Monday, January 28
If you want an autograph from Mario, wait
I love this quote from Mario Batali from today's Washington Square News:
"I'm happy to sign autographs and do all of that, but there are times when I'm just trying to eat breakfast with my kids and the person I ask to wait for an autograph calls me an asshole. I'm not going to go off, though, like some celebrities, and punch a paparazzo or anything."
Mario took some time off to talk to students of the class, "Celebrity: A Cultural and Historical Exploration of Modern Fame" at his restaurant Otto.
And while he may lament the change in the network's new focus on fast & easy, Mario seems to be able to recognize the positive:
[Photo via Washington Square News]
"I'm happy to sign autographs and do all of that, but there are times when I'm just trying to eat breakfast with my kids and the person I ask to wait for an autograph calls me an asshole. I'm not going to go off, though, like some celebrities, and punch a paparazzo or anything."
Mario took some time off to talk to students of the class, "Celebrity: A Cultural and Historical Exploration of Modern Fame" at his restaurant Otto.
And while he may lament the change in the network's new focus on fast & easy, Mario seems to be able to recognize the positive:
"At the end of the day, I'm happy to have anyone cook anything - I'm more against Arby's and McDonald's than people who cut corners and whatever to get dinner on the table."
[Photo via Washington Square News]
Labels: food network, Mario Batali
5 Comments:
How dare you take down my posts.
Hey Addict, are you another Internet slacker that thinks they can get rich by doing a blog and selling pitiful ad space ?
Get a life. You proably cannot make peanut butter sandwiches without fucking them up.
Ummmm... I didn't take anything down, nor do I hardly ever.
You're nuts.
Actually the line is, "You could fuck up a baked potato." David Mamet wrote that line and it appeared in the movie Homicide.
I can't get into Mario. Did you read "Heat?" I thought he came off like a sexist jerk.
Maybe Mario should do what Steve Martin has done for years...handed people who ask for an autograph a preprinted card featuring his signature and the legend(IIRC)"you have just had an intimate encounter with a celebrity." (Of course, people are probably laughing so hard at this they forget all about asking again.)
Great post! Mario is one of the few celebrities with class! I enjoy reading your blog. Keep up the good work!
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