Andre The Giant HBO Documentary: 14 Things We Learned

10. He Drank 7,000 Calories Of Alcohol A Night

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Stories of Andre's legendary drinking prowess certainly aren't surprising, but it's always fascinating to hear more about the man's ridiculous capacity to put away alcohol.

It's estimated in the doc that he drank 7,000 calories of alcohol per day, effortlessly drinking 20-25 beers, 4 bottles of wine and mixed drinks on top of all this.

It was only a matter of time before Ric Flair chimed in with his assessment, of course, declaring that he and Andre once drank 106 beers between them. Just...how!?

And finally, even Andre once drank too much, and after returning to the hotel with his fellow wrestlers, passed out in the hotel lobby. When the hotel's manager asked the wrestlers what he should do, Pat Patterson suggested he call AAA to haul him out of there.

When the wrestlers returned to the lobby the next morning, alas, Andre was still asleep.

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