Farrah's Letterman Loopiness
      June 10, 1997

      Days after appearing dazed and confused on the Late Show With David Letterman, Farrah Fawcett now says she was just "pretending." Farrah appeared on Friday's show to plug her new pay-per-view television special and Playboy pictorial, but from the moment she walked out, her mind seemed to be elsewhere. Letterman, perhaps sensing Farrah wasn't too solid on her feet, helped the former Charlie's Angel star to her seat. During the course of her seventeen-minute segment, Farrah squirmed in her chair and frequently lost her train of thought. In the middle of telling a story, Farrah became entranced by the fake skyline behind Letterman's desk. "I really thought I was looking out the window," she said. Farrah denies that she was under the influence during her appearance. "People have read what I'm going through," she tells the New York Daily News, referring to her recent breakup with Ryan O'Neal and charges that she stole thousands of dollars of another woman's clothes. "I think the perception is, 'Farrah must be on pills or alcohol,' and not that I'm trying to be funny." Farrah says her space cadet behavior was all an act. "We were pretending," she says. "I really am shy. . . . I'm sorry if people misinterpreted my giddiness over being relieved that this project is over. I am personally happy with the way [the interview] went." Well, she did manage to get off one rim shot. Farrah was describing her hobby of body painting, and Letterman asked her if she did it in the nude. Nope, said Farrah, "I have on paint."

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