The Supremes Ed Sullivan May 1967

[RanRan79]

There really was no special reason for Flo to do what she did that particular night. In the PJ book she says that she was worried not knowing if she was in or out of the group, and they had just spent a happy evening celebrating her birthday. Why would she out of nowhere choose to go to those extremes?.
Something happened, that’s for sure.

Well she was drunk. To what degree, who knows? Mary has mentioned Flo had a very low tolerance for alcohol. Flo admits that prior to the show that night she had a few drinks. She also mentions comments about her weight annoying her, so it's possible that when she put the tux on and it was a bit too snug, someone, maybe Diana, maybe Gordy, maybe the coat check girl [[), said something to her about it and pissed her off. Already inebriated, she goes on stage, is often off her mark, not in best voice, and then her "fat" line comes up and she...goes for it.

It's quite possible that if she hadn't had a drink that night, or a few drinks, even with the possible comment[[s) about her weight, she wouldn't have gone onstage like that. This really is the only story in the 60s Supremes' history where any one of them has ever been accused of going on stage and being unprofessional. Despite all the backstage drama, Flo, Diana and Mary always left it backstage and went in front of an audience and gave the crowd their monies worth. I suspect Flo's last performance with the Supremes was screwed up by alcohol, which led to poor decision making on Flo's part.

[sup_fan]

Well she was drunk. To what degree, who knows? Mary has mentioned Flo had a very low tolerance for alcohol. Flo admits that prior to the show that night she had a few drinks. She also mentions comments about her weight annoying her, so it's possible that when she put the tux on and it was a bit too snug, someone, maybe Diana, maybe Gordy, maybe the coat check girl [[), said something to her about it and pissed her off. Already inebriated, she goes on stage, is often off her mark, not in best voice, and then her "fat" line comes up and she...goes for it.

It's quite possible that if she hadn't had a drink that night, or a few drinks, even with the possible comment[[s) about her weight, she wouldn't have gone onstage like that. This really is the only story in the 60s Supremes' history where any one of them has ever been accused of going on stage and being unprofessional. Despite all the backstage drama, Flo, Diana and Mary always left it backstage and went in front of an audience and gave the crowd their monies worth. I suspect Flo's last performance with the Supremes was screwed up by alcohol, which led to poor decision making on Flo's part.

the good thing is that it doesn't appear that it was widely noticed by others. i've never heard of any reviewers saying something or a wild newspaper headline. again, very fortunate. imagine if something awful HAD happened. if Flo had barfed on stage or fell down, stammering and all. that type of a news headline could have spelled disaster.