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    DorothyBarker: she was for sure working some larchmont lockjaw, mid-atlantic, fake katherine hepburn thing. and she's batshit crazy--or just been driven mad by food... more »
    badasscat: I confess I'm a bigger Brittany Murphy fan than she probably deserves. She often picks terrible roles and that's hurt her career. But then she's als... more »
    BookishLookish: I think she was fucking brilliant in Girl, Interrupted, hilarious in Drop Dead Gorgeous. Her laugh is adorable. I'm going to say nerves, a soupcon of ... more »
    lackadaisical: I wouldn't say Irish. It sounds more like she's putting on an awful British accent. And forgetting about it occasionally. Apparently her husband is Br... more »
    Smitros: Role preparation? That disorder that causes people to go spontaneously into foreign accents? Or maybe her vocal cords have gone . . . brogue. more »
    Calraigh: I'm sorry, more importantly, why the hell is Ryan Tate writing an post about Brittany Murphy's ''Irish'' accent? Have you heard an Irish accent Ryan? ... more »
    TriedandTrue: I am confused by the confusion. I thought she had been the subject of many BIs in regards to drugs. more »
    zkemeny: That's an irish accent? It sounded more like she had her jaw wired shut for weight loss, or had too many botox shots around the mouth. But I wouldnt d... more »
    rednrowdy: if what brittany murphy is using is being called an irish accent in that clip, then i can speak swahili. that is about the farthest thing from an iris... more »
    Private Hangnail: Sometimes even the most strictly monitored regimen of booze 'n' blow can make a person somewhat not themselves. Or perhaps her hair was making her ins... more »
    dado: Alicia Keyes has the same affliction, one accent for Leno, another for Oprah. more »
    gerbilsoutofexile...is cheap and easy: Perhaps the rat's nest on her head had her brain in a twist. more »
    Aaron Altman: Did she Lose Herself? more »
    Mary Mouse: He should have made sure she was OK via the "rollin' with the homies" test: more »
    monoverb: Modonnitis? more »
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    Brittany Murphy's Sudden Irish Accent: Drinking or Nerves?

    Brittany Murphy clearly threw Craig Ferguson off last night on the Late Late Show: Why was an actress raised in New Jersey speaking in an Irish accent? And why was she acting so loopy? More »