Tila Tequila Claims to Be Allergic to Alcohol

Shawne Merriman responded to allegations made by Tila Tequila that he choked her, and held her against her will at his home with this statement to Fox Sports:

"On September 6, 2009 the San Diego Sheriff’s Department responded to a citizen’s complaint that was initiated by Tila Nguyen (aka Tila Tequila). I was taken into custody based upon that complaint. At the time, I was concerned about her welfare given the intoxicated state she appeared to be in and I encouraged her to stay until safe transportation could be provided."

"We would all do our best to help a friend if we considered their actions to be detrimental to their personal safety. I in no way caused any harm to Ms. Nguyen, however, paramedics were called and she was examined but no injuries were reported. She was released and has since returned to Los Angeles, California."

"There have been no charges filed against me. I want to thank the San Diego Sheriff’s Department for their professionalism. I will continue to cooperate fully with the Department, and I look forward to clearing my name regarding these false allegations. I want to put this behind me so I can continue to focus on a successful season for the San Diego Chargers."

Tila then responded with this tweet on Twitter:

"I am allergic to alcohol. It has been publicly known for years. That is how I got the name Tila ’Tequila’ cuz the irony. I cant drink."

Tila has claimed she drank Tequila when she was 13 years-old, and got very sick, so her friends nick named her Tila Tequila. When Tila was older she began to claim she is allergic to alcohol, but her claims seem to be more fiction than fact. On two episodes of her TV show Tila was shown drinking alcohol, and then there’s an interview Tila gave in November where she said:

ok so your a Tila Tequila fan but how much do you really know about her? Heck many of her biggest fans don’t really know that much about her and many of them have been trying to ask questions, I guess somehow this came to Tila’s attention and so she nicely decided to answer some of the major ones we all have been asking recently..

One fan recently asked “why is it Tila Tequila claims she’s allergic to alcohol but yet in her blogs we frequently hear her talking about how drunk she was the night before”

Well Tequila answered that fan straight up saying:

Well kiddies….here is why mama drinks. The answer is…YES…I am indeed ALLERGIC to alcohol. When I drink, my face swells up, I get red all over and rash sploches/patches all over my body. My eyeballs turn red as well. HOWEVER, that doesn’t stop me from drinking every once in a while anyway! hahaha! For instance my best friend is allergic to SEAFOOD, but she loves seafood so much that she will eat it anyway, despite the fact that she breaks out in hives. Why? Well because sometimes….just sometimes it’s worth it just to have a little taste….do you agree??? Well…that is my reason. Since I am allergic to alcohol it doesn’t take me very much to get totally sh!tfaced and plastered. I don’t drink all the time but on special occasions like my birthday or some of the parties I host….it’s fun and the allergic reactions tend to go away by the end of the night….sooooooooo….as long as I don’t puke….which is worse than a simple allergic reaction….I think I should be fine. Does that answer your curiosity???? Well I hope so! Now let’s get crunk and bring on some more champagne!!! Cuz out of all the drinks….I love drinking only champizzle!! The really expensive kinds! hahahahahah

Another fan asked how she got the name “Tila Tequila”

Tila says:

When I was about 13 or 15 years old…me and some friends got some Tequila and did some shots for the first time. I got so [crazy drunk] and puked everywhere…so the next day all of my friends at school were teasing me saying, “IT’S TILA TEQUILA!”.

In this interview Tila gives two different answers regarding her reaction to alcohol. First Tila describes an allergic reaction to alcohol, which is a rash and face swelling, that is a true allergic reaction. The second is her experience at 13 years-old where she threw up, which is only the body’s way of expelling something it sees as poison. The real contradiction comes when Tila says she drinks alcohol despite her "allergy," which is completely impossible, unless she’s chasing the alcohol with Benadryl, or a shot of epinephrine. A severe allergy, like the rash and face swelling would also cause the throat to swell up, and it would progress into anaphylactic shock and death.

There is another explanation to Tila’s red patches and face swelling. I have a Chinese friend who literally turns red, gets red patches on his skin, and his face swells up every single time he drinks alcohol, and he drinks a lot of alcohol quite often, but his symptoms are common for some Asians, and it is not an allergy to alcohol. Considering this knowledge of how alcohol can affect some Asians, I believe Tila is lying to support her story that Merriman kept her from drinking and driving.

The fact is Merriman held Tila against her will, which is still a crime, and if Tila wanted to leave Merriman may have had to get rough to hold her, which is still a crime. I would like to see if any of the reports from paramedics, hospital records, or police reports say anything about Tila appearing intoxicated. If Tila is lying about being drunk, the district attorney will be forced to reevaluate if Merriman’s actions that night actually constitute a crime.

As we said before, when a drunk person wants to leave, try to talk them out of it, but don’t hold them against their will, because that’s a crime. Just drive them where they want to go, or call the cops if they insist on driving. Merriman should have called the cops so Tila could take responsibility for her own actions, but now Merriman must accept responsibility for his actions, even if Tila is lying. Since Tila appears to by lying to us, we think this shines a negative light on her character that she would try to send the guy she was dating to jail, just because she’s mad that he didn’t let her drink and drive. Neither Tila, nor Merriman, have given any other reason why Merriman held Tila at his house, except for the allegation Tila was drunk. If Tila wasn’t drunk, then why doesn’t Tila tell us why Merriman was holding her at his house?

There is also a tweet someone claims Tila posted on Twitter, and then deleted, that said she was drunk:

We can’t confirm this tweet is legitimate, but there are few people who believe Tila wasn’t drunk, especially since she hasn’t offered any other reason for being held by Merriman at his home. We don’t believe Tila’s story….

UPDATE. A new report from cops who arrived at the Merriman home said Tila was drunk:

… Deputies responded to a disturbance call at Merriman’s home near Sage Crest and Oak Knoll drives about 3:45 a.m. Nguyen told deputies she had been choked and physically restrained by Merriman when she tried to leave.

She requested an ambulance and was treated at Poway’s Pomerado Hospital.

Nguyen wasn’t seriously hurt, Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Jan Caldwell said.

“She was able to talk,” Caldwell said. “She was able to walk. She was mobile. She did not have any serious injuries that our deputies saw.” …

… Merriman and Nguyen had been at the Stingaree, a Gaslamp Quarter club, Saturday night. The club issued a statement, saying the couple had joined friends there for a birthday celebration. They stayed until closing in the early hours yesterday morning.

“They seemed in good spirits throughout the evening and were enjoying themselves,” the Stingaree statement said. “There was no outward indication of any problem between the two of them.”

Deputies said when they arrived at Merriman’s house that Nguyen acknowledged she had been drinking and appeared intoxicated, Caldwell said.

Merriman said in an interview last night that he had one drink all night, which he had when he first arrived at Stingaree…

Based on police reports Tila lied to get Merriman arrested and locked up just because she was mad that he wouldn’t let her drink and drive. Tila needs to be locked up, and prosecuted, for lying about being a domestic violence victim, when it appears she is using police to abuse Merriman for revenge. Women like Tila who pretend to be victims when they are not, are the lowest scum on earth.