One of the most surreal things about the Kardashian family is their status as America’s premiere reality TV stars. Thanks to their show and the fame it has given them, the world is constantly hanging on to everything these improbable celebrities have to say. As a result, we arguably know way too much about each of the Kardashians. Occasionally, though, this phenomenon backfires on these famous siblings when the internet catches them in a blatant lie.
In this case, the lie involves something Kim Kardashian said during the season 4 premiere of Keeping Up With the Kardashians. In that episode, she claimed that she had never had a beer before and made a big show of tasting one for the first time and describing its flavor. However, the internet wasted absolutely no time busting this myth and calling this celeb out.
How did this major lie get debunked, and what led to the onscreen lie in the first place? Keep reading to find out!
Kim and Khloé Kardashian make a bold claim on their show
Even back in season 4, it was clear that the Kardashians sometimes ran out of interesting things to talk about onscreen. Perhaps that’s why that season’s premiere included a strange segment in which Kim and Khloé Kardashian discussed the finer points of beer. Khloé claimed at first to have never had a beer, but then she admitted to trying some Red Stripe in Jamaica.
She then sipped some Corona (after hilariously verifying that it was a Mexican beer rather than an American one), prompting Kim to take a sip. An incredulous Kylie asked what you’re probably asking now: “You guys — are you OK? You’ve never had a beer?” This caused Kim to declare that she had never had a beer before.
Keep in mind that this is reality television. But as the internet soon discovered, there was nothing real about Kim Kardashian’s bold claim!
Kim Kardashian was instantly called out on her lie
Kim Kardashian has been famous to some degree or another for most of her life. Even before the sex tape that helped her launch a reality television career, she was well-known as the daughter of O.J. Simpson’s defense attorney. Certainly, she has benefited from this fame, but her celebrity status means that she is one of the most heavily photographed women in the world. And that’s how the internet was able to instantly call her out on the alleged lie that she had never had a beer before.
X (formerly Twitter) user @meeshymumu did some quick internet sleuthing and discovered numerous photos of Kim drinking beer, including one during an Oktoberfest event. And the Daily Mail even posted a photo in which Kim is drinking from a keg during her 30th birthday. Just like that, Kim was seemingly busted about her bold claim of always avoiding beer.
Khloé Kardashian might have been telling the truth
As you might expect, the internet tried to do a similar level of sleuthing about Khloé Kardashian’s drinking habits. She, too, made a big deal out of the fact that she had never had a drink outside of a Red Stripe in Jamaica and a Corona during the season 4 premiere. If, like Kim, there were plenty of shots of her slamming down beer, it would have been equally easy to bust her in a lie just like Kim was busted.
Interestingly, though, that never happened. While Khloé has admitted to kicking back a few brews later in life (more on this soon), there doesn’t seem to be any evidence of her sucking down a brewski before the season 4 premiere of Keeping Up With the Kardashians. That means she might very well have been telling the truth, and Kim may very well have just piped in with her own sober story in order to get some attention.
The surprising drinking habits of Kim and Khloé Kardashian
A more charitable read of Kim Kardashian’s claim that she never drinks is that she was describing her mentality most of the time…that she might have a drink here or there but isn’t totally sober all of the time. She’s actually spoken about her sobriety before and credited it to a most unexpected source: her sister, Kourtney Kardashian. According to People, Kim visited her younger sister at the University of Arizona, where she served as Kourtney’s designated driver and quickly developed a disdain for alcohol. “I hated all of the wild parties so much that I stayed home and never wanted to drink or party EVER…so thank you U of A. I was never a student there but u shaped my life more than you know.”
Still, Kim eventually relented, admitting on the Goop podcast that she started drinking again at 42 because “I feel like I just gotta let loose a little bit.” As for X, she admitted to Elle that she mostly avoided alcohol, but when she drinks, it’s to get “buzzed or drunk.” When she wants to let loose she wants to go all out, it seems. Sounds like a party girl at heart, and we can definitely respect that!