A feud between two of Texas’ top Republicans has broken down into sordid accusations of drunkenness and corruption.

The state party’s rift between its moderate and conservative wings fueled aspersions cast about two Republicans at the top of state politics. Attorney General Ken Paxton, an outspoken conservative, and House Speaker Dade Phelan, who is friendly with the legislature’s moderates and Democrats, launched into a public feud on Tuesday.

Paxton took aim at Phelan, calling on the speaker to resign after appearing to be “in a state of apparent debilitating intoxication” during a House session on May 19. A video clip of the session circulating online appeared to show Phelan slurring words as he oversaw proceedings.

Paxton also accused the speaker of failing “to pass critical conservative priorities including protecting the integrity of our elections and preventing Chinese spies from controlling Texas land.” Paxton said Phelan “has proven himself unworthy of Texans’ trust and incapable of leading the Texas House.”

Some lawmakers have come out to defend Phelan over the footage from the May 19 session. Democratic lawmaker Jarvis Johnson said he did not notice anything odd about Phelan’s behavior that day, according to The New York Times.

Paxton’s shot at Phelan came the same day that news broke that the House Committee on General Investigating was probing Paxton’s attempt to settle a 2020 lawsuit using an alleged $3.3 million in public money. As part of its investigation, the committee has subpoenaed Paxton’s office for records.

Four former employees of the attorney general’s office brought the suit in 2020, claiming they were retaliated against after accusing Paxton of corruption. The state legislature refused to fund the settlement, so the case continues to work its way through the courts.

Phelan responded to Paxton’s call to resign saying “The motives for and timing behind Paxton’s statement today couldn’t be more evident.”

“The committee is conducting a thorough examination of events tied to the firing of the whistleblowers in addition to Ken Paxton’s alleged illegal conduct,” Phelan said. “Mr. Paxton’s statement today amounts to little more than a last-ditch effort to save face.”

Paxton hit Phelan again in a statement on Wednesday, attacking the House speaker’s record on policy while accusing him of attempting to “disenfranchise Texas voters and sabotage my work as Attorney General.”

Eva Longoria blasted what she called Hollywood’s double standard when it comes to movie’s successes or failures — and she said that as a Latina female director, she’s held to a different standard than white men.

During the 48-year-old actress/director/producer’s appearance at the Cannes Film Festival in France, Longoria said that she “felt the weight of my community” at her feature directorial debut of “Flamin’ Hot,” Variety reported.

“I felt the weight of every female director because we don’t get a lot of bites at the apple,” the actress said. “My movie wasn’t low budget by any means — it wasn’t $100 million, but it wasn’t $2 million. When was the last Latina-directed studio film? It was like 20 years ago. We can’t get a movie every 20 years.”

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“The problem is if this movie fails, people go, ‘Oh Latino stories don’t work, oh female directors really don’t cut it,'” she added. “We don’t get a lot of at-bats. A white male can direct a $200 million film, fail and get another one. That’s the problem.”

Longoria didn’t share the name of male directors who have failed and gotten another one, but continued and said, “I get one at-bat, one chance … work twice as hard, twice as fast, twice as cheap. You really carry the generational traumas with you into the making of the film.”

“Flamin’ Hot,” centers on “the inspiring true story of Richard Montañez who as a Frito Lay janitor disrupted the food industry by channeling his Mexican heritage to turn Flamin’ Hot Cheetos from a snack into an iconic global pop culture phenomenon,” according to a description on IMDb.

Longoria said the movie also deals with how corporate America underestimates the Hispanic community and said the same could be said about Hollywood studios.

“28% of ticket buyers at the box office are Latino,” the director said. “Your film will not succeed if you don’t have the Latino audience. Do you know how many Latinos showed up for ‘Crazy Rich Asians?’ Do you know how many Latinos bought a ticket for ‘Fast and the Furious?'”

“We over-index at moviegoing, so why shouldn’t there be content for us if we are the ticket buyers?” she added. “If we are the viewers? … For me, I take great pride in throwing around that buying-power weight. If you don’t speak to us, we may not buy that movie ticket.”

“Flamin’ Hot” hits theaters June 9.