in the morning, Ambien.” He says he made a mistake.

“Now I know that Ambien is an eight-hour sleeping pill so if you take it, you better get 8 hours sleep,” he says. “Do not take it at 5 in the morning.”

[Daily Telegraph]

Now, I understand that he is a man and doesn’t need as much grooming as we ladies do, but who takes a sleeping pill at 5am when you are going to appear on a television show that airs at 9am? Wouldn’t you need to be at the studio early for hair and make up?

Stamos also says he would still like to retire in Australia. Perhaps because of the drinking culture and late night bar opening hours? It’s perfectly acceptable to be drunk in Australia at 9am if you’re watching the cricket.

Stamos denies he has a drinking problem though, saying “I was not drinking. I did not drink either morning. I do not have an alcohol problem. I am not David Hasselhoff. This is not a pattern.”

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