‘I had my first drink at 12', admits Vogue Williams as she shares ‘no shame' moment she experienced as teen

The Irish Sun

29-05-2025

VOGUE Williams has recalled having her first alcoholic drink at 12-years-old, claiming: "We had no shame"
The Irish model recently launched her first-ever autobiography titled
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Vogue Williams has opened up about her young experience with alcohol
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Vogue Williams recently launched her first autobiography, Big Mouth
In the tell-all book,
places a microscope upon her childhood,
relationships
and even her failed
marriage
with
singer
When it came to dissecting her younger years, the
star
was quick to admit that she was both "feral and uncontrollable".
The 39-year-old recalled: "I had my first drink at 12, which is quite the transition considering I had a doll when I was 11."
'It was in my first year of secondary
school
and a few of my pals and I had planned when we would try booze. We got ourselves a litre of bulmers cider and shared it between six of us.
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'We decided we were hammered.'
The podcaster confessed that herself and her friends began to wait outside their local off license and "ask strangers to buy them drink".
She added: "We had absolutely no shame, but a surprising amount of people were okay with buying
alcohol
for a group of 12 year olds. Lucky for us."
One weekend when her pal had a free house, Vogue confessed that she lied to her parents about having a chaperoned sleepover.
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Vogue and her friends then devised a plan, she said: "We decided to get a litre bottle of tequila between each pair of us, half a bottle each and that did the job.
'I don't remember much of that night, but I do recall waking up to bodies lying everywhere. One of my friends had half her body lying outside the back sliding door, pretty impressive."
Vogue Williams admits it was 'difficult' writing tell-all book
The TV star admitted: "After that particular slumber party, it was 26 years until I was able to drink tequila again."
Of course, in true Vogue style, that's not the only incident she was involved in.
In another excerpt of the book, the mum-of-three recalled having her
Vogue and her siblings always had Au Pairs looking after them as
children
.
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However, Vogue confessed: "In Majella's defence, I can confirm that we were very difficult to deal with. Poor thing always had her hands full with us two brats."
The popular presenter even went on to recall a selection of stories which proved how "insane" her childhood was with Amber.
She said: "We used to pick up used cigarette butts and smoke them. Eventually we graduated to stealing dad's cigs.
"Nothing like smoking a Major cigarette when you're eight-years-old."