{"id":189851,"date":"2023-12-16T02:12:07","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T02:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/?p=189851"},"modified":"2023-12-16T02:12:07","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T02:12:07","slug":"malcolm-in-the-middle-star-frankie-muniz-has-never-had-alcohol-at-38-years-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/celebrities\/malcolm-in-the-middle-star-frankie-muniz-has-never-had-alcohol-at-38-years-old\/","title":{"rendered":"Malcolm In The Middle Star Frankie Muniz Has NEVER HAD ALCOHOL – At 38 Years Old!"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the life this guy has had, this is impressive! During Tuesday’s episode of Mayim Bialik<\/strong>‘s Breakdown<\/em> podcast, Frankie Muniz<\/strong> revealed he has never had even the smallest taste of alcohol. Really — NEVER<\/em>!? He’s 38!<\/p>\n

Dropping this unexpected revelation, the Malcolm in the Middle<\/em> star said he’s “never had a sip of alcohol” or taken drugs — and it’s not because he was raised not to. When asked if he was brought up not to drink, he explained:<\/p>\n

“Every family member in my family drinks. And that’s what they do for fun.”<\/p>\n

Hah! So sounds like he had every opportunity to try. Why not join in?<\/p>\n

This is something the Agent Cody Ban<\/em>ks star has pondered a lot, and he dished:<\/p>\n

“I tried to figure out why I didn’t, because I don’t have a reason. It wasn’t, like, a religion.”<\/p>\n

He thinks it might stem from his “hatred toward time.” Since he was in the spotlight from such a young age, he grew up quickly. While many other child stars used this as an opportunity to turn to substances prematurely, he went the other way:<\/p>\n

“When I was 15, 16 years old, I felt like I was so old. I had experienced so much. And I had experienced a lot in my life in comparison to most 15 or 16-year-olds, but even though I was in the entertainment business, I never saw it, meaning the drug use, any of that stuff. I somehow stayed away. I just went to the set and did my thing.”<\/p>\n

Honestly, that’s really impressive! He must’ve had a good team around him because we’ve heard very different stories from other child stars! And it does sound like he was\u00a0pretty sheltered, he noted:<\/p>\n

“I grew up thinking the only people who smoked pot were criminals\u2026on episodes of Cops<\/em>. Now I talk to my dad about it and my mom, and they’re like, \u2018We smoked pot every single day, you just didn’t know.’”<\/p>\n

LOLz!<\/p>\n

The actor claims he wasn’t even “around” alcohol until he was 18 — and by then, he wasn’t interested at all:<\/p>\n

“In my mind, I felt like I had made it so long without it, I was like, ‘Well, I’m not going to start now, even though I was only 18.”<\/p>\n

Because of his decision not to drink, he was often met with “strong” reactions from others, the professional race car driver recalled:<\/p>\n

“I couldn’t believe everyone\u2019s reactions when I said I don’t drink. ‘Oh, we’re at a club, we have a bottle. You want a drink?’ ‘No, I don’t drink. I’m good with water.’ Everyone was either shocked or … appalled that I didn’t drink. Or they’d be like, ‘Wow, that’s so strong of you.’”<\/p>\n

The Big Fat Liar<\/em> lead continued:<\/p>\n

“I was always kind of like, ‘It’s so weird that people have such a strong reaction to me not drinking. Like, who cares? I don’t care what you do. Why do you care so much about me?’ I don’t know if I made a conscious decision, but it just stuck with me that I was never gonna drink or do anything.”<\/p>\n

Now that he’s a fully-grown adult, Frankie teased:<\/p>\n

“But now I’m 38, and I think I’m going to start tonight. Only kidding.”<\/p>\n

LMFAO! Can you imagine if Mayim\u2019s podcast made him change his whole philosophy on life? Hah! It’s crazy he’s gone this long without ever trying a drink, especially since it doesn’t sound like there was any traumatic reason for this choice.<\/p>\n

Hear Frankie discuss this and so much more in the full interview (below):<\/p>\n