Steve Harwell

This Streamer Has Convinced the Internet Guy Fieri Never Swallows Food on TV

For millions of Americans, Guy Fieri’s Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives is a comfort show. With more than 500 episodes produced and aired over nearly two decades, it serves as a Food Network staple that runs in nine-hour blocks, with Fieri himself—the peroxide blond Mayor of Flavortown—a reassuringly familiar and upbeat guide to the nation’s mainstream cuisines. But what if the pleasure Fieri apparently takes in sampling all those burgers and tacos was a deception of sorts?