Felicity Huffman Insists Drinking Comments Were a Joke  5/10/07

Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman is reveling in the news she's an on-set boozer after claiming a joke she made about her new film was taken out of context for a magazine article.

The actress plays Lindsay Lohan's alcoholic mother in Georgia Rule and joked with a Parade magazine journalist that she was often "drunk a little bit" for her boozed-up scenes the film.

Huffman now insists her attempt at humor during the interview fell flat and now she fears she may have a reputation as a drinker.

Speaking at last night's film premiere, she said, "That was a joke and it got pulled out of context, but I like that I'm known now as the drinking actress."