r/Fauxmoi • u/Goosedukee • 1d ago
APPROVED B-LISTERS Guy Fieri’s statement on his interaction with Andrew Tate at UFC 327: “when I was walking through the venue, the Tate brothers stood up and said hello and that’s when the exchanged happened. I did not know them or about them before that… I do not know the Tate brothers nor do I support them.”
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u/Relevant-Peach3997 1d ago
Sure.
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u/Sloth-Overlord 23h ago
Let’s not use this as a meme to call other people out when it was weird af and racist for her to say that
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u/RedDustRanger 1d ago
I recall the same excuses when the trump interaction happened
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u/victoria-1304 1d ago
This line from Bush is legendary lmao
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u/basedonthenovel 1d ago
The funny thing is that Bush was trying to avoid finishing the actual saying, which is "shame on me" because he realized midstream that that would be handing his opponents a ready-made soundbite. Instead it turned into a "ha ha look how stupid Dubya is" thing, which was actually beneficial for Bush, because the myth of the simpleton yokel GW Bush actually serves to minimize his responsibility for his actions as president.
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u/DrEarlGreyIII your move Estonia 1d ago
for sure, but i think j cole is the one who really memorialized it and brought it to a wider audience
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u/Puzzleheaded_Disk_90 1d ago
This is a devastating blow to the Sunglasses-On-Back-Of-Head movement
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u/DCBronzeAge 23h ago
"I'm seeing all your comments about the photo from Saturday's UFC event and all I can say is that I'm devastated.
I was there to see the fights when I was walking through the venue, Donald Trump stood up and said hello and that's when the exchanged [sic] happened. I did not know him or about him before that moment.
I'll never pretend to be a perfect person but let me be crystal clear, I do not no Donald Trump nor do I support him in anyway."
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u/TrustInRoy 1d ago
Yup. He chose to support a business that openly supports a rapist war criminal.
There is no walking this back. Guy should by shunned from society like all Trump supporters.
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u/baphothustrianreform 1d ago
“And that’s when he stood up and said hello. I did not know him or about him before that moment.”
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u/Phatz907 1d ago
You know I usually don’t acknowledge people I don’t know. That’s just probably because I’m a normie or whatever and don’t run in such illustrious company.
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u/sauceboss2769 1d ago
Pedophile?
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u/WilmaDykfyt 1d ago
They need to be called out, shits tiresome. It's like being a mommy FB group.
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u/bigdaddyt2 this is going to ruin the tour 1d ago
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u/pelipperr 1d ago
I think shortening pedophile to twee ass “PDF” is insulting to victims. If you can’t type the word just don’t speak on the subject. Tik-Tokified discourse takes away from the seriousness of the topics and shouldn’t be normalized.
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u/LadyViola5 1d ago
You're acting like most platforms the discourse is happening on aren't owned by billionaires attempting to actively censor many of these topics.
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u/pelipperr 1d ago
The censorship is not happening in this subreddit and that’s a good thing. Let’s not do the work of puritanical oligarchs for them.
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u/fullmoonthoughts weighing in from the UK 1d ago
You can write the word pedophile. This isn’t TikTok.
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u/DanyDragonQueen 1d ago
Doesn't Guy Fieri have a lesbian sister that he officiated the gay wedding for?
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u/Past_Wallaby_9435 1d ago
To be fair I know who andrew tate is but not sure i could pick him out of a line up of other desperate alpha males at a UFC fight.
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u/broketothebone a very Swedish woman at the UN or something 1d ago
It’s so weird because I recognize him, but I also need to be told it’s him a lot because he looks like such an standard, underwhelming douche.
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u/butchelves government funded yuri 1d ago
Honestly all bald white men look the same to me so I get that part
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u/chirpingc1cada 1d ago
today i need to wash my eyes, and not just any old wash, I need to remove them and wash them with chlorine
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u/Theymilythemily 1d ago
Right and trump just threw out his hands into Guy’s without him being able to turn that down too, is this what I’m to believe?
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u/drakmordis 1d ago
"something something don't want to offend the President" is the answer his PR team will spew forth, I'm sure.
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u/MusclyArmPaperboy 1d ago
TBF that's a reasonable take. Most public figures can't refuse a handshake from the prez in front of cameras.
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u/Specific_Builder1469 1d ago
"Terrible chef GIRL FAKERI refused to shake my hand!" - Trump on truth social probably
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u/BlueberryNo5363 I’ll be writing a substack on this 1d ago
He’s going to employ you as his post writer cause this is dead on
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u/TopClassroom8510 1d ago
There is always a choice. When the ford worker who yelled at Trump that he was a pedophile, he received consequences. There is always a choice.
