Shock and awe! A 28-year-old had some drinks at a party! Well, it wouldn't normally be news, aside from the way he says he's "never been much of a drinker"/doesn't drink at all -- and the hilarious way he was given the drinks.
Sneakier than a teenager putting water in dad's vodka bottle, the New York Daily News [which, in fairness, is more a tabloid than an actual newspaper] reported spotting Pete and his girlfriend Ashlee Simpson at a Hpnotiq party in the Hamptons, where he was DJing. Sounds good -- aside from their eagle-eyed reporter catching Ashlee dumping Veuve into a Perrier bottle, then handing it off to Pete.
Seriously? Can this be for real?
It's not that I am remotely shocked Pete drinks; he's a 28-year-old musician who owns a bar. I'm basically shocked that he has his 22-year-old girlfriend sneak him drinks in public, acting like he'll get in trouble with his mommy if he's spotted doing what most adults do when they are at parties, bars, and clubs -- having a few drinks.
I guess Pete wants to appear wholesome and non-offensive to the younger audience Fall Out Boy has attracted [or rather, to the parents of the younger audience Fall Out Boy has attracted] and I can understand that. At the same time, there's something wildly irritating about stating you don't do something, and then secretly doing it anyway.
It's not like having a few drinks turns him into the male Amy Winehouse -- it just makes him a normal dude.
As a final note, the true hilarity of this article is finding out what "Veuve" is. See, I'm the kind of drinker who considers a glass bottle of vodka a fancy night, and have been excited about wine in a box. So I actually had to look up Veuve. It's a fancy champagne.
I'm sorry, but I may have just lost a tiny bit of respect for my man Pete, now that I know he's sneaking champagne. Dude, what, were they out of Zima?
