Drew Carey calls out drunk ‘Price Is Right’ contestants: ‘Not unusual’

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Drew Carey, 66, is spilling secrets about “The Price Is Right.”The former host of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” has hosted “The Price Is Right” since 2007, and in an interview with TV Insider, he revealed, “That happens here all the time,” referring to contestants taking “liquid courage.”“They’ll have a gummy or I’ll smell alcohol on their breath.

Not unusual,” he continued. “There was a guy here that was tripping on mushrooms. He came with a bunch of friends. He was a sketch [comedy] guy.

I found out later when I went to UCB [sketch improv theater, Upright Citizens Brigade] to hang out and they were like, ‘Did you see that guy who claimed to be a skateboarding rabbi?’ I asked him what he did for a living.

And he goes, ‘I’m a skateboarding rabbi.’ He didn’t think he was going to get picked, and he totally tripped.”Carey, who took over “The Price Is Right” after original host Bob Barker retired, kept Barker’s sign off recommendation to spay and neuter your pets, but also added, “Take care of yourself, especially your mental health; it’s so important, and I love you!” Carey said he added that last part because, “I went through a rough couple of years, and I needed to put my mental health first.