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The New Year Quote by Kim Kardashian

"I don't even drink! I can't stand the taste of alcohol. Every New Year's Eve I try one drink and every time it makes me feel sick. So I don't touch booze - I'm always the designated driver"

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Kim Kardashian’s insistence that she “doesn’t even drink” isn’t just a lifestyle detail; it’s a brand maneuver disguised as casual confession. In a celebrity economy where vice can be glamorized as authenticity, abstinence becomes its own kind of flex: proof of self-control, discipline, and a certain moral cleanliness that plays well on camera. The sensory specificity - “can’t stand the taste,” “makes me feel sick” - frames sobriety as bodily inevitability, not virtue-signaling. She’s not preaching; she’s simply incompatible with alcohol. That’s a smarter posture because it dodges judgment while still landing the point.

The New Year’s Eve detail does cultural work. It’s the one night when even the most controlled people are expected to loosen up, so her annual “try one drink” reads like a ritual nod to normalcy. She participates just enough to seem relatable, then opts out without seeming prudish. It’s a small narrative of boundaries: I show up, I attempt, I know my limit.

“Designated driver” seals the persona. It recasts her as the responsible friend, the adult in the room, the one who keeps things moving. In a family and fame ecosystem built on spectacle, that’s quiet reputational insurance: even when the party swirls, she’s functional. The subtext is competence. Kardashian isn’t selling rebellion here; she’s selling control - and making it sound like the most natural thing in the world.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Kardashian, Kim. (2026, January 15). I don't even drink! I can't stand the taste of alcohol. Every New Year's Eve I try one drink and every time it makes me feel sick. So I don't touch booze - I'm always the designated driver. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-dont-even-drink-i-cant-stand-the-taste-of-4559/

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Kardashian, Kim. "I don't even drink! I can't stand the taste of alcohol. Every New Year's Eve I try one drink and every time it makes me feel sick. So I don't touch booze - I'm always the designated driver." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-dont-even-drink-i-cant-stand-the-taste-of-4559/.

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"I don't even drink! I can't stand the taste of alcohol. Every New Year's Eve I try one drink and every time it makes me feel sick. So I don't touch booze - I'm always the designated driver." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-dont-even-drink-i-cant-stand-the-taste-of-4559/. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.

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Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian (born October 21, 1980) is a Celebrity from USA.

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