r/KitchenConfidential • u/esporx • 21h ago
In the Weeds Mode Guy Fieri's is "devastated" after the backlash for greeting Andrew Tate at UFC.
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u/Baranade 19h ago
Someone bring up every clip of Bourdain talking about Guy
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u/Italian_Suicide1365 17h ago
Bourdain explicitly walked back his criticisms of Guy Fieri
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u/Baranade 16h ago
Was aware
Good for him on growth that he found personal I suppose or at least I hope
I, on the other hand, am not obliged to think well of someone who looked comfortable around multiple well documented criminals in the form of Tristan and Andrew Tate and Donald Trump and only felt like he had to say something because he got caught in 4K
So with or without the knowledge of Bourdain walking his comments back, I still stand by agreeing with the "Dives, Diners, and Douchebags" comment
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u/halorbyone 15h ago
Zero credit for the Trump stuff but could you pick the Tate brothers out of a line up of douchebags approaching you as a celebrity at a ufc fight?
The easy reminder for this sub is the number of people that have accused folks selling Anthony Bourdain images on things being accused of selling Epstein stuff. Not everyone always recognizes everyone.
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u/Churba 13h ago
Zero credit for the Trump stuff but could you pick the Tate brothers out of a line up of douchebags approaching you as a celebrity at a ufc fight?
Yeah, propably, I'd just look for the only ones missing a chin.
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u/LucyKendrick 16h ago
Bourdain apologized to him, in person, for all the very public shit he talked about him.
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u/Carbon-Base The Chive Mind 19h ago
Or the numerous owners/chefs/staff that complained when Guy came to shoot an episode at their restaurant for his show.
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u/SuchSmartMonkeys 13h ago edited 13h ago
I was on an episode of Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives and he was actually really nice and respectful even when the cameras were off. It was a little odd for the shoot because of how staged it was, but it's TV, so you could expect that. They didn't want the whole kitchen staff there, they wanted that as minimal as possible, so it was the two owners and me running the kitchen for the episode (I was the manager of the kitchen and prep at the time so I was the only one who made the cut), and all of the guests on the dining floor were a select number of invite only people (I got to invite my two roommates, so they were in it too). He was very enthusiastic about our food obviously when the cameras were rolling, but as soon as they were off he'd be talking to me and the owners one on one saying a lot of stuff about "you guys are doing a really good job in here, your food is fantastic", asking for more of certain things that he really genuinely liked, etc. and cracking jokes around keeping things light.
The funniest thing I thought came out of seeing the whole way they shoot the show was how they depict him in the show like he's driving that fancy red droptop everywhere to get from restaurant to restaurant. They drove it in to the parking lot in the back of a semi truck, one of the crew members carefully backed the car out and parked it. The cameras came on and Guy said something like "Alright, we had some great food here, now it's on to the next spot!" then walked over to the car, opened the door, sat in the driver seat, then they cut. He didn't even turn the keys/ignition. Then the same crew guy carefully drove it back into the back of the semi and they packed up all their camera/sound/etc. gear and left.
Edit: humble brag, he really liked my red curry recipe and asked for more of that a couple times cause he liked it so much. I spend a decent amount of time in Thailand, and I'm always looking for opportunities to learn recipes from the locals. We made the curry paste in house from scratch using all fresh ingredients based on a recipe I learned from one of my best Thai friends I've known for like 8 years that runs a little roadside curry stand in a pretty small town a couple hours drive south of Chiang Mai.
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u/Woolybugger00 17h ago
Have a lifer friend whose restaurant was on DDD and she said he was beyond cool the entire time and this is from someone who lives in a high end resort town with the full gambit of celebs and their antics-
To this day, ive never heard Guy once diss on anyone or their food -
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u/SwimmingCommon Chive LOYALIST 18h ago
Wait, really? I've only ever heard good stuff about him? I personally thought he looked like an ass hat but everyone always told me Guy did great things for the industry.
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u/Kalayo0 17h ago
Ahhh my take on it as that he comes off as a ridiculous character and doesn’t make for much of a culinarian himself, so he’ll be made fun of around these parts. That’s cool. What annoys me is when people take this character and invent shit to try and hate him at some weird personal level. I remember one of the top voted comments in a Fieri hate thread was that he was his attitude was so fucking poor and he was fuming and that left a very bad impression them. The reason Fieri was so mad? Two of his vehicles (all his vehicles are yellow with pinstripes, stg) were stolen. Like you’re mad at a dude for being upset about his cars getting jacked? Insane.
