Jaguars associate strength ach out as gay a first for US-based pro leagu

Contents:

• GUY FIERI’S TMP PHOTO OP HAS PEOPLE RECKONG WH HIS POLICSTHE NEW ELLEN/BUSHTWTER NATURALLY HAD A LOT TO SAY (AND A LOT OF RECEIPTS TO PULL) AFTER THE TYPILLY APOLIL MAYOR OF FLAVORTOWN CHATTED UP THE FORMER PRINT.LRA BRADLEYSENR ENTERTAMENT REPORTERUPDATED JUL. 10, 2023 4:22PM EDT / PUBLISHED JUL. 10, 2023 4:15PM EDT JEFF BOTTARI/ZUFFA LLC VIA GETTY IMAGFOR MOST OF HIS REER, GUY FIERI HAS MANAGED TO KEEP HIS BRAND RELATIVELY APOLIL. NOW THAT HE’S BEEN PHOTOGRAPHED WH DONALD TMP, HOWEVER, THE BLEACH-TIPPED CELEBRY CHEF MIGHT BE STARTG TO FEEL THE HEAT.ON SATURDAY, FIERI WAS PHOTOGRAPHED MEETG THE RECENTLY DICTED FORMER PRINT AT THE T-MOBILE ARENA LAS VEGAS DURG UFC 290. NBC NEWS REPORTS THAT THE TWO CHATTED AT THE MIXED MARTIAL ARTS EVENT, WHERE TMP WAS ALSO SPOTTED TALKG TO MEL GIBSON AND MARK WAHLBERG. TURNG POT USA CREATIVE DIRECTOR BENNY JOHNSON TWEETED OUT A PHOTO OF FIERI AND TMP TOGETHER ON SUNDAY, WRG, “2024 UNY TICKET.” FIERI’S FACE IS NOT VISIBLE ENOUGH THE PHOTOS TO GGE HIS EXPRSN, BUT HE N BE SEEN FACG TMP WH HIS HAND ON THE FORMER PRINT’S ARM. REPRENTATIV FOR FIERI AND DISVERY, WHOSE WORKS RRY FIERI’S SERI, DID NOT IMMEDIATELY RPOND TO THE DAILY BEAST’S REQUT FOR MENT.UNSURPRISGLY, THE TMP PHOTO HAS SET FLAVORTOWN ON FIRE. SIWAYS GLANC NOW ABOUND ON TWTER, CLUDG OM THE VIRAL ACUNT POP CRAVE, WHICH SHARED THE PHOTO WH THE Y PTN, “GUY FIERI GREETG CRIMAL FENDANT DONALD TMP AT UFC 290 LAS VEGAS.” MEANWHILE, WHE STRIP ONTMAN JACK WHE SHARED PHOTOS OF FIERI AND OTHER CELEBRI WHO REPORTEDLY MET WH TMP AT UFC AND LLED THEM ALL “DISGTG.” “ANYBODY WHO ‘NORMALIZ’ OR TREATS THIS DISGTG FASCIST, RACIST, N MAN, DISGTG PIECE OF SH TMP WH ANY LEVEL OF RPECT IS ALSO DISGTG MY BOOK,” WHE WROTE ON INSTAGRAM. “THAT’S YOU JOE ROGAN, YOU MEL GIBSON, YOU MARK WAHLBERG, YOU GUY FIERI. THIS IS A STATEMENT OM ME, NOT A DISCSN/BATE.” THE IRE SURROUNDG FIERI FEELS LIKE AN ECHO OF SOMETHG WE SAW BEFORE, WHEN ELLEN DEGENER WAS PHOTOGRAPHED PALLG AROUND WH FORMER PRINT GEE W. BH AT A DALLAS COWBOYS GAME 2019. THEN, LIKE NOW, A RELATIVELY BENIGN CELEBRY’S POLICS HAVE BEEN THST TO THE LIMELIGHT, REPLACG FANS’ BLISSFUL, FORTG IGNORANCE WH SKEPTICISM.THE NTROVERSY OVER FIERI’S PHOTO OPP HAS ALSO RURFACED SOME OF HIS PAST NTROVERSI. IN 2021, THE AV CLUB DOCUMENTED THE DERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIV HOST’S RISE AS A MORN FOLK HERO THANKS TO HIS FUNDRAISG EFFORTS DURG THE PANMIC. AT THE SAME TIME, WRER MATT SCHIMKOWZ POTED OUT, FIERI REMAS A “POLIL RORSCHACH TT” WHO SKIRTS DIRECT QUTNS ABOUT HIS PERSONAL VIEWS. ON