'She Gets Very Happy'

Looks like WNBC anchor Sue Simmons likes the grape a bit too much. Safe to say she probably won't be going back to Gallagher's any time soon.

Salty Sue Simmons, who shocked Channel 4 viewers with a four-letter tirade, is famous for her liquid dinners between broadcasts, potty mouth and zany behavior, former co-workers told The Post yesterday.

Simmons delivered a jaw-dropping f-bomb Monday night as she read a teaser for her 11 p.m. newscast, prompting an on-air apology from the veteran anchor a half-hour later.

The incident didn't stun some former colleagues.

"Sue Simmons likes the sauce and she can be cranky about it," a former WNBC employee told The Post. "She was sometimes a little tipsy [on the air] to the point where colleagues would take notice."

Simmons anchors Channel 4's 5 p.m. newscast, and then has time to pass until 11 p.m.

Those hours are regularly spent at Midtown watering holes like Gallagher's steakhouse and Jean Georges, witnesses said.

"I wouldn't say she gets sloshed - sloshed, that wouldn't be the right word," a Gallagher's employee said, gesturing to the back booths where Simmons typically takes her between-show breaks.

"I would say she gets happy. She gets very happy."

An employee at Jean Georges at Columbus Circle said Simmons isn't shy about drinking with her meals - and then heading back to work.

"She's been here and she's had drinks with her dinner," a Jean Georges employee said. "She's had a cocktail or two, yes, between shows, with dinner."

The sometimes tipsy news anchor became an overnight Web-video sensation, thanks to a tease she read for Monday's news.

Simmons told viewers to watch at 11 for a story about rising food costs.

The screen had been rolling stock footage of groceries, before turning to a cruise boat. Simmons flipped out and shouted: "What the f- - - are you doing?"

Previously.