All these armchair diagnoses of what's wrong with Paula are sad. You don't know what the problem is, so you shouldn't speculate. And if it bothers you, you shouldn't watch it.

A friend of mine had a bit of stammer as long as I had known him. Over the past 3 years, it seemed it had been getting worse, and yes, at times, he would slur, and sounded tipsy. But I knew he wasn't a drinker. He was accused of being drunk on the job a couple of times.

Cool! We found out after a couple of months of testing, it's amyelotrophic lateral sclerosis. Woohoo!

He has his good days and bad days.

You really shouldn't gossip and snipe at Paula. Until she personally tells you why she doesn't talk so well, you just don't know and everything you hear or read in you favorite gossip outlets (TMZ and The Enquirer, inter alia ) is nothing more than gossip.