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Tara Reid issued a warning to fans after an evening sip and cigarette at a hotel bar ended in her hospitalization over the weekend: \u201cYou have to be really careful with your drink\u201d.<\/p>\n
The \u201cAmerican Pie\u201d and \u201cBig Lebowski\u201d actor landed in the hospital in Chicago early Sunday morning after drinking a glass of wine she alleges had been spiked. She spoke about her trip to the hospital and recalled the chain of events prior in an interview with TMZ<\/a>. <\/p>\n A representative for Reid did not immediately respond to The Times\u2019 request for comment Tuesday. <\/p>\n On Monday, the 50-year-old actor told TMZ hosts Harvey Levin and Charles Latibeaudiere that she had ordered a drink at the hotel bar \u2014 she did not name the hotel \u2014 and left it to smoke a cigarette outdoors. Upon returning to the bar, Reid said she saw a napkin placed on top of her drink. Though she found that odd, she proceeded to drink it. <\/p>\n \u201cBefore I knew it, I was in the hospital eight hours later,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n TMZ published witness video from the hotel incident, showing multiple people placing Reid into a wheelchair. She can be heard slurring her speech and moving her arms uncontrollably. Another clip shows her on a stretcher, with medical personnel escorting her out of the hotel lobby. <\/p>\n Reid told Levin and Latibeaudiere that doctors said she had been drugged but did not provide additional information about her stay, including whether they had tested for any specific substances. \u201cIt was all kinda vague,\u201d she said, \u201cit was all very blurry.\u201d <\/p>\n Reid added that she was unaware of the treatment or tests she received because she was unconscious.<\/p>\n After the incident and her hospitalization, the \u201cVan Wilder\u201d and \u201cSharknado\u201d actor said she and her agent went to a fan signing and then went home. She was scheduled to appear at the Chicago Sports Spectacular on Sunday<\/a>. <\/p>\n The incident was a \u201cbig blur,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Reid went to to say she was grateful that she was in a public space when she blacked out, expressing her concerns about being sexually assaulted if she had been in a private space instead. <\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know what that stuff was, but whatever it is it knocked me out immediately,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n