That makes me think that if Mel was drunk when he called her, he may have no idea what he actually did say to her.
So, he may have only said some things and not other things. And, if he was drunk, he may not be able to distinguish between what he did and did not say. What if most of it is not his voice? Mel's voice is so garbled even he may not recognize his own voice, or that someone else may have injected another voice.
What a mess.
Yes, definitely a mess. Not to put too fine a point on it, he may also be every bad thing everyone has called him, lately. We just don't know, and may NEVER know.
I'm not really defending him, just trying to remind people that we really do not KNOW. Among other things, as you point out, it may not even be his voice, and as others have pointed out, even if it is, it may not be from the supposed phone call. We'll just have to wait and see what happens, and may never actually find out, either. If it provokes him to get himself squared away, maybe it will be worth it, in the long run, to all of us. If not, well, celebrities fallen from grace aren't exactly rare, are they?