‘Vampire Diaries’ actor Ian Somerhalder says he had his first drink at 4 years old
foxnews.comIan Somerhalder admitted this weekend to having his first drink at around 4 years old. When most kids are preparing for kindergarten, the "Vampire Diaries" actor told the New York Post, he used to "steal mint juleps from my family" at his home in Louisiana, which he said was always well stocked with sugar cane, an ingredient in the drink. "I’m sure it was 4. … It was the early ‘80s, like ’81," the 44-year-old remembered when asked about his first drink.
He was speaking at an event for his new bourbon brand Brother’s Bond he launched two years ago with his former "Vampire Diaries" co-star Paul Wesley, who played his bother on the show. "Those are the first memories I have of muddled mint, sugar cane and that smell of bourbon," he told the outlet.
He said when he was a kid in the South, "there was no socioeconomics for bourbon. So, someone who was an executive of a company is going to be drinking the same bourbon as someone who is a blue-collar worker.
So, that was really amazing, sort of this level playing field." Somerhalder added that he was caught by adults with a drink in his hand a few times and scolded to "put that down!" He added that bourbon is "literally part of culture down there, and it’s really special because it’s bonding.
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