ONE HAND, FIERI N SOMETIM GTURE TOWARD PROGRSIVE ALLYSHIP—LIKE THE BERNIE SANRS MEME HE POSTED 2021 WH THE PTN, “NOT ME. US.” SIX MONTHS AFTER POSTG THAT MEME, HOWEVER, FIERI SLD RTRANT WORKERS WHO HAD NOT RETURNED TO WORK DURG AN TERVIEW WH THE NEW YORK TIM. RATHER THAN ADDRS WORKERS’ NCERNS ABOUT THEIR JOBS—WHICH EATER POTED OUT AT THE TIME CLUD COVID RISK, LOW WAG, AND PALTRY CHILDRE AND SICK LEAVE—HE PARED THEM TO SPOILED CHILDREN. “WHY WOULD YOU GO AND EAT BROCLI,” FIERI ASKED, “IF YOU JT GOT TO EAT DOROS?” FANS ON SOCIAL MEDIA HAVE ALSO POSTED ARTICL ABOUT THE SNARL OF ALLEGATNS THAT EMERGED MORE THAN A AGO, WHEN FORMER DERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIV PRODUCER DAVID PAGE SUED FOOD NETWORK FOR BREACH OF NTRACT. THE WORK UNTERSUED MONTHS LATER, ALLEGG THAT PAGE HAD MA THE WORKPLACE “TOLERABLE” FOR STAFF. THE PARTI EVENTUALLY SETTLED, AND TWO MONTHS LATER, PAGE BLASTED FIERI WH SEPARATE ALLEGATNS.IN A 2011 CY PAG ARTICLE PRERVED BY THE INTER ARCHIVE, PAGE ALLEGED THAT FIERI MA HOMOPHOBIC MENTS DURG DDD’S PRODUCTN. AT ONE POT, PAGE ALLEGED, THE HOST SAID, “YOU N’T SEND ME TO TALK TO GAY PEOPLE WHOUT WARNG! THOSE PEOPLE WEIRD ME OUT!” THE EX-PRODUCER ALSO CLAIMED THAT FIERI HAD MA AN ANTI-SEMIC REMARK TOWARD HIM DURG A MOARY DISPUTE, THAT HE ED LEWD HUMOR THE WORKPLACE, AND THAT WHEN CUTTG THE SHOW TOGETHER, DDD EDORS NEED “TO WATCH GUY’S EYELE, BEE ’S ALWAYS ON BREASTS.”FIERI CLED TO MENT ON THE CY PAG ARTICLE. AFTER THE ARTICLE’S PUBLITN, A REPRENTATIVE FOR FIERI TOLD EATER, “GUY’S REPUTATN SPEAKS FOR SELF. HE’S A STANDUP GUY WHO DO RIGHT BY PEOPLE. HE WOULD NEVER MAKE THE KD OF MENTS ATTRIBUTED TO HIM THIS STORY, AND ANYONE WHO KNOWS OR HAS EVEN MET HIM KNOWS THAT. THAT MR. PAGE MA THE SADLY SPERATE STATEMENTS SAYS MORE ABOUT HIM THAN DO ABOUT GUY OR ANYONE ON THE FOOD NETWORK TEAM.”A “SOURCE WH KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUATN” ALSO TOLD EATER THAT PAGE’S ALLEGATNS WERE “FANTASI,” AND THAT THE CY PAG ARTICLE WAS FULL OF “OMISSNS,” “BASIC ERRORS,” AND “PLETE FABRITNS.” MEANWHILE, A SOURCE POTED OUT TO GOTHAMIST THAT FIERI’S LATE SISTER WAS HOMOSEXUAL AND THAT HIS LONGTIME BS PARTNER AND CLOSE IEND IS ALSO JEWISH.FOR NOW, ONLY TIME WILL TELL HOW THE TMP PHOTOS WILL AFFECT FIERI’S BRAND: WILL THIS TANK THE GOODWILL HE BUILT DURG THE PANMIC, OR N HE RI OUT BY KEEPG QUIET? THE STATE OF THE UNN FLAVORTOWN, MEANWHILE, REMAS SHAMBL. LRA BRADLEY
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• GUY FIERI HOMOPHOBIA? CONTROVERSY EPTS OVER ALLEGATNS OF FOOD NETWORK STAR'S ANTI-GAY SENTIMENTS
• TV CHEF GUY FIERI OFFICIAT AT 101 GAY WEDDGS FLORIDA

