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‘I was in a drunken stupor’: Veep star quotes Rob Ford in defense of nude photo

Julia Louis-Dreyfus defended the photo by saying she was in a "drunken stupor". Twitter

TORONTO – Julia Louis-Dreyfus defended a nude photo of herself on the cover of Rolling Stone by quoting Toronto Mayor Rob Ford.

“In my defense,” she tweeted. “’I was in a drunken stupor.’”

She also attached the hashtag “#Crackexcuse” to further reference the mayor’s November admission he used crack and his explanation as to why.

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“[It was] probably in one of my drunken stupors, probably approximately about a year ago,” he said at the time.
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It’s not the first time the “drunken stupor” line has been the butt of a joke from celebrities or comedians.

The new issue of Rolling Stone will be released Friday, April 11.

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