‘Salt Bae’, a celebrity chef who once fed meat to many soccer players in Dubai, has not had his best moment since Argentina won the World Cup trophy in Qatar six months ago. The Turk got bad press when, with the Albiceleste players celebrating the title on the pitch, he jumped to pose next to them, taking all kinds of pictures, as if he was with the object.
Now Nusret Gökce, the chef’s real name, spoke for the first time about all that controversy in an interview with ‘The Times’. “The fact that I was on the pitch was due to a combination of my love for Argentina and the joy that they won gold. I love Argentina. I lived there and cheered for them in the final. Some of the players were visited our restaurant as well as I didn’t feel like an outsider. It was a special moment,” he said.
Of the ensuing hate storm, he said: “I’m never looking to be the center of attention or do any kind of publicity for myself. There’s like 1,000 people in the midfield so it’s not just me, but the focus is to me. . Two billion watched the World Cup final and how many talked about me afterwards? Five billion. I can’t go back, but I won’t do it again,” he said.
Source: La Verdad
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