>>16259109In essence Meltzer said Tony's an idiot for contributing to a critic's medical recovery and Meltzer strongly implied that Swerve couldn't draw a dime and Tony overpaid for him.
At the same time Meltzer was trying to say that Tony's new TV deal voids all criticism of bad financial performance, but failed miserably by digressing into the aforementioned with an incongruent blabbering mess that alcohol would sober up if he drank any.