In November 2008 O'Keefe was filmed drunk in Chapel Street in Prahran, a Melbourne suburb. He is seen lying and kneeling on the ground while a man helps him to his feet and eventually asks what appears to be a random man for a shoulder to cry on.[2]
In The Sunday Telegraph on the day after news of the video was leaked, letters to the editor were printed in which some members of the public told the media to back off and that O'Keefe was only human.[3]
Andrew O'Keefe is regarded as a tool by the vast majority of those who regularly watch his prime time program, Deal Or No Deal.[4]