She looked DRUNK......I DOUBT her story.
The woman is ill...she has MS.
That being said, what I find strange about her situation is that she was carrying on an affair with Newt while he was still married to his first wife. There is no moral high ground in her life.
That being said, Newt's moral failings have bothered me, and still do. Will I vote for him for President, of course. But I think the same moral failings that led to his numerous affairs, and dropping one wife in favor of the next, and then repeating that behavior a second time, is the same character flaw that will make him "abandon" easily a campaign position, or pledge.
The ABC news investigator Brian Ross who conducted the interview indicated she pulled a bait and switch. The interview was supposed to be about the fizzled FBI investigation (against her) and Newt's ethics investigations. Marianne took the interview off into this nonsense.
Have no idea what her drinking habits are - but do keep in mind she was diagnosed with M.S. just prior to Newt’s decision to divorce.