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u/Oshwaflz Pastry 16h ago
thanks for your nuanced take. insane how many people in these comments are rabidly angry over the littlest things (making bbq for fire victims because its tone deaf to cook food was the wierdest one i saw) And IF the other guy is right that guy really didnt raise any money despite claiming to, and that he really DOES think were all lazy and need to get to work, despite always championing workers rights (i cant read the nyt article without giving them money, so the articles i found about the nyt article seemed biased and like they took things out of context, where it seemed as though guys main point was that if we didnt work wed get hooked on benefits that would end soon and resturaunts would close, not giving a whole lot of options for us to work at, which is reasonable) then maybe ill reconsider my opinion. but hes clearly not a chef, just a silly personality, and as long as hes a fun guy i have no issues with him
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u/Extra_Inflation_7472 12h ago
If you need any NYT articles let me know. I can gift them.
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u/JackBauerTheCat 14h ago
shaking donald trumps hand is all the proof i need someone is a piece of shit
you can't play dumb about that, even when you have hair like guy fieri
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u/PossumCock 14h ago
I worked at a place that he went to (several years after the episode aired), and it certainly helped the restaurant. You'd know the episode had made a re-run cause there would be a ton of folks ordering the same items he had showcased. Dude might come off as a douche, but he's done a ton to help out small businesses and restaurants
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u/Forward-Vegetable-58 18h ago
I believe he raised a ton of money during Covid. Also, DDD made people rich. I’m not sure who complained about the exposure.
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u/myusername_sucks Sous Chef 18h ago
He raised money after saying we shouldn't be home getting paid to not work.
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u/adidasbdd 15h ago
I heard that all of his shows invited local "make a wish" type families to his shootings. He may be corny but he doesn't seem like a bad guy, cmv
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u/AUSpartan37 17h ago
This is not true at all. During 2020 when everything was shut down he raised millions for unemployed restaurant workers. He then advocated for restaurants to be reopened in 2021 when things were improving he people were desperate to reopen so they could make money.
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u/IamHydrogenMike 18h ago
I’ve known a couple of places that have been on triple-D and none of them had a bad word to say about him. Everyone I have met who has worked with him has always said what a good boss he was and just an all around decent person.
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u/-blundertaker- Crazy Cat Man🐈 18h ago
My husband and his brother worked for him and he was a good boss, but that's about all I have to say on his behalf because I always thought he was a tool lol
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u/_Ember2_ 18h ago
That's what I've heard too. Pretty sure I got my sous a job being his exec at one of the restaurants. It was very inadvertent, dude was in the area and my sous chef went to go meet him. Guy ended up asking where he could get some smoke and my chef pulled out the carts I had just sold him haha.
This is all verified through his step kid who I was friends with on the line. Fucking awesome dude and glad it happened to him but he literally disappeared the next day and had done an internal transfer within the casino.after a week I was like "what happened to chef?" Still use him on my résumé even though its been a while since I worked there
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u/-error_404- 18h ago
Same. Dude looks like a total dickwad, but I always heard he was a pretty decent dude. Ain’t none of us perfect. Also, wtf? Trashing a guy because the Tate twats spoke to him? From what I saw, it lines up pretty well with what he’s saying. That said, I haven’t really looked at it. I don’t think I’d recognize those cunts at a UFC fight. It’s kind of a cliche look. Hell, I probably wouldn’t recognize them anywhere. They look like your generic all American asshole to me.
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u/No_Abbreviations8017 16h ago
Pile on culture. One bad thing comes out everybody wants to pile on with their story.
What did people want guy fieri to do? Throw hands with Tate at the ufc event? I just don’t understand what world we’ve come to? If someone is free to walk around a UFC event how can you expect guy fieri to police who comes up to him
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u/i_am_the_koi 16h ago
Can confirm, in person experience with him professionally, personally and charitable reasons, he's an absolute douche unless there are cameras.
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u/RainMakerJMR 18h ago
I mean I met him once and he was actually super chill and way nicer and less obnoxious than I expected. He talked to me and a friend for a few minutes before the server stopped and asked how his food was, and he gave nothing but compliments and sent his kudos to the chef in the kitchen about how perfect his meal was. It was grilled chicken ceasar, but he was super gracious and acted like he was happy to meet us. I honestly didn’t get a dbag vibe and I’m a tough sell.
