A delusional Pete Evans is still blaming the media for his spectacular career implosion, after he was dropped by more than a dozen sponsors in less than 24 hours in response to his neo-Nazi meme scandal.
In a video interview recorded last month but released this week, the disgraced celebrity chef, 47, played the victim card as he reflected on his fall from grace.
He also shared a bizarre anecdote about warning friends of the coming reckoning, saying that others will be ostracised for ‘standing up’ like he did.
Delusional: Pete Evans is still blaming the media for his career implosion, after he was dropped by more than a dozen sponsors in less than 24 hours in response to his neo-Nazi meme scandal
He began: ‘I was out with my wife last night actually and I saw some people I hadn’t seen for some time, and the last two weeks has been an interesting time for me.
‘Ever single person that I’ve had a business relationship with, bar a couple, dumped me in the space of 24 hours because the media had created, once again, a lie and perpetuated it out to the masses.
‘These people that I was sitting with said, “How are you going?” I said, “I’m doing fantastic.” They said, “But what about all the backlash? The loss of income?”
‘I said, “I’m doing great. I’m actually the best I’ve ever been.”‘
He just doesn’t get it: In a video interview recorded last month but released this week, the disgraced celebrity chef played the victim card as he reflected on his fall from grace
Pete then warned his friends they will also be shunned if they ‘stand up’ to mainstream society in the way he believes he did.
With a blank, emotionless expression on his face, he continued: ‘I said, “Guess what? You’re going to have to go through this. You’re going to have to stand up. You may not want to, but the time is coming for each and every one of us to stand up.”
‘And I could see the fear in this person’s eyes, who I would say is a bit of a mover and shaker. I could feel when I said that to him, this dread, “oh f**k”… because he knows what I’m saying is the truth.’
The former MKR judge was widely trolled for his woe-is-me attitude, with one Facebook user writing: ‘Get the tissues out… cue violins! Poor Pete is almost in tears.’
Another added: ‘It’s funny how with narcissists, nothing is ever their fault. Poor Pete. Such a helpless victim… of his own stupidity. But he’ll never realise that last bit.’
A third wrote: ‘Your “friend” didn’t say “oh f**k” because he was shocked. He said “oh f**k”, because in that moment he realised you’re as screwed as the hype says you are.’
Last month, Pete was dropped by 15 sponsors and companies in two days after posting a neo-Nazi meme to social media.
The list includes his publisher Pan Macmillan, bookstore Dymocks, BIG W, Coles, kitchenware company Baccarat, Woolworths, House homewares, Target, Kmart, Booktopia, David Jones and Channel 10’s I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
The meme was a cartoon of a caterpillar wearing a MAGA cap and a butterfly with the neo-Nazi Black Sun emblem on its wing – with the suggestion being that neo-Nazism is the natural evolution for Donald Trump supporters.
Pete is an enthusiastic supporter of the president and advocates the baseless claim that Joe Biden only won the 2020 election due to voter fraud.
The Black Sun symbol became infamous after it was introduced by top-ranking Nazi Heinrich Himmler during World War II. The symbol has since been adopted by numerous neo-Nazi groups, and by Christchurch mosque shooter Brenton Tarrant.
Pete seemingly confirmed he was aware of the meaning of the symbol when a fan stated they recognised it, and Pete replied: ‘I was waiting for someone to see that.’
A month earlier, he’d encouraged another Facebook user to ‘have a look at the true history of Germany’.
However, after the scandal made headlines, he denied knowing the racist meaning of the symbol and claimed he had to Google the meaning of ‘neo-Nazism’.
On Thursday, Pete was slammed for urging Sydneysiders to ‘not get tested’ for Covid-19 amid a growing cluster of 17 infections on the northern beaches.
NSW Health advised all northern beaches residents – some 250,000 people – to self isolate for the next three days and get tested if they visited certain locations or have symptoms on Thursday.
Earlier in the day, Pete had shared an article to Facebook about the first two cases in the area – before it quickly jumped to 17 later in the day.
‘OUTBREAK… Two cases,’ Evans captioned the post, followed by clown-face emojis.
‘Can you see where this is heading again. Testing for the common cold? Do not get tested,’ he added.
Covid-19 is a disease caused by a highly contagious and newly discovered coronavirus, officially called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
The common cold is a completely separate viral infectious disease caused by more than 200 virus strains.
Pete is not a trained doctor and has no medical qualifications.
His Facebook post has since be deleted, either by himself or the social media platform, which has vowed to crack down on misinformation in recent months.