WWE Hall Of Famer "Stone Cold" Steve Austin Clarifies His Recent Comments About Giving Up Alcohol
No, "Stone Cold" has not abandoned his beer... at least, not for good. Some recent comments from the Texas Rattlesnake led to speculation that he'd quit drinking, but Austin has now set the record straight.
Gimme a hell yeah! Stone Cold will be knocking back the Steveweisers for another few years.
Former WWE Champion Steve Austin recently revealed that he'd given up alcohol, but it turns out he only meant on a temporary basis while he gets back in shape and has no intention of cutting out the booze permanently.
Here's what he had to say about the rumors on the latest episode of his Podcast:
"To answer the question, to put all of the rumors to rest, and I’d hate to even go down this road. Everybody started spreading the word, my phone started ringing off the hook, people were texting me, people were emailing me or sending me direct messages. Some people were flat-out upset and heartbroken that I had stopped drinking beer. I had many people who are recovering addicts saying ‘hey man, congratulations on your newfound sobriety.’ To those people, I say thank you so much for caring about me, but that was a rumor.
I’m fine, I’m on a diet. That’s why I quit. When you try to drop some pounds, you get down to your desired weight, you don’t level off on the calories and throw some alcohol back in there and go hog wild, but that’s what we did every year down there in South Texas, Kristin. Long story short, end of story, I quit drinking temporarily to reach a goal weight. I did not quit drinking temporarily to improve my health or because I was in harm’s way.”
The fact that so many people were actually annoyed about the prospect of Stone Cold giving up the sauce is a little disconcerting, but there you have it: Austin has not become a teetotaler!
Now, you can all get back to bugging him about that "one more match" again.