He wasn’t drunk, he’d caught a virus, officials say in response to viral video

May 15, 2013 20:11 GMT  ·  By

Czech President Milo Zeman never makes a secret of how much he likes to booze it up but, on this particular occasion presented in the video above, he hadn’t touched a drop. He was just sick, that’s all.

The first part of the video was shot last week, at a formal public event when the Crown jewels were put on display. The other footage was from different occasions, when Zeman was apparently just as “ill.”

As you can see, he can barely stand and, had it not been for that wall, he would have probably fallen.

The Daily Mail writes that his office is shooting down reports that he was drunk, saying he had caught a virus and only needed a couple of days off.

However…

“I saw what you saw. Judge for yourself,” Miroslava Nemcova, speaker for Parliament’s lower house and one of seven holders of the keys to the Czech crown jewels, is quoted as saying.

So, what do you think? Too drunk or too sick to stand upright?