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Not Funny Or Distinguished

[Blind Gossip] You’ve seen this rotund celebrity on TV many times, either on his own show or as a guest on other people’s shows.

He has enjoyed a long run of accolades and awards, both inside and outside of his area of expertise.

Not so much any more. It took a while, but those assault accusations are finally catching up to him.

Not only are his former colleagues distancing themselves from him, but so are the institutions that formerly lauded him as a shining example of success.

The college he attended used to regularly cook up ways to honor him.

They made him a graduation speaker, and he used the time to boast about his drug use. Yes, in a graduation speech. They laughed it off.

They regularly featured him in their alumni magazine. So much fun to cover!

They even inducted him with great fanfare and multiple press releases into their Hall of Distinguished Alumni a couple of years ago.

That was apparently another half-baked idea.

He was just removed from the Hall. Guess they realized it’s not very funny or distinguished to celebrate alumni who drug and assault the women that work for them.

No press release for that little event.

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Celebrity:

[Optional] Who is the most well-known alumni from your school?

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  1. Renee2 says

    Looks like everyone got this one.

    I went to high school with Conan O’Brien. Actually he was a little younger by a year or so but his bro Luke was in my class. Nice people.

  2. dahlia202049 says

    This is mario batali. At my ex SILs graduation from NW Julia LD talked in her speech about how she campaigned for a bong to win class president, it’s not all that uncommon for celebs to talk about drugs in a commencement speech I guess.

  4. Laughing1 says

    Most famous from MY high school!?!?……

    TED BUNDY!!

    I’m serious!!

    Ewwwww…….. 😨😨😨

  6. MacTalk says

    Disgusting Mario Batali

    Very proud high school alumni: Jessica Chastain and Greta Gerwig

  8. basandwich says

    The picture alone would be enough to indicate Mario Batali, but the rest of the details pretty much spell it out.

  12. aaasal91 says

    Not sure on the celebrity, but the most notable alumni from my high school (albeit not when I was there!) is Sir Ian McKellan

  18. GretaGuesses says

    I think this is a chef because of the “used to regularly cook up ways to honor him”, but my mind is blank as to who this is.

  21. anarchistlibrarian says

    ugh. i’m gonna guess jonah hill and not seth rogan because i can’t stomach a camp miriam alumnus behaving in that way – though with the regular “guest star” thing, i’m probably way off?

    i’m canadian, so the most famous alumni from my school are hockey players, lol.

  27. BexSteve says

    Mario Batali- cooking clues, picture batali is also red haired and overweight and unkempt like the picture. Swirl blind is Giada who is also on food network.

    Most famous alumni: the guy who started Bebe fashion brand. Not too famous.

  29. PollyMetropolitan says

    Mario Batali

    Chester Bennington and Jennie Garth went to my high school.

  30. aemish says

    Mario Batali. I just read his business partners bought him out of all his restaurants and Eately is next.

  34. elisemh says

    Celebrity: Molto Mario Batali

    Alumni: I went to BYU so probably Steve Young, Stephenie Meyer and Mitt Romney.

    (Also Napoleon Dynamite, if anyone’s interested 🙂

  35. GooglyMoogly says

    Mario Batali

    Alum from my college : President LBJ…also Powers Booth…and George Strait…pick your favorite…!

  39. TruePatriot says

    I’m going to guess (just a guess mind you) that this is Anthony Anderson.

    The most famous person from my undergrad school (Uni of Wyoming) has got to be DICK as in Cheney; and from my doctoral program at Uni of Aberdeen at present is Iain Glenn who plays Jorah Mormont on “Game of Thrones.”

  45. gpisces says

    I can’t think of who this is because there wasn’t a fat actor in half-baked 🙂 I’m guessing it’s a celebrity chef maybe Mario batali?

    My school had a bunch of famous alumni but I think the most beloved is Jimmy Stewart. <3

  50. thebutlerdidit says

    Mario Batali, Rutgers University

    clues-“cook up,” and “half-baked.”

    Most famous alumni from my college-Bear Bryant, George Wallace, Joe Namath, Harper Lee, Jeff Sessions, Joe Scarborough, Bernie Madoff, Timothy Leary, AJ McCarron, Sela Ward

  52. tokatuesday says

    Only fatty I know of as that could be a ‘TV celebrity’ is James Corden. I don’t get all the hype about him. He’s not funny at all. Funny looking ? Why yes

    • ChattyCat says

      Maybe his humour isn’t your cup of tea (I love him….he’s particularly hilarious with the One Direction lads, as they lived with him when they first moved to London so share a strong personal bond). BUT there’s nothing sleazy about him. He’s a genuine down-to-earth, family oriented & very (multi)talented guy.