GUY FIERI’S TMP PHOTO OP HAS PEOPLE RECKONG WH HIS POLICSTHE NEW ELLEN/BUSHTWTER NATURALLY HAD A LOT TO SAY (AND A LOT OF RECEIPTS TO PULL) AFTER THE TYPILLY APOLIL MAYOR OF FLAVORTOWN CHATTED UP THE FORMER PRINT.LRA BRADLEYSENR ENTERTAMENT REPORTERUPDATED JUL. 10, 2023 4:22PM EDT / PUBLISHED JUL. 10, 2023 4:15PM EDT JEFF BOTTARI/ZUFFA LLC VIA GETTY IMAGFOR MOST OF HIS REER, GUY FIERI HAS MANAGED TO KEEP HIS BRAND RELATIVELY APOLIL. NOW THAT HE’S BEEN PHOTOGRAPHED WH DONALD TMP, HOWEVER, THE BLEACH-TIPPED CELEBRY CHEF MIGHT BE STARTG TO FEEL THE HEAT.ON SATURDAY, FIERI WAS PHOTOGRAPHED MEETG THE RECENTLY DICTED FORMER PRINT AT THE T-MOBILE ARENA LAS VEGAS DURG UFC 290. NBC NEWS REPORTS THAT THE TWO CHATTED AT THE MIXED MARTIAL ARTS EVENT, WHERE TMP WAS ALSO SPOTTED TALKG TO MEL GIBSON AND MARK WAHLBERG. TURNG POT USA CREATIVE DIRECTOR BENNY JOHNSON TWEETED OUT A PHOTO OF FIERI AND TMP TOGETHER ON SUNDAY, WRG, “2024 UNY TICKET.” FIERI’S FACE IS NOT VISIBLE ENOUGH THE PHOTOS TO GGE HIS EXPRSN, BUT HE N BE SEEN FACG TMP WH HIS HAND ON THE FORMER PRINT’S ARM. REPRENTATIV FOR FIERI AND DISVERY, WHOSE WORKS RRY FIERI’S SERI, DID NOT IMMEDIATELY RPOND TO THE DAILY BEAST’S REQUT FOR MENT.UNSURPRISGLY, THE TMP PHOTO HAS SET FLAVORTOWN ON FIRE. SIWAYS GLANC NOW ABOUND ON TWTER, CLUDG OM THE VIRAL ACUNT POP CRAVE, WHICH SHARED THE PHOTO WH THE Y PTN, “GUY FIERI GREETG CRIMAL FENDANT DONALD TMP AT UFC 290 LAS VEGAS.” MEANWHILE, WHE STRIP ONTMAN JACK WHE SHARED PHOTOS OF FIERI AND OTHER CELEBRI WHO REPORTEDLY MET WH TMP AT UFC AND LLED THEM ALL “DISGTG.” “ANYBODY WHO ‘NORMALIZ’ OR TREATS THIS DISGTG FASCIST, RACIST, N MAN, DISGTG PIECE OF SH TMP WH ANY LEVEL OF RPECT IS ALSO DISGTG MY BOOK,” WHE WROTE ON INSTAGRAM. “THAT’S YOU JOE ROGAN, YOU MEL GIBSON, YOU MARK WAHLBERG, YOU GUY FIERI. THIS IS A STATEMENT OM ME, NOT A DISCSN/BATE.” THE IRE SURROUNDG FIERI FEELS LIKE AN ECHO OF SOMETHG WE SAW BEFORE, WHEN ELLEN DEGENER WAS PHOTOGRAPHED PALLG AROUND WH FORMER PRINT GEE W. BH AT A DALLAS COWBOYS GAME 2019. THEN, LIKE NOW, A RELATIVELY BENIGN CELEBRY’S POLICS HAVE BEEN THST TO THE LIMELIGHT, REPLACG FANS’ BLISSFUL, FORTG IGNORANCE WH SKEPTICISM.THE NTROVERSY OVER FIERI’S PHOTO OPP HAS ALSO RURFACED SOME OF HIS PAST NTROVERSI. IN 2021, THE AV CLUB DOCUMENTED THE DERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIV HOST’S RISE AS A MORN FOLK HERO THANKS TO HIS FUNDRAISG EFFORTS DURG THE PANMIC. AT THE SAME TIME, WRER MATT SCHIMKOWZ POTED OUT, FIERI REMAS A “POLIL