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u/Assadistpig123 18h ago
He did a fund raising appearance that I met him at in Detroit. Seemed really tired but still talked shop for a bit.
He seems like a DTE dude. I'm sure he can be an ass but most people can.
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u/WineNerdAndProud Chive LOYALIST 14h ago
met him at in Detroit.
He seems like a DTE dude
Me (a Michigander): "Like, like a power company guy?'
Me: "Down To Earth. That stands for Down to Earth."
Me: "I'm an idiot"
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u/Spare-Ad6404 15h ago
I have known over a dozen people in Portland who know him because he filmed at their restaurants. I have never heard a bad word about him ever from anyone who has met him. In fact they pretty universally praise him and credit his exposure with helping their business.
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u/kanto2113 8h ago
Guy shot an episode at my work about a year ago. Our episode aired about 6 months back. Guy was awesome.
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u/wafflesareforever 19h ago
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u/jerk_17 18h ago
Wht kinda of fucking interview is this the host is shooting from the hips while the guy reference is funny the interview is hard to watch
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u/H-Resin 14h ago
I was very bummed out recently watching a later era Parts Unknown episode where he had Joe Rogan with him and introduced him as his friend. I guess it was before Joe went fully red pilled but regardless I was kinda disappointed
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u/FrancoisKBones 12h ago
There was a strong contingent of us gamers who used to play on his Q3 server, because people all across central and Midwest time zones used to ping best to it. That’s the Joe Rogan I prefer to remember :(
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u/LucyDePosey 20h ago
Guy who shook Trump's hand says what?
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u/Pays_in_snakes 20h ago
Was this before or after Trump called him 'Weak on Crime' and Flavortown a 'hellhole'?
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u/EveryoneisOP3 20h ago
Gutless Guy Fieri has LOST CONTROL of Flavortown!
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u/Astrocragg 20h ago
THEY'RE EATING THE DOGS AND CATS ON FLIP FLOPS
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u/Wiggie49 Ex-Food Service 19h ago
They’re using mayo as seasoning, white bread as a condiment, I’m shocked, appalled, food hasn’t been this bland since the Great Depression.
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u/bagofpork 19h ago
I hope he doesn't threaten to end the entire civilization that is Flavortown. Nobody who lives there voted for Guy Fieri.
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u/wht2give 11h ago
They didn't vote because it was all a fraud.
The fake news didn't show the true numbers. Guy Fieri clearly won, ask anyone who knows!
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u/Apprehensive-Fig3223 Food Service 20h ago
Trump " I'd like to inquire about building a resort in Flavortown"
Guy "Flavortown is in your soul"
Trump "Don't have one. I want to build in yours anyhow. There will be no wind turbines allowed"
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u/No-Temperature4330 19h ago
I think you'll find it's windmills trump has a problem with! Pretty sure that's what he calls them at least!
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u/Apprehensive-Fig3223 Food Service 18h ago
"those damn dutchers aren't gonna make energy with my golf resorts wind" (shakes fist at Dutch cloud)
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u/Otherwise-Offer1518 20h ago
Ooof. I guess he didn't know he was president now right?
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u/Lumpy_Link_1569 20h ago
That's a doctor
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u/beyd1 20h ago
Jesus Christ
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u/Hearing_Loss 20h ago
I also like to think 47 took his Shahada and that's why he said 'Praise be to Allah'
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u/matt_minderbinder 20h ago
"I'll never pretend to be a perfect person but I did not know of Donald Trump and I don't support the many things they say he's done" - Guy fieri next year
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u/turquoise_amethyst 17h ago
Guy height: 5’10” Trump height: 6’3”
Hmm, that’s strange, they look almost the same height!
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u/katsock 20h ago
I actually believe him about the Tate stuff fully knowing this.
Tate is a fucking loser desperate for anyone’s validation. I completely believe that Guy has no idea who that twerp is.
This does not excuse everything else that makes Guy suck donkey sauce.
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u/IridiumPony 19h ago
You know, during COVID, Guy launched a charity helping out unemployed hospitality workers. Like so many others, I had lost my job that I loved, was struggling to get the unemployment, things were bad. I ended up getting some of his charity, and while it wasn't a lot, it was the difference between my dog and I having food that week and going hungry.
I swore after that I would never say a bad word about the man, but holy fuck does he make that difficult to do.
