Amelia Lester

He described himself as pro-Danica.

The general vibe online and around the world seemed to be on you.

People thought it was funny.

She gave a very fulsome and gracious apology afterwards.

But when I started looking into it today, I realised that it's like so many internet stories.

You think you know what happened from the TikTok that you saw, but actually the real story of what happened is so much more interesting and it really sheds light on how internet stories get created.

Let me explain.

Okay, here's what I pictured happened before she went on air drunk last Wednesday.

I think that she went out to a pub in Milan or she had a lot of Negronis while she was having great fun all evening and then all of a sudden remembered she had to be on air, was pulled back in front of the camera and was drunk and that's very irresponsible, right, because who would do that?

Well, what I didn't realise is that was her sixth appearance on air that evening.

It probably was that too.

That is a lot of Negronis actually.

So she had been working all night.

She had been working all night in minus six degree temperatures.

So she had been doing these crosses to morning TV in Australia, but it was evening in Milan.

And basically the first one, she's absolutely fine.

The second one, she's absolutely fine.

Again, it's very cold out there.

She's had a very busy day at work.

Third appearance, starting to appear a little looser.