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ashling

(25,771 posts)
Tue Nov 19, 2013, 09:54 PM Nov 2013

Mario Batali deftly fends off Twitter morons after raising money for Texas pro-choice charity

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/11/19/mario-batali-deftly-fends-off-twitter-morons-after-raising-money-for-texas-pro-choice-charity/


Mario Batali ✔ @Mariobatali


You seem successful and delightful!

RT. @USSANews: Pro choice? Then choose to eat a carrot once in a while you fat fuck. Just sayin...”
6:30 AM - 19 Nov 2013



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Mario Batali deftly fends off Twitter morons after raising money for Texas pro-choice charity (Original Post) ashling Nov 2013 OP
Love Mario. I watch him daily on The Chew and RebelOne Nov 2013 #1
does he still wear Crocs dlwickham Nov 2013 #2
yes grasswire Nov 2013 #3
K&R This is a great story and he sounds and looks like one hell of a great guy! Thank you Mario! idwiyo Nov 2013 #4
His daytime talk show sucks, but he seems like an awesome guy! Dash87 Nov 2013 #5
He caught hell earlier this year for criticizing Wall Street Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2013 #6
Didn't he say that would have kicked Justin Bieber's ass, had he pulled bullwinkle428 Nov 2013 #7
Knew there was a reason I liked Mario Batali. Arkana Nov 2013 #8
I wish I could remember the ashling Nov 2013 #9

grasswire

(50,130 posts)
3. yes
Tue Nov 19, 2013, 10:08 PM
Nov 2013

Orange crocs, a pink or white cotton shirt, and a black fleece vest.

That's his standard uniform, even on The Chew every day.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(133,947 posts)
6. He caught hell earlier this year for criticizing Wall Street
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 01:38 PM
Nov 2013

Guess a lot of investment bankers ate at his restaurant(s).

bullwinkle428

(20,661 posts)
7. Didn't he say that would have kicked Justin Bieber's ass, had he pulled
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 01:45 PM
Nov 2013

that stunt (where he went into a restaurant kitchen and took a piss into a mop bucket in front of the whole staff) in his own restaurant? He earned my undying devotion right there!

ashling

(25,771 posts)
9. I wish I could remember the
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 07:38 PM
Nov 2013

response the Alton Brown wrote on his blog some years back about the Superintendant of Education of Georgia who pulled some bonehead stunt . . .

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