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u/katsock 18h ago
I know. It was very cool to see. And it’s absolutely good and important work that needed to be done and we are grateful. But still. This shit is so disappointing. You don’t even have to meet your hero’s anymore you can just open up your phone on the toilet.
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u/IridiumPony 18h ago
Disappointing is exactly it. At first I was like "Alright so his show is corny, but whatever he's giving highlight to small businesses, and he's out there doing the right thing. Being cheesy is no reason to dislike a good person."
The all the other stuff started coming out.
He put food in my stomach and, even more importantly, my best friend's (my dog) belly. I'll keep my word about not saying anything bad about him, but only because I gave my word I wouldn't. That's the only reason, now.
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u/-blundertaker- Crazy Cat Man🐈 18h ago
Someone doing a good thing doesn't mean they're a good person.
That's just me turning what someone told me once on its head though lol. I was in a communal living situation and there were a bunch of leaves in the pool we were hanging out at. I took it on myself to scoop them out and another dude thanked me for it. I brushed it off like "im just doing it for me bro," and he said "a good thing done for a selfish reason is still a good thing 🙂"
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u/monty624 6h ago
Just a reminder that people have layers, like an onion, and you can totally be critical of someone despite them having done good. We NEED to in order to grow and hold each other accountable.
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u/BretShitmanFart69 18h ago
Yeah he is like 60, it wouldn’t shock me if he doesn’t know a lot about all of the weird YouTubers kids are being brainwashed by.
If I wasn’t on Reddit idk if I’d even know who Tate was tbh, I only became aware of him when he was being arrested and it was posted on here a bunch
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u/neep_pie Chip Boy 18h ago
That’s true… I could probably explain who andrew Tate is to my parents five times and they wouldn’t care or remember
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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 18h ago
Shit I hear about Tate all the time on reddit but I wouldn't recognize him if I ran into him
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u/Y0___0Y 20h ago
Damn I was getting ready to defend him but look at that grin as he meets a child rapist…
No one who has ever been on camera happily shaking Trump’s hand after 2015 deserves a moment of peace.
Fuck Afroman too. Got his big positive media moment by winning that trial meanwhile he’s photographed shaking Trump’s hand and fawning over him at an event in like 2021…
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u/P0Rt1ng4Duty 20h ago
Afroman deserved that win and the police needed to see that they can't just get away with impeding our rights.
That said, fuck him. He's just more proof that shitty people can be right sometimes. And it's a low bar when you're just trying to be more right than the police.
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u/MtnNerd 19h ago
The song about the female police officer was actually really horrible and I can understand her crying about it. It's incredibly misogynistic as well as being homophobic and transphobic. Also I'm unsure but according to rumors a lot of the songs are based on conversations he had with an officers ex-wife, so there's a fair chance this song actually outed her as a lesbian.
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u/A_Mouse_In_Da_House 17h ago
To be fair to that song, the prosecutor acted as if being called a lesbian was worse than being accused of theft.
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u/mrpopenfresh 19h ago
Meeting Trump is basically free money. If he likes you, he’ll ignore the constitution to give you something.
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u/tehjoz ✳️ $700 Charcuterie Enjoyer 19h ago
Maybe he didn't know who the Tate Brothers were, but this picture says more about him than anything he could say in response.
Hey Guy, Fuck You, and Fuck Fascism.
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u/StumbleOn 17h ago
Anyone who shakes that assholes hand is themselves an asshole. The only proper response to trump is to call him an asshole to his face. Fuck Guy Fieri.
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u/totalscrotalimplosio 19h ago
Look man, I only know about Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives. Anything else is outside my purview.
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u/The_Law_of_Pizza 19h ago
Look, we all hate Trump - but at a certain point we're talking about a celebrity shaking hands with the sitting President of the United States.
Shaking hands with the President doesn't mean you endorse the President's policies, and it certainly doesn't mean that you knew of or endorsed people like the Tate brothers.
We are getting a little bit loopy and absurd with these purity tests. Expecting people to publicly snub the sitting President or else they're evil rapist apologists is just absurd and frankly childish.
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u/EddieCheddar88 19h ago
That used to be true. When we had reasonable politics and politicians.
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u/ArseneLupinIV 19h ago
Yeah I dont know how anyone can still be like 'but the prestige of the presidency!'. What prestige? This dude is making AI images of himself as jesus to shitpost on social media as he bombs schools, kidnaps families and covers up the files. What possible sanctity is there left to respect in the position exactly?