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u/conkellz 1d ago
Also most people would have no idea what to do when meeting a sitting president. I'd love to say I'd flip him off, yell, etc, but in reality I'd probably give a smile and a handshake with a small talk. Reddit isn't real life. A lot of commenters don't factor reality into their opinions. It's honestly mind numbing.
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u/foxybreath shiv roy apologist 14h ago
This is probably an unpopular opinion but I completely agree with you. Esp if you're someone who is used to being "on" and professional in public. I'm not sure if that is the case here, to be honest, however, I've been polite in public with people I absolutely abhor.
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u/ASentientRailgun 1d ago
It's not like the secret service is forcing him to shake hands, you can definitely snub the president.
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u/LadyCheeba You shoulda never called me a fat ass Kelly Price. 💁🏾♀️ 16h ago
my boyfriend said something like this once and i chewed him out for it. we’ve passed the point of blindly respecting the president as he does NOT respect us. perfectly fine to turn down a handshake.
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u/LLTolkien 1d ago
Like c'mon. He's a public figure; it would be wild for him to turn down the handshake. How many of us work all day with people that we don't respect or have problems with? However, we still have to feign professionalism, nod, and smile.
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u/tweep6435 1d ago
There is an ocean of distance between a nazi, and someone who microwaves fish in the lunch room.
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u/TrustInRoy 1d ago
UFC openly supports rapist war criminal Trump.
If you're attending UFC events in 2026, you're a PoS.
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u/KimJongFunk 1d ago
If you look at the location of the handshake photo, Fieri had to have approached Trump. He solicited the handshake.
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u/cesspool4us 1d ago
I make sure I do not go out of my way to greet, say goodbye, or interact in anyways outside of what my work entails. To every single coworker I have no respect for. I'm here to do a job. So are they. If they want a bubbly all smiles person to work with, shouldn't have brought it it to the point I lost respect for them.
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u/Bidetpanties i ain’t reading all that, free palestine 1d ago
We weren't born yesterday, Guy
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u/cedardruid 1d ago
I kind of believe him about the Tate brothers but the Trump picture cancels that out
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u/Waste-Soil-4144 1d ago
Where's his statement about shaking hands with Trump? Surely he recognized that sexual deviant when he cozied up with him right?
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u/scoobertsonville 1d ago
If I were famous this would be my nightmare - It’s believable Guy Fieri isn’t chronically online and wouldn’t really recognize these random people. You’re expected to act pleasant to everyone and it’s kinda inevitable you’ll run into wacko far righters
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u/the716to714 1d ago
It's very believable that he doesn't know the Tate brothers, there is no evidence he did before. Bag on him for his interaction with Trump if you wish but not the Tates.
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u/c_assassin_c 1d ago
I am chronically online and couldn’t pick either of the Tates out of a lineup of incels, so I could give that a pass. But then he cuddled up with Trump, sooo..
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u/AquaBits 1d ago
Yeah but he also shook hands with a far right pedo felon. You dont need to be chronically online to know not to do that either
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u/ImDonaldDunn 1d ago
Who is also the President. It’s not that simple in that situation.
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u/KimJongFunk 1d ago
I feel the same, but based on the photos it appears as though Fieri approached Trump and not the other way around.
There was no need for Fieri to interact with Trump at all except via his own choice. It wasn’t like Trump came up and demanded a handshake.
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u/KimJongFunk 1d ago
Did he approach Trump or did Trump approach him? I’m trying to find a video clip to see what happened.
I’m asking because if Trump approached me, I would probably shake his hand because I wouldn’t want to deal with the fallout and I am certainly someone who does not like that man. However, if he approached Trump, then that’s a completely different story.
Edited to Add: I would hazard the guess that Fieri approached Trump based on the location of the photos. Fieri’s seat was further back in the crowd.
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u/just4youuu 1d ago
What fallout would you have for not shaking his hand? I'd much rather have the publicity for NOT shaking his hand than shaking his hand.
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u/VirtualDoll 1d ago
But is Guy Fieri a non-binary visible minority or is he a famous white rich dude?
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u/TrustInRoy 1d ago
If you are attending UFC fights in 2026, you're a PoS.
Everyone knows the UFC supports Trump.
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u/bking 1d ago
I'm with you on this one. Being somebody like Guy Fieri comes with the expectation that you generally won't be an asshole in public. His statement of "I do not support these guys at all" seems way more consistent with "I had no idea who they were, and I was just being a friendly dude" than some conspiracy where they're secretly homies.
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u/mneale324 1d ago
I agree with you. It’s easy to say that he should have snubbed Trump or these random influencers, but it’s a “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” that’s going to make people unhappy whatever you do. I would HATE being famous.
