Chronic reality star Tila Tequila has been uncharacteristically quiet for a few months, but I’m happy to report that the drought has ended. She had her boyfriend, San Diego Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman, arrested for battery and false imprisonment in the wee hours of Sunday morning after he allegedly choked her when she tried to leave his home.
Merriman counters that Tila was drunk as a skunk and he was merely restraining her so she wouldn’t attempt to drive. Outraged at the implication that she’s just some Hollywood party slut, Tila took to Twitter to say that’s impossible for a very good reason:
“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”
Unfortunately for her, while she later remembered to take down that Tweet, she forgot that she also posted this photo captioned “Me getting Tipsy in my hotel about to go to the Chargers VS 49ers Game! Then Parttaaay in ma pizzants! LOL” on Saturday afternoon — a few hours before the alleged assault occurred.
The guy who owns the nightclub where she was partying in her pizzants confirmed that she downed several shots of tequila (how fitting!) and was working on a bottle of vodka all night.
I have an alcohol allergy too. It makes my face red and my words slur, and I have trouble walking straight and making good decisions. Man, I should totally get that looked at.


When Tyra and Perez get together, it’s a meeting of the minds. Well… a meeting, at least!