webfact Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Booze and Pills Before Broadcast, Drunk Reporter ConfessesBy Chayanit ItthipongmaeteeStaff ReporterStill image from Channel 3 sports reporter Nattaway Ingkavitan’s Saturday night ‘Sports Update’ segment.BANGKOK — A television sports presenter admitted Tuesday that he went on the air drunk Saturday after a clip of him stuttering and slurring his words went viral.Channel 3 correspondent Nattawat Ingkavitan owned up to his bosses that he was still drunk from booze and pills at a party earlier in the evening when he arrived at the station to do his “Sports Update” report Saturday night, in which he went on the air looking confused and punctuating his slurred speech with long pauses.Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.php?newsid=1455684445 -- Khaosod English 2016-02-17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somtamnication Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 He is sooooooooooooooooo cute! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pib Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 He sounded fine to me but Thai is not my native language. Or maybe it's because I'm use to understanding drunks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 I wouldn't want to do that job sober either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyBowskill Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 To be honest he was still likely better than bank manager and chartered accountant looking pair on CTH. I may take advice on buying a house from them but they know jack sh1t about the beautiful game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trogers Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 What kind of pills are taken with booze? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 What kind of pills are taken with booze? Ones that are too big to swallow dry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrrizzla Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Fair play. The first step to tackling the problem is admitting it. Hope he gets some help because it is a slippery slope that he is on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamgeorgeallen Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 he had the standard excuse for many wrong doings in this country, i was drunk. then he just needs to give some B.S. excuse for why he was drunk, girlfriend left him or something like that. in my 9 years in thailand, living and working, i have found it very rare thais admit to their mistakes or apologize. this is just my personal experience. i actually remember the one time one of my thai staff apologized to me, remember it because it was the only time it happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skildpadden Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Yes it was because of a party he was drunk - it wasn't his fault, I am sure those bad people throwing the party force fed the booze and pills to him. Newsflash: an adult can actually go to a party and not drink - especially if you need to be on TV a few hours later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawadee1947 Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 I could understand him........if you have to work for Channel 3.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stickylies Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 I like pills and booze a bit of E with a bit of Bubbles. More fun than getting p!ssed on Chang with some isaan bg ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTIRIOS Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 ...what do pills have to do with a party..... ...that is the justification for taking drugs....??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 He sounded fine to me but Thai is not my native language. Or maybe it's because I'm use to understanding drunks. Well, confusing 20 for 2000 sounds like vision impairment too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallGuyJohninBKK Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 AFAIK, there's no law in Thailand prohibiting being on television, or doing sports reporting, while under the influence of alcohol (though Channel 3 may well have some employee personnel policy about that). Heck, based on past episodes, there apparently also isn't any law against Thai lawmakers being under the influence of alcohol when making and voting on laws. But for the Channel 3 guy, taking the unspecified pills along with the alcohol might be an entirely different discussion, depending on what kind of pills were involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karlo Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 I wonder how he got to work that night ..... Did he drive himself or did he use a taxi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trogers Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 AFAIK, there's no law in Thailand prohibiting being on television, or doing sports reporting, while under the influence of alcohol (though Channel 3 may well have some employee personnel policy about that). Heck, based on past episodes, there apparently also isn't any law against Thai lawmakers being under the influence of alcohol when making and voting on laws. But for the Channel 3 guy, taking the unspecified pills along with the alcohol might be an entirely different discussion, depending on what kind of pills were involved. Those pills are A-Okay! Contraceptive pills... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lopchan Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 he had the standard excuse for many wrong doings in this country, i was drunk. then he just needs to give some B.S. excuse for why he was drunk, girlfriend left him or something like that. in my 9 years in thailand, living and working, i have found it very rare thais admit to their mistakes or apologize. this is just my personal experience. i actually remember the one time one of my thai staff apologized to me, remember it because it was the only time it happened. The wrongdoing was being drunk. He didn't use being drunk as an excuse for being drunk.. He has manned up and admitted he was drunk. Kudos to him for being honest. No kudos for you for trying to slag off Thais Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder26 Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Why is this news? The guy handled well whatever he had to do. Being under influence doing your job is not good, but it happens. He didn't do any harm, so why so much fuss about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 I have a couple of people in mind that should follow his sample. I'm not stupid enough to give you names... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennw Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 he had the standard excuse for many wrong doings in this country, i was drunk. then he just needs to give some B.S. excuse for why he was drunk, girlfriend left him or something like that. in my 9 years in thailand, living and working, i have found it very rare thais admit to their mistakes or apologize. this is just my personal experience. i actually remember the one time one of my thai staff apologized to me, remember it because it was the only time it happened. The wrongdoing was being drunk. He didn't use being drunk as an excuse for being drunk.. He has manned up and admitted he was drunk. Kudos to him for being honest. No kudos for you for trying to slag off Thais Get your ethics right, he is a public figure, great example for others including children. Why are so many posters not able to determine right from wrong as a basic principle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colabamumbai Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 What kind of pills are taken with booze? Yaba (crazy drug) speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaBlue05 Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 How many people talk sports completely sober anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnniey Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Why is this news? The guy handled well whatever he had to do. Being under influence doing your job is not good, but it happens. He didn't do any harm, so why so much fuss about it? Exactly and pathetic some here trying to make a joke about a serious subject. Time for some of these stories to be in the not much ado about nothing news sub-forum an leave this one to important news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamgeorgeallen Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 he had the standard excuse for many wrong doings in this country, i was drunk. then he just needs to give some B.S. excuse for why he was drunk, girlfriend left him or something like that. in my 9 years in thailand, living and working, i have found it very rare thais admit to their mistakes or apologize. this is just my personal experience. i actually remember the one time one of my thai staff apologized to me, remember it because it was the only time it happened. The wrongdoing was being drunk. He didn't use being drunk as an excuse for being drunk.. He has manned up and admitted he was drunk. Kudos to him for being honest. No kudos for you for trying to slag off Thais slag off thais? read my post again. i made an observation about my years of life in thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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