Strange news about Mario

[Clove]

I did some "sanitizing" to this article (just **'s, not outright edits.)
I did no investigation to see if this story is fact or fiction

What Has Two Thumbs and a Boatload of New STD's?





Seems like every paper in town is trying to ruin our morning: We're fairly inured to disgust at this point, but there still is a list of things that we'd prefer not to read about over our cornflakes. Very high on that list are: rumors about Courtney Love's sex life; anything with the byline "Michael Wolff"; and rumors about Mario Batali's sex life. Today Ben Widdicombe goes two-for-three in one item:

Celebrity chef Mario Batali has been enjoying la dolce vita this summer, with late-night drinking sessions at the Spotted Pig. During one recent bacchanal, which lasted almost until sunrise, the red-headed restaurateur told his companions he was leaving to "drop in on Courtney Love."

"He said that he 'often' drops in on her," said our man with the big ears.

We're going to dispense with all the obvious bits here (except the vomiting, which we've already done) and ask a serious question: How drunk does one have to be to not only admit that you're off to f**k Courtney Love, but that you've been f**king Courtney Love on a regular basis? Also, thank God the guy doesn't do the actual cooking at any of his restaurants anymore; we don't think we could ever eat anything he's touched again.

Mario Batali: What Has Two Thumbs and a Boatload of New STD's?

[Food Network Fan]

Yikes, I hope that's not true. Mario seemed to tick off a lot of internet bloggers with his comments about them. Some might be wanting to bite back. I think this is what set him off to begin with. This post is from 2006.

[ibcheft]

well what is the old saying if you are going to believe everything you read, don't read. heck you can't even believe everything you see. I still like Mario, I don't care who he is seeing, that is not why I watched his show to begin with. Some people will write anything to get a rise out of folks (hmmmmm) and if they respond to the poetry than the writer did what they set out to accomplish. Some stuff just doesn't deserve a response. Some times the agony of not knowing is worse than knowing, and if it is not the truth what difference does it make. Now if it is the truth and you lie to cover it up, sooner or later it catches up to you.

[BerryBaby]

I thought this was old news. He was supposedly friends with Courtney Love, what is wrong with that? I would think everyone needs friends they can talk to.

[Clove]

Mario has friends all through the music industry.
He is close with Michael Stipe of R.E.M
He hangs around with Chris Martin of ColdPlay (that's how he hooked up with Gwyneth Paltrow, Chris' wife)
He has so many associates in the music and entertainment business (and now NASCAR too!)
I don't find it very strange that he would know Courtney Love but as far as an intimate relationship, as I said in the top of the post, this is not substantiated.

[BerryBaby]

It's almost as if a celebrity speaks to another celebrity of the opposite sex, they are having a 'relationship'. So ridiculous! Sad that people believe this stuff.

[Clove]

Hey, I once shared an elevator with Racquel Welsh, just she and me...

[bluejeanz]

And let's not forget his BFF, Rachael Ray. He was on her talk show last week and mentioned something coming up this fall. I'll have to go back and watch it again to see what he was talking about.

[Food Network Fan]

I stayed in a hotel with Cal Ripken Jr... different rooms, but he was there.

[BerryBaby]

I can't even begin to tell you all the 'celebrities'' that I have known and had contact with over the years. They are all just like us...real people. Unfortunately, the press takes ahold of them and makes them bigger than life. Sad, but true. I would never want people to 'know' me like that.