Overview
- Fieri, who posted on X Tuesday, said the brief greeting was unplanned and that he does not know or support Andrew and Tristan Tate.
- Footage from UFC 327 in Miami on Saturday showed Fieri shaking hands and shoulder-bumping Andrew Tate in clips first shared by BroBible editor Jorge Alonso.
- Online criticism has continued with boycott calls of Fieri and Food Network, and a planned Waterloo Sparkling Water media appearance tied to his partnership was canceled.
- Joseph McBride, an attorney for the Tate brothers, rejected Fieri’s account and labeled the statement a “pathetic capitulation.”
- The Tates face ongoing legal cases in multiple countries, including 21 charges in the U.K. such as rape and human trafficking, while a Romanian court recently lifted some restrictions and both brothers deny wrongdoing.