- ESPN reporter Darren Rovell posted video of him taste-testing Four’N Twenty pie
- He was savaged on social media for eating Aussie delicacy with a knife and fork
- Even Queensland Police joined in, saying Rovell could ‘get cautioned’ for doing it
- Rovell responded with a good-humoured message admitting he got ‘destroyed’
A sports reporter has been mercilessly mocked on social media after committing a culinary faux pas.
Darren Rovell of ESPN posted a video of himself eating a Four’N Twenty pie with a knife and fork, in honour of Australian NBA player Ben Simmons.
Simmon’s team the Philadelphia 76ers will be selling the Australian meat pie brand at their games after making a deal with the company.
Darren Rovell of ESPN posted a video of himself eating a Four’N Twenty pie with a knife and fork, in honour of Australian NBA player Ben Simmons
Accompanying the post was a video of the reporter sampling the pie after slicing it open using a knife and fork
The reporter apologised and admitted he was ‘destroyed’ on Twitter
Rovell decided to taste test the pies, but made a huge mistake.
‘The @sixers, inspired by Australian star Ben Simmons, are now selling Meat Pies at their games. I put them to the taste test this morning,’ Rovell wrote on Twitter.
Accompanying the post was a video of the reporter sampling the pie after slicing it open using a knife and fork.
‘Its actually pretty good,’ Rovell says in the video.
It didn’t take long for social media users to roast his eating technique, with Queensland Police even slamming the reporter
Some Twitter users also pointed out Rovell forgot an essential condiment for a meat pie- tomato sauce
Rovell decided to taste test the Four’N Twenty pies, but made a huge mistake
But it didn’t take long for social media users to roast his eating technique, with Queensland Police even slamming the reporter.
Some Twitter users also pointed out Rovell forgot an essential condiment for a meat pie- tomato sauce.
The reporter apologised and admitted he was ‘destroyed’ on Twitter.
‘I have been destroyed all day for how I apparently tested out the Australian meat pie being offered at 76ers games. Now that the police are involved, I would like to extend my sincere apologies,’ he wrote.
‘Why is this psycho using a fork? A sports reporter was roasted on Twitter for eating a meat pie with a knife and fork