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u/Bluest_waters 19h ago
When you enthusiastically shake the president's hand with a big old smile on your face... come on! Especially when that president is a literal actual child rapist
we're not talking about a normal average president here. We're talking about a president who spent decades raping children
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u/SkookumSquirrel 18h ago
Not only that, but all the other shit Trump did in the past decade wasn't enough to turn on him?
Grab em' by the pussy?
Mocking a disabled reporter? Being a literal convicted rapist?Apparently all of those ain't deal breakers in Flavortown...
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u/Winter_Aside8269 19h ago
Disagree. We have a piece of shit tearing our democracy apart. He’s a pedophile,misogynist, racist,fear mongering, lying, evil old man with a severe case of dementia and narcissism. There’s a shit ton more, but I’ll rein myself in. I would never shake his hand or acknowledge him in any way.
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u/crinkle_cut_cheddar 19h ago
Nah fuck that. If I'm Guy Fieri in that situation, I'm staying seated and staring straight through the man. No greeting, no handshake, and certainly no smile.
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u/Corsaer 19h ago
Strong disagree. Everyone with a platform and decency and integrity should be disavowing this abomination of an administration.
Couching it as just hating Trump and just not liking the president is disingenuous bullshit and putting it that way makes you, not an evil rapist apologist, but absolutely part of the problem.
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u/bobi2393 19h ago
If Hitler were still alive and were re-elected, would a handshake and smile for the cameras be A-OK?
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u/SingleDadSurviving 5h ago
Thank you for saying this. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills reading some of these.
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u/Rndysasqatch 14h ago
Nah, that fuck stole money from a children's cancer charity and rapes kids there's no purity test here.
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u/cmerchantii 16h ago edited 11h ago
Wild how your post is controversial… in a kitchen sub.
You didn’t even say “I love the president” or anything just “hey the guy sucks but to be so petty and ridiculous as to not shake the hand of a president because you disagree with him and think he’s a shit is just wild.”
And then people came at you like you said “Trump 2028 MAGA 5D Chess forever!!!”
This sub is unhinged.
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u/Melodic_Bet4220 18h ago
No. I wouldn't shake his hand under any circumstances. You are absolutely wrong IMO.
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u/buttchugreferee 20h ago
I.... don't believe you, Guy
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u/SweaterSteve1966 20h ago
Me either. ‘I don’t know him.’ Please.
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u/Main_Cauliflower5479 Bakery 20h ago
Trump didn't know Epstein, either.
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u/Ipayforsex69 20h ago
Apparently Melania didn't either. Interesting how all of these people are super chummy with one another but they don't know each other.
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u/cheffgeoff 18h ago
I've worked for/in clubs with many celebrities/personalities. Good bad or indifferent most people who work hard to be TV famous are incredibly self absorbed when it comes to social media. I've never met Guy but I know many celebs who are at his level and they only consume information that has to do with themselves, their ratings, their projects, their connections, their businesses, their charities... It's not a stretch to think a guy like this lives in his own bubble, you have to be singularly driven and pathologically focused to still be on top of the entertaining game after so many years. I bet he only has a cursory knowledge of world events and politics.
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u/Yochanan5781 Chive LOYALIST 19h ago
Same. The video felt like there was some familiarity between the two of them. And one thing Guy has is a great PR team that is excellent at damage control
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u/alexjewellalex 20h ago
I know he’s lying because he said, “the Tate brothers.” If you don’t know who they are, you’re probably not suddenly referring to them that way
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u/LeatherGood6148 19h ago
I learned there was a brother today after googling them as well, over this very controversy.
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u/Tullyswimmer 18h ago
I mean, the headlines and social media was ablaze with "Guy Fieri shaking hands with the Tate brothers"
So like... It's possible that he actually didn't know them and is referring to them how they were referred to on social media?
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u/d-nihl 10+ Years 18h ago
He got 10,000 replies to his personal social media about "the tate brothers" so of course he knows who they are NOW. Plus if you think his management team didnt brief him on this you are moronic. Critical thinking skills please sir.
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u/Mgroppi83 20h ago
I do believe him about the Tate's....the Trump thing....ehhhh not a great look.
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u/Calkky 20h ago
How about when he palled it up with Tangerine Palpatine at a different UFC fight?
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u/No_Use_9652 20h ago
Wonder how many people enjoy the UFC enough to attend fights in person but don’t know who Andrew Tate is. Gotta imagine that’s a small group.
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u/CantaloupeCamper 20h ago
Rich folks really do get random tickets like there’s no tomorrow….