  56. Kellikopter says

    Mario Batalli or however his name is spelled. He just announced he’s closing his restaurants. Clues: “cooking up” and “half-baked” alluding to his profession as a chef.

  59. Jeanesgenes says

    Mario Batali. I saw that he has relinquished his ties to all of his restaurants.

  67. ginggger says

    Guy Fieri?

    Most famous alumni from my high school are all the members of Poison, except CC Deville lol.

  73. badgerette85 says

    Jonah Hill??
    Optional- that I knew personally….
    Steve Levitan creator of Modern Family

  74. Delightful says

    no idea who this is, but the most famous alumni from my undergrad school is political nutjob Michelle Bachman, and from grad school it’s noted gross old man Garrison Keillor. Ewwwwwwwwww to both!

  81. El Materdor says

    Mari Batalli. He’s closing/sell his restaurants.

    I’m the most well known in my school.

  82. gingercat says

    Mario Batali. His restaurant partner just completely bought him out so he will no longer be associated with the restaurants.

    I went to the University of Miami, so there are TONS of famous sports people. . . .

  83. GirlWhy says

    Considering all the food hints it’s probably a chef but I’ve got no idea which one

  85. nycmadam says

    Mario Batali, Rutgers

    Actor Dan Lauria. Also, many well-known athletes in soccer, gymnastics, and football.

  86. jonesing says

    This is just a guess but Mario Batali and Rutgers University.
    No celebrities I know of but attended Bowling Green State University for a brief stint and James Baldwin taught writing there at the time. I was just entranced seeing him in the cafeteria.
    Jamie Farr and Danny Thomas grew up a couple of blocks from where I lived in Toledo, but not at the same time.

  94. nowyoutellme says

    Mario Batali. For the life of me, I don’t understand why women put up with it unless they considered it part of the price for success. By the way, I’m a woman who wouldn’t.

  96. PeacefulNYC says

    Mario “Red menace” Batali!
    Unfortunately he is a fellow alumni from my school, but thankfully these wonders outshine his disgusting *:

    -James Gandolfini (Respect, RIP)
    -Kristen Davis
    -Elizabeth Warren
    -Jane Krakowski
    – Yours truly ❤️

  107. Ireadtoomuch says

    This is Mario Batali. He was honored by Rutgers as a “Distinguished Alumni” and he was bought out of all his restaurants AND eataly. Which makes me happy cause eataly is great, but I could not go since he was profiting from it.

  109. SouthJerseyGirl says

    Celebrity – Mario Batali.

    Most well known from High School – so many- Mike Tollin (directory/producer), Judy Toll (comedienne/actress/writer), Tom Veric a (actor/director), Michael Sembello (musician), and Randy Grossman (football player) just to name a few.

    College – I went to Temple University – it HAS to be Bill Cosby.

  110. MaryK26 says

    No idea who the celebrity is but the most well-known alum from my high school is John Belushi. We had a huge mural on the wall of him and Dan Ackroyd as the Blues Brothers.

  112. luddite2 says

    Rutgers alum Mario Batali.
    Columbia grads like me are proud of 3 presidents, a bunch of nobel prize winners, and especially these days, massage afficianado Robert Kraft.

  115. bec215d says

    Batali, patron saint of frat boys and dear friend of Goop (the patron saint of shady lifestyle schemes).

    The brilliant, deeply weird director John Waters graduated from my high school, and former sportscaster Jim McKay (McManus) graduated from my university.

  116. Appleton says

    Mario bat…..something

    The most famous person from my high school was this wannabe theater girl who wanted to be on boradway got a couple of distinguished theater awards and got married before she made it to Broadway.

  117. JayBoo says

    Mario Batali
    Rutgers University has a “Hall of Distinguished Alumni” and in 2005, Batali was the university’s commencement speaker.

    • prinny says

      Ok so Batali seems to be the common theme. Enrico Colantoni went to my highschool (Veronica Mars, Flashpoint), he actually was in a play with my sister lol. I also worked with Stephen Amell before he became famous.