“Completely Avoided It My Whole Life”: As a Controversial Statement From Pumping Iron Still Haunts Arnold Schwarzenegger, He Made an Unexpected Confession Earlier This Year

7x Mr. Olympia Arnold Schwarzenegger has made for himself quite a name in the bodybuilding sphere. Apart from his bodybuilding career, his ventures into the realm of Hollywood, as well as politics, also helped him become a household name. Even though Pumping Iron was not his debut movie, it proved to be the turning point in his acting career as he gained fame by the movie.

Even decades later, Pumping Iron is still one of the most viewed movies related to bodybuilding. During the movie, among many catchy dialogues, Schwarzenegger stated during one instance that grown men should drink beer and not milk. Years later, Schwarzenegger relieves the truth behind his statements in a Reddit post. 

Arnold Schwarzenegger clears up with previous statements

During an ‘Ask me anything’ on Reddit months ago, Arnold Schwarzenegger was asked once about his opinions on working out after alcohol consumption. “Are there bad consequences for working out or exercising after drinking alcohol?” inquired a fan in the comments on the post. Replying to this, Schwarzenegger stated, “I’m not a big drinker because I saw what it did to my dad and brother, so I can’t help you much. If you just mean a beer here and there or a glass of wine or a schnapps, I’ve done that and it didn’t throw off my training.”

“Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer,” Arnold revealed during the movie after Arnie made the statement when his co-star questioned him, “You drink skim milk, don’t you?” A user asked about his comment further in the comments. “Didn’t you say you drink beer instead of milk in pumping iron?” Arnold Schwarzenegger disclosed that in his home city, he consumes Radler, which is a non-alcoholic drink instead of beer. He actually tries to avoid consuming alcohol mostly. 

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Schwarzenegger replied to this by writing, “I do drink beer. Just not many. I still have radlers when I go home to Austria or visit Munich. I just don’t like being drunk, so I’ve almost completely avoided it my whole life.”

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