The Daily Populous Monday September 9th, 2024 day edition
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Food Network star Guy Fieri fit right into the catering staff at Sylvester Stallone's house.

Fieri was mistaken for a staffer when he was invited to the Rocky star's home as a guest in 2020, the chef, author, and TV host said on In Depth with Graham Bensinger this week. The spiky-haired star, who's known for his unfussy food and wardrobe choices, was wearing a denim jacket in the residence's cigar room.

"I'm looking around and this lady comes in and goes, ‘Lose the jacket, get going,'" Fieri said in the video below at about the one-minute mark. "She thought I was there to work. She thought I was a bartender."

The woman, whom he didn't name, was embarrassed when she later figured out that the bartender outfitted in a denim jacket was, in fact, the "Mayor of Flavortown," with an empire of TV shows, including Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, and cookbooks.

"We had a great laugh," Fieri said.

Guy Fieri partied at Sylvester Stallone's home. Jesse Grant/Getty; Jamie McCarthy/Getty

While he wasn't slinging drinks, Fieri was actually cooking that day. After Stallone invited him to join a personal event where he was planning to serve sandwiches he ordered, Fieri said he wanted to make the food.

Fieri had another memorable moment at the actor's enclave when Stallone introduced him to actor Al Pacino. (He also had the chance to meet Sugar Ray Leonard and catch up with mutual acquaintance Arnold Schwarzenegger.)

"And I'm not a starstruck person, except for...," Fieri said of Pacino. "There's a different level. I mean, like, he's history-making. I mean, like, he's nobility. He's just a different level, you know."

Fieri declared the Scarface star the "nicest guy in the world."

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anunderdog on September 9th, 2024 at 03:52 UTC »

I met Fieri outside a diner in LA. We were a film crew that went to the diner for breakfast, but it was closed because his crew was inside shooting. I walked up to Fieri (who I thought was a grip or camera crew member) and asked him if he knew of another place close by where we could eat. I realized he was the show host when he ushered us in and made us breakfast and bacon donuts. I still have never seen any of his TV shows but he was extremely nice to us.

SolidCat1117 on September 8th, 2024 at 23:38 UTC »

Totally understandable.

KaisarDragon on September 8th, 2024 at 23:13 UTC »

To be fair, the Food Network has done this to him since day one.