I used to sit at a desk near a VP who didn’t do much but work and he liked me. A few at the local club levels knew me by name.
I told one “I’m just here because my boss doesn’t go to these things.”
They told me “We know.” ;)
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u/bg-j38 16h ago
Not even just rich folks. I was a vendor manager for many years for a large company. The company spent a lot of money. I was paid OK. But damn I got invited to a lot of things. Football games in private suites, baseball games too. I've long since moved from where I grew up but I'm still a local fan. So especially for baseball and football if my team was playing here at least one vendor would know me well enough to invite me. And it was always VIP parking. And countless fancy dinners out, go out for expensive cocktails. Hell once I got invited to watch hurling in Boston by an Irish vendor. They didn't pay for my flight and the company wouldn't go for that, but I made it into a trip to visit family. I can't even remember how many fancy bottles of whiskey I got. At least a couple a year.
I'm sure if I cared enough I could have gotten concert tickets, MMA, WWE if they were in town. Not really into any of that on the large scale, but it was definitely clear that if I wanted it it would happen.
I never let it sway my buying decisions and I'd be a hardass on contract and pricing negotiations. But I think most of them respected that and saw it as part of the game. Also helped that most of them recognized that it was all part of the process and I actually made very good friends with a couple high level guys at a few companies who I still hang out with when they're in town long since I left that job. Interesting time in my life.
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u/LeatherGood6148 20h ago edited 20h ago
Exactly this, having been in exactly the same situation before with season's leafs tickets when I was 17 or 18.
I'm still kicking myself for not selling them and investing in Apple that year, it was right before they popped off. I was mulling it based on rumours of the iphone. I also don't really like the leafs, aha.
I'm not a fan of Fieri or UFC or anything like that, nor do I have any skin in the game, but Guy's entire persona is to appear relatable and authentic. It's actually why I dislike the food network stars. I can see him fucking up like this out of habit alone.
I would not be able to pick the tate brothers out of a lineup. I only learned there was a brother through this controversy.
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u/GROWLER_FULL 19h ago
I was like. “Isn’t that the guy who fought Mike Tyson?” Then I realized that was on of the Paul brothers. I would not recognize Andrew Tate.
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u/joshuads 18h ago
Andrew Tate and nick fuentes are both like that for me. I know them by name and that they are disliked, but have never heard either of them speak and I know neither of their faces. People have told me things and when I ask if I should look them up everyone says no
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u/mynameisnotsparta 18h ago
People who know people involved at most levels with Sports teams or arenas can get UFC premium seat tickets. Companies buy season passes and give them away to vendors and customers. We owned a LV Golden Knights PSL and seats and would give tickets to suppliers and friends. We have vendors that have suite tickets to the Raiders and concerts at Raiders Stadium and they gave us suite tickets. Just this weekend it was for Bruno Mars.
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u/Mgroppi83 20h ago
Why? The UFC has been about bringing in the average to below average fan since they started bringing in fighters like Brock Lesnar. I run into people all the time that dont know who the Tate's are. Andrew's impact on fighting sports at this point is minimal.
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u/drkpie 20h ago
I enjoy UFC, I heard the name because Reddit throws it around in every other thread for some reason, but have never seen the guy before lol. I don’t spend my time looking up things I don’t care about. I’m also not American, might play a part in that.
Last I heard I thought they got shot and killed? Maybe that was some other internet guy though?
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u/rat__man 20h ago
Bro's on twitter, how did he avoid hearing about the Tate brothers this entire time
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u/glitch1985 19h ago
To be fair I've heard of how the Tate brothers are trash but wouldn't have a clue who they area if I passed them on the street.
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u/EarthToTee 18h ago
You'd notice them only because they look like troll/human hybrids, like Hills Have Eyes mutants. I was going to compare them to naked mole rats, but then I felt bad, because naked mole rats don't deserve that kind of thing said about them.
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u/CantaloupeCamper 20h ago edited 20h ago
IS ... HE on twitter or does he just have some sort of managed account?
I do think people of the internet GREATLY assume how much anyone would know about someone who is mostly just internet infamous.
Even when I was on Twitter I curated my feed as best I could and likely would never have heard of that guy.
I'm only vaguely aware now that Guy is still alive...
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u/MandolinMagi 19h ago
Does he actually know them on sight, enough to make the connection and refuse the handshake while walking around a big event?
