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40 Celebrities Who Don't Drink Alcohol

And why they choose to abstain.

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Celebrities have plenty of reasons to decide not to drink: they like to look younger, they get headaches, they prefer the high that is life (stars: they're just like us!). Below, a few celebs who've chosen not to drink for a myriad of reasons.

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Leona Lewis

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“I don’t drink — I hate the taste of alcohol. When my debut single [Bleeding Love] went to number 1, I celebrated with non-alcoholic champagne," she told Glamour U.K.

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Lucy Hale

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The Pretty Little Liars star told Byrdie she was drinking to try and fit in when she first became famous but that she has "no interest" in that lifestyle anymore.

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Blake Lively

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Blake "[doesn't] drink [and has never] tried a drug," she told Allure in 2012: "It's just something that I genuinely don't have a desire for."

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Jennifer Hudson

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"I’ve never had a drink in my life," Jennifer told Chelsea Handler back in 2013. “I’ve never been interested. Nobody ever believes it."

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Gillian Jacobs

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Gillian told Jimmy Kimmel the exact same thing as Jennifer Hudson told Chelsea Handler: "I've never had a drink in my life."

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Andy Murray

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After a particularly bad teenage hangover, Murray decided "I'm not doing that again. I always wanted to see how far I could go in the sport. I didn't want to do anything to jeopardize that.

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Kim Kardashian West

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Kim's sister Khloé confirmed to ELLE in 2016 that "Kimberly does not drink alcohol whatsoever. Pregnant or not, she's just never been into it."

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Kendall Jenner

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In the same interview, Khloé said "Even when Kendall goes to Europe where the drinking age is 18, she's never — Kendall's really focused and determined."

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Kylie Jenner

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Also not a big drinker!

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Zac Efron

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Zac decided to go sober back in 2016 and hasn't turned back since.

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Jennifer Lopez

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J.Lo hasn't had anything to drink in years. "I think that ruins your skin," she told InStyle in 2003. "Of course, during celebratory toasts, everybody's like, 'You can't toast with water!' So I'll toast with alcohol and just take a sip."

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Zendaya

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The 21-year-old wrote on her site ahead of her birthday "Just because I'm now the legal drinking age, doesn't mean I'm going to start throwing 'em back." She continued: "Plus, I don’t want drinking to become a vice. Why try something if you don’t need it?!"

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Sarah Silverman

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Sarah's reason for abstaining is pretty straightforward: "I don't drink because it gives me a stomach ache."

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Kathy Griffin

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Kathy tells a story about choking on dinner as an 11-year-old and her father giving her a sip of beer to help wash her food down. "I thought 'my nose is burning, I will never have that again,'" she's said.

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50 Cent

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Though the rapper famously dealt drugs when he was younger, he says that not only did he never have any of them, but also that he's never drank either.

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Ellie Goulding

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The singer's self-imposed alcohol ban is simple: “I have noticed already just having a good diet and not smoking or drinking has made my vocal cords so much stronger," she's said in the past.

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Kim Cattrall

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Similarly to Sarah Silverman, Kim has said alcohol just gives her "too much of a headache."

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Denzel Washington

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In a coming-to-faith moment, Denzel gave up drinking fairly recently.

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Chris Martin

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Though Chris was into partying in his earlier Coldplay days, he's not about it anymore.

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