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When she realized Ryan was swerving, she tried to straighten out the wheel. Then she asked, “Why are you swerving?”
Ryan responded, “My eyes, babe, in the sunlight I can’t keep ’em open.” Mackenzie asked if he was on Xanax, but Ryan insisted he wasn’t, telling her, “I put that on my kid’s life.”
Seeing Ryan as intoxicated as he was was very upsetting for some of the fans. However, what many found to be even more upsetting was the fact that MTV allowed it to happen while he was behind the wheel. Viewers took to social media, demanding MTV explain why they wouldn’t intervene while Ryan was driving under the influence.
In a statement obtained by People, the network said, “MTV does not condone driving under the influence. Ryan’s erratic behavior was due to actions that he took without anyone’s prior knowledge.”
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