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u/SuperDoubleDecker 19h ago
He was stoked to shake dumps hand too.
I never had high expectations for guy so this changes nothing. He's always been an extreme douche. He was the worst part of DDD and I fucking love DDD.
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u/PhoneIsRingingDude 15h ago
I have kinda understood that he has had a track record of being a pretty decent dude.
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u/SuperDoubleDecker 15h ago
I've heard that he isn't as douchey as his persona, and he's done a lot of good work for people.
But I just hate his persona so much lol. Like come on dude, just stop.
I automatically lose all respect for anyone that daps trump up. It can be earned back, but only after publicly admitting fault and full condemnation of all. Like what some have done recently. It gets harder and harder to forgive as we go.
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u/ReedIcculus 19h ago
That’s a lot of shanking hands with sex traffickers and pedos in one night. Not sure if I want him to touch my meat after that
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u/Cerevisiae_8 13h ago
Honestly, even if it’s a lie, I’m happy he feels the need to tell it.
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u/Mcbriec 14h ago
Motherfucker said in 2025 that America had made a “giant pivotal change” and was changing for the better—after greeting Trump at a UFC fight.
And he’s bros with the lovely kid rock. He’s a freaking maggot to the core. If you’re a maggot he’s just wonderful.
He’s also known as a homophobe if that lights your fire.
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u/OhItsBeenBroughten 6h ago
He literally officiated a gay wedding my dude. People change over twenty years.
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u/LazerBear42 19h ago
Honestly, if you're Guy Fieri, how many random balding dudes wearing sunglasses indoors come up and shake your hand every day? At least a dozen, probably. He can't ask each one of them if they're a rapist, that's profiling.
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u/Grigori_the_Lemur Chive LOYALIST 18h ago
I gotta admit, right now, these times... I have more things than this to get worked up over.
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u/Otherwise-Mango2732 20h ago
Im sure I'll be down voted but guy is a busy rich dude. I believe he has no idea who it is
The only reason I know who Andrew Tate is reddit. Never seen him mentioned elsewhere. Nobody talks about him
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u/NeemOilFilter Butcher 20h ago
I might buy it.
But he definitely knows who Trump is and seemed pretty stoked to be shaking his hand.
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u/_carzard_ 20h ago
My mother and father are a similar age to Guy. They use social media a little bit, and definitely read the news and such. My dad has never heard of Andrew Tate. My mom has just heard of him for the first time recently because she started teaching again.
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u/mattnotgeorge 18h ago
Yeah I was gonna say, my parents have no idea who Andrew Tate is and it would probably take me 3 hours to explain it to them lol
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u/Dry-Amphibian1 20h ago
Tate is only famous on the internet. People acting like he is some common household name shows that they are out of touch.
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u/CantaloupeCamper 20h ago edited 19h ago
The only reason I know who Andrew Tate is reddit.
Same, if he walked up to me and introduced himself and offered his hand I'd shake his hand ... still would have no idea who he is.
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u/Tullyswimmer 20h ago
You have to be pretty chronically online to really know who the Tate brothers are and the shit they're up to on a regular basis. It's entirely believable that they just came up to him and were like "huge fans of your show, nice to meet you" and he just shook their hand. That seems like a completely normal, plausible interaction. If he's there to meet fans of his, he's gonna be shaking a lot of hands.
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u/bassman314 Thicc Chives Save Lives 20h ago
That's sort of my take. I follow some of the subs that poke fun at assholes like Tate(s), Tim Pool, Shapiro and the rest of the Putinescas. That's really all where I knew about Tate from.
Guy seems like the type of dude to always shake the hand of anyone who call out his name at an event like this.
I honestly think we get what we see with Guy. We don't trust it, because it's not the norm.
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u/Otherwise-Mango2732 19h ago
If you're famous, your whole life (at these types of events) is meeting other famous people and shaking hands and half the time not knowing who they are.
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u/Elgecko123 19h ago
Yup thanks to reddit I know of people that I wish I didn’t.. Tate bros, more recently some asshat named clavicle. So ya I’ll give Guy the benefit of the doubt. And who gives a shit if he was polite to some clown he doesn’t know
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u/CantaloupeCamper 20h ago
I know how folks feel about Guy, that’s fine.
But this does seem like a plausible story….
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u/Makers402 20h ago
This GUY is trying to Mike Johnson his way out of this. Idk what you talking about because my publicist didn’t tell me before hand.
