Kathy Ireland 'not drunk on Oscar carpet'

Kathy Ireland has squashed rumours that she was drunk while interviewing celebrities on the Academy Awards red carpet.

According to People, the former supermodel responded to the fact that she was a Twitter 'Trending Topic' on her own official feed.

"Laughed @ being hot topic on twitter 2night. So many misunderstood that the J.O.Y. was being invited 2 co host. Grateful to all. Thank You! (sic)," she wrote.

However, Ireland's followers did not spare her their vitriol. One tweeted an open letter to network ABC.

"Dear ABC, Whoever OK'd Kathy Ireland on the red carpet, should be fired. Immediately," they said.