Nusret Gokce, more famously known as Salt Bae was caught in the web of controversy when he appeared on the pitch after Argentina had won the World Cup in Qatar in December.
The celebrity chef was slammed for trying to steal the limelight from the Argentinian players when he posed with the World Cup trophy in his hands, a gesture which added to the furore. Even captain Lionel Messi looked annoyed at his behaviour.
“It was a combination of my love of Argentina and my excitement. I love Argentina; I’ve lived there. I went to support them. Many of [the team] have come to the restaurant. I didn’t feel a stranger. It was a special moment. I can’t do anything about the reason I was there, but I would never, ever step on the World Cup pitch again. There were two billion people watching the World Cup… How many people are speaking about me? Five billion. The whole world,” he said recently in an interview with the Times as per talkSPORT.
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