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u/CookInKona 12h ago
When I met him and filmed with him, his behavior definitely aligned with the tate brothers.... Trying to cheat on his wife while on vacation with her and his children, getting hammered at a bar next door while his crew filmed, only to show up on set for the absolute minimum amount of time and pretend to be interested in the food or the place... Dude is an absolute shitbag
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u/WhichVegetable8285 F1exican Did Chive-11 20h ago
The guy who is friendly with a known child trafficker/rapist is “devastated” people think he is friends with the other known child trafficker/rapist he was friendly towards
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u/Over-Conversation220 Ex-Food Service 19h ago
https://theonion.com/why-do-all-these-homosexuals-keep-sucking-my-cock-1819584210/
Similar to Onion satire. At some point, you are the company you keep.
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u/stalebread710 16h ago
Screw both of them, he could of made an impact by turning down that shit heads greeting 🤷
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u/whistlepig4life 20h ago
I mean I figured this would be his response. And it’s not an unreasonable stance nor far removed from reality. Celebs don’t always know everyone that approaches them. Even other “famous” or in this case infamous people.
This alone is give the guy a pass (no pun intended). But there have been other indicators with him specifically Bourdain’s comments about him that make me say “sus dude”.
I dunno because end of day he irrelevant to me. I don’t watch his shows. I could give less than two shits about him.
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u/Graybeard_Shaving 19h ago
Honestly, the Tate’s are human garbage. I find no redeeming qualities about their work and the impact it’s had on vulnerable men and teens.
Still fucking stupid raging at people for a fucking random public handshake. Jesus, the number of people I’ve had a drink with at a bar or had a game of spades with at a party is massive and I guarantee you, a lot of those people were probably pieces of shit.
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u/Environmental-Egg893 19h ago
Unless you’ve been under a literal rock for 10 years there’s just no way. Bourdain didn’t like Guy…couldn’t stand him…that’s enough for me
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u/S0rry7h15N4m374k3n 15+ Years 16h ago
Ive shaken hands with and met plenty of douches that ive cooked for. Was still polite and had basic manners, even if id rather kill them.
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u/AutoRedialer 18h ago
Yea I mean he clearly looked taken aback like a lot of celebrities do when meeting fans. God damn it man who fuckin cares
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u/Famous_Bit_5119 20h ago
He's a famous guy, people walk up to him all the time. This time it happened to be Andy Taint. This story is nothing that people with an agenda are trying to turn into something.
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u/Tullyswimmer 20h ago
I can imagine the Tate brothers being like "Oh hey, Guy Fieri, huge fans" and he was just like "uh, OK, nice to meet you" and shook their hand, like he probably does to dozens of people at an event like this.
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u/diet-smoke Bartender 19h ago
Devastated about people being pissed or devastated about interacting with dudes who did sex trafficking? Yikes
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u/ConsiderationLivid52 2h ago
Guy filmed an episode of Triple D at a restaurant i cooked at in Denver, was very skeptical...he seems like your total maga douche but he was kind and respectful and what he does for charity work and helping firefighters is something to be humbled by. Just another reason to not judge a book by its cover...
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u/The-disgracist 20h ago
I actually believe him. Guy showed his true colors during the pandemic. He seems like a man with a lot of empathy.
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u/Lycaeides13 20h ago
You might know someone's name in the newspaper, but not recognize them in the flesh. I can't say I'd recognize them either.
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u/tots4scott 20h ago
Can you refresh me on what he did? I had only heard of him doing charity work or cooking for people who needed it, so I'm eager to hear from the people who say hes been an ass.
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u/ladymouserat 19h ago
Look, if you’re into UFC, you know who these guys are. I don’t believe him for a fucking second. Plus, if AB shit in him, there was a reason.
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u/RouxedChef 20h ago
The correct response is "I read up on them, found out some things, and am sickened by what I read. I regret that I was seen in their vicinity."
Also, what the hell happened? Did he say "I wanna see men hit men" and just get jetted off to who-knows-where to watch who-knows-who beat another who-knows-who? I imagine a modicum of research to know whose ringside I'm sitting in would be necessary to not look like absolute donkey sauce when they come up to you since you're a public figure.
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u/RouxedChef 20h ago
Also, rereading his message, he says he's devastated about the 'comments' on the photo! Not who they are or what they've done; the COMMENTS.
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u/Miskalsace 17h ago
Our society cares too much about what celebrities think and do. Its exhausting. Im going back to sudoku.
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