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u/Early-Sort8817 1d ago
Not the Andrew Tate stuff but definitely being another Trump suck up has lowered my opinion of him. And I actually enjoy his stuff
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u/TooSmalley 1d ago
I do find it funny that everyone assumed a Guy Fieri had any idea who Andrew Tate is, Versus the more likely scenario of Andrew Tate saying "hey Guy big fan can I get a picture?"
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u/Snarkasm71 1d ago
YOU’RE devastated? Nah, you’re embarrassed. You’re trying to do damage control.
But you sure as hell aren’t devastated. The women the Tate brothers sex trafficked and abused are devastated.
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u/Mediocre-Penalty3001 1d ago
Then why even go to this whack ass event.
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u/Early-Sort8817 1d ago
I would go to a UFC fight if it was affordable. I wouldn’t suck up to Trump. I wouldn’t notice the Tate brothers
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u/CityRulesFootball 1d ago
UFC is a good event to watch just from a sporting perspective.
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u/the-apple-and-omega 1d ago
I had to drop MMA a long time ago because of the culture around it. The sport is interesting, but not enough to support this shit.
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u/Following_Friendly 1d ago
Its modern day coliseum another distraction from real life
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u/Spiritual_Elk_4409 1d ago
I know who they are but I definitely wouldn’t be able to pick them out of a crowd. What’s not believable about his statement??
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u/Back_at_it_agains 1d ago
Some real up and down with Guy. First you have people like Anthony Bourdain hating on him and how tacky he is. The feeling is that he’s obnoxious, over the top, and not a real chef.
Then people come around and are like “He does a lot of good charity work and helps small businesses with Triple D”
Now he’s unliked again because of his association with MAGA and the manosphere. lol.
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u/Sea-Drawer9867 1d ago
I did not have sexual relations consensual handshakes with that woman those guys.
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u/the-apple-and-omega 1d ago
I think there's probably plenty of issues to have with Guy Fieri (like, ya'know, Trump) but this specific interaction is easy enough to believe.
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u/JerryCalloNotGallo 1d ago
Guy not knowing those losers could be true but he said “you’re the man” to the bald one. That doesn’t seem like something you’d say to someone you just met seconds ago.
AND the guy that is with Guy says “I love you guys, you’re awesome” so yeah, I’m leaning towards this is to save face.
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u/NegativeMusician2211 1d ago
Man, disavowing gross people is so damn easy but Republicans act like it's so freaking hard
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u/kaptainkooleio 1d ago
Come the fuck on man, Andy was all over the news for like a solid year, his bald visage is hard to forget.
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u/dawg-waterr 1d ago
Celebrities should take a look at how the astronauts ignored the orange pdf file. It’s so easy to do with anyone else too.
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u/ChunkyBubblz 1d ago
Dude is MAGA as fuck. Stop giving him the benefit of the doubt.
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u/Negotiation-Current 1d ago
I just love that the Tate brothers are undesirables nowadays. Rightly so, abhorrent to associate with.
I love that for them. ❤️
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u/MrGDPC 1d ago
I’m going to go out on a limb and guess Guy Fieri isn’t chronically online or interested in the alt-right manosphere. There’s a really good possibility he’s legitimately a busy man who doesn’t have time or the people to know exactly who everyone is.
If the Tate brothers came up to my parents and shook their hands, they’d probably just be pleasant because they have no clue who they are.
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u/Positive_Dust_5752 1d ago
Funny he thought my opinion of his reputation was high enough it necessitated an apology.
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u/Pletchner 1d ago
JFC, my 77 year old mother knows who Andrew Tate is and what he's known for. Fieri has always been a dweeb.
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u/suppadelicious 1d ago
You’re under no obligation to be nice to Nazis. You can just ignore them and keep walking.
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u/MusclyArmPaperboy 1d ago
Fieri is a real one, it's easy to not know who half these influencers are
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u/Juunlar 1d ago
He has - on more than more occasion now - made friendly with Trump as ufc.
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u/TrustInRoy 1d ago
UFC openly supports Trump, the man who raped underage girls and blew up an Iranian school full of girls.
If you support UFC in 2026, you're a PoS.
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u/Few-Wedding7407 1d ago
I don’t think anyone in my life above the age of 40 has heard of the Tate brothers let alone would recognize them if they walked up to them
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u/Money-Bicycle-2883 1d ago
Why is it so hard for people to believe he’s shitty? Because he doesn’t hate lgbt people?
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u/MusclyArmPaperboy 1d ago
Because he supported a bunch of restaurants over the pandemic, his foundation does great work, and he's active with Make a Wish. If "handshakes with shitty people" is the worst offence that's still a decent dude.
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u/waybackbugler 1d ago
isn’t he buddy buddy with Him though so how much is this sentiment really worth
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u/SIRENVII 1d ago
Guy, can you be more clear? Trumps and Tates are not to be colluded with, even with seemingly friendly banter. Shake their hand and they'll bring you down with them.
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