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Andrew Gillum Speaks Out About Being Found In A Hotel Inebriated–“I Understand What People Assume About That” (Video)

<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">It’s been six months since we’ve seen pics of former Mayor of Tallahassee and Florida Governor candidate&comma;<&sol;span><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;gillum"> <span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Andrew Gillumin at a<&sol;span><&sol;a><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;"> hotel&comma; lying in his own vomit&period; Now&comma; he has decided to open up and offer a few details about that night where he was found in a hotel with friends&comma; one who was allegedly a male escort&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">In the clip of the interview with Tamron Hall that airs next week&comma; Andrew spoke about being ashamed of his actions&period; He also provided more insight about why he was in the hotel that night&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Gillum suggested that he was simply hanging out with friends&comma; but he also understands the optics of it all&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The reason why I went to that room is probably no different than how anybody might communicate with someone that they are in a friendship&comma; relationship&comma; whatever with&comma;” the 41-year-old expressed&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Uh&comma; I understand what people assume about that&comma;” he added&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Gillum also stated that he didn’t recognize himself in the photo&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;"> &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;When that photo came out&comma; I didn&&num;8217&semi;t recognize the person on that floor&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">As previously reported&comma; Gillum offered an apology back in July and shared that he was in therapy&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;With a lot of encouragement from family and the people who love and care about me&comma; I also got into therapy&comma; where I could start to talk through what was going on with me&period; I knew if I had not dealt first with issues and addiction and the numbing that I chose with alcohol&comma; there was no way I could start to pull back the layers and talk about what was truly happening underneath&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">As you may recall&comma; the former Mayor of Tallahassee and Florida Governor candidate&comma;<&sol;span><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;gillum"> <span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Andrew Gillum<&sol;span><&sol;a><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&comma; was in a Miami hotel&comma; allegedly inebriated with Crystal Meth present&period; At the time&comma; police were responding to an alleged drug overdose of Travis Dyson&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CFA3uaxBQWO&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;embed&&num;038&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;loading" data-instgrm-version&equals;"14" style&equals;" background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; 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- 2px&rpar;&semi;"><&sol;iframe>&NewLine; <&sol;div><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Police say Gillum&comma; who was not arrested&comma; was too intoxicated to answer questions&period; An offense incident report says that officers found three clear plastic baggies of suspected crystal meth on the bed and floor&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Gillum released a statement saying he attended a wedding&period; He admitted that too much alcohol was involved but he did not use any drugs&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span class&equals;"s1">Want tea directly in your text inbox&quest; Hit us up at 917-722-8057 or <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;my&period;community&period;com&sol;theshaderoom" data-saferedirecturl&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;google&period;com&sol;url&quest;q&equals;https&colon;&sol;&sol;my&period;community&period;com&sol;theshaderoom&amp&semi;source&equals;gmail&amp&semi;ust&equals;1597764995762000&amp&semi;usg&equals;AFQjCNEhDlLSgnbI98ptdcsC8wnDUyBVMw">click here to join&excl;<&sol;a><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine; 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