RORSCHACH TT” WHO SKIRTS DIRECT QUTNS ABOUT HIS PERSONAL VIEWS. ON ONE HAND, FIERI N SOMETIM GTURE TOWARD PROGRSIVE ALLYSHIP—LIKE THE BERNIE SANRS MEME HE POSTED 2021 WH THE PTN, “NOT ME. US.” SIX MONTHS AFTER POSTG THAT MEME, HOWEVER, FIERI SLD RTRANT WORKERS WHO HAD NOT RETURNED TO WORK DURG AN TERVIEW WH THE NEW YORK TIM. RATHER THAN ADDRS WORKERS’ NCERNS ABOUT THEIR JOBS—WHICH EATER POTED OUT AT THE TIME CLUD COVID RISK, LOW WAG, AND PALTRY CHILDRE AND SICK LEAVE—HE PARED THEM TO SPOILED CHILDREN. “WHY WOULD YOU GO AND EAT BROCLI,” FIERI ASKED, “IF YOU JT GOT TO EAT DOROS?” FANS ON SOCIAL MEDIA HAVE ALSO POSTED ARTICL ABOUT THE SNARL OF ALLEGATNS THAT EMERGED MORE THAN A AGO, WHEN FORMER DERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIV PRODUCER DAVID PAGE SUED FOOD NETWORK FOR BREACH OF NTRACT. THE WORK UNTERSUED MONTHS LATER, ALLEGG THAT PAGE HAD MA THE WORKPLACE “TOLERABLE” FOR STAFF. THE PARTI EVENTUALLY SETTLED, AND TWO MONTHS LATER, PAGE BLASTED FIERI WH SEPARATE ALLEGATNS.IN A 2011 CY PAG ARTICLE PRERVED BY THE INTER ARCHIVE, PAGE ALLEGED THAT FIERI MA HOMOPHOBIC MENTS DURG DDD’S PRODUCTN. AT ONE POT, PAGE ALLEGED, THE HOST SAID, “YOU N’T SEND ME TO TALK TO GAY PEOPLE WHOUT WARNG! THOSE PEOPLE WEIRD ME OUT!” THE EX-PRODUCER ALSO CLAIMED THAT FIERI HAD MA AN ANTI-SEMIC REMARK TOWARD HIM DURG A MOARY DISPUTE, THAT HE ED LEWD HUMOR THE WORKPLACE, AND THAT WHEN CUTTG THE SHOW TOGETHER, DDD EDORS NEED “TO WATCH GUY’S EYELE, BEE ’S ALWAYS ON BREASTS.”FIERI CLED TO MENT ON THE CY PAG ARTICLE. AFTER THE ARTICLE’S PUBLITN, A REPRENTATIVE FOR FIERI TOLD EATER, “GUY’S REPUTATN SPEAKS FOR SELF. HE’S A STANDUP GUY WHO DO RIGHT BY PEOPLE. HE WOULD NEVER MAKE THE KD OF MENTS ATTRIBUTED TO HIM THIS STORY, AND ANYONE WHO KNOWS OR HAS EVEN MET HIM KNOWS THAT. THAT MR. PAGE MA THE SADLY SPERATE STATEMENTS SAYS MORE ABOUT HIM THAN DO ABOUT GUY OR ANYONE ON THE FOOD NETWORK TEAM.”A “SOURCE WH KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUATN” ALSO TOLD EATER THAT PAGE’S ALLEGATNS WERE “FANTASI,” AND THAT THE CY PAG ARTICLE WAS FULL OF “OMISSNS,” “BASIC ERRORS,” AND “PLETE FABRITNS.” MEANWHILE, A SOURCE POTED OUT TO GOTHAMIST THAT FIERI’S LATE SISTER WAS HOMOSEXUAL AND THAT HIS LONGTIME BS PARTNER AND CLOSE IEND IS ALSO JEWISH.FOR NOW, ONLY TIME WILL TELL HOW THE TMP PHOTOS WILL AFFECT FIERI’S BRAND: WILL THIS TANK THE GOODWILL HE BUILT DURG THE PANMIC, OR N HE RI OUT BY KEEPG QUIET? THE STATE OF THE UNN FLAVORTOWN, MEANWHILE, REMAS SHAMBL. LRA BRADLEY

