By Breaking Celebrity News Staff

Former Minnesota TV news anchor Annie Stensrud, who famously was featured in a viral video in which some viewers took her for being drunk, has broken her silence on the embarrassing incident, which she says was spurred by an adverse reaction to anti-anxiety medication -- and not alcohol.

Stensrud's unwanted 15 minutes of fame emerged as she anchored a Sunday night broadcast for KEYC-TV in Mankato, Minnesota last December, appearing confused and out of sorts as she read the news. A clip of the broadcast soon went viral, and rumors sprouted she was drunk on the air.

Not so, says Stensrud, who said, "I wasn't drunk and I hadn't been drinking.

"It feels good to finally talk about it," Stensrud, 28, told KARE-TV in Minneapolis. "It's still hard to believe all of this ...  I thought my life and my career was over."

Stensrud said the medication she was taking at the time had an inconsistent impact on her personality.

"Some days I was really talkative and others I was in a fog: The fog got heavier the more I took it," she said.