About a ago, for stance, a former producer on "Ders, Drive-Ins and Div, " one of Fieri's long-nng Food Network programs, alleged via a lawsu that the host was openly homophobic and lewd on set. As Gothamist reported 2011, the producer, David Page, said that "anytime any woman mentned 'cream, ' Guy went to a sexual riff" and that Fieri reportedly told show producers, "You n't send me to talk to gay people whout warng!

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

The parti eventually settled, and two months later, Page blasted Fieri wh separate a 2011 Cy Pag article prerved by the Inter Archive, Page alleged that Fieri ma homophobic ments durg DDD’s productn.

At one pot, Page alleged, the host said, “You n’t send me to talk to gay people whout warng! ” Meanwhile, a source poted out to Gothamist that Fieri’s late sister was homosexual and that his longtime bs partner and close iend is also now, only time will tell how the Tmp photos will affect Fieri’s brand: Will this tank the goodwill he built durg the panmic, or n he ri out by keepg quiet? In 2011, amidst a lawsu and untersu between Food Network and DDD producer David Page, Page relled to Cy Pag stanc of appropriate jok, and a time when Fieri sisted on leavg a rtrant bee he believed the proprietors were gay.

GUY FIERI HOMOPHOBIA? CONTROVERSY EPTS OVER ALLEGATNS OF FOOD NETWORK STAR'S ANTI-GAY SENTIMENTS

Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St. Cy Pag has pated an extremely unflatterg picture of "Der's Drive-Ins and Div" star Guy paper reli on damng quot om former "DDD" producer David Page who, among several grievanc, claims Fieri exhibed homophobic also need protectn om homosexuals, or at least advance warng. "He said, 'You n't send me to talk to gay people whout warng!

Kloster is now a vice print at Page's productn pany and she backs up what her boss said about Fieri's homophobic behavr.

TV CHEF GUY FIERI OFFICIAT AT 101 GAY WEDDGS FLORIDA

"From my memory of beg a field producer 's jt well-known to me among the crew that Guy has a problem -- if there was a homosexual a rtrant, as the ma character, the shoot went different, " Kloster said a isn't the first time Page has lambasted Fieri. He went to Twter g the hashtag #101gayweddgs and ved the first 101 upl to take part the ee weddg. Smh explas the ‘101 Gay Weddgs’ event was spired by the movie 101 Dalmatians and is a dig at Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, who has fought agast liftg the ban on same-sex marriage.