\nAl Michaels is on a winning streak. His opponent? Vegetables.<\/p>\n
The sports commentator, 78, opened up about his lifelong aversion to the produce in an interview with CNN, telling journalist Chris Wallace that he has gone his entire life without \u2014 at least, as Wallace put it, \u201cknowingly\u201d \u2014 eating a single vegetable.<\/p>\n
In the excerpt of CNN\u2019s Who\u2019s Talking to Chris Wallace, which premiered Friday on Max, Michaels said that his veggie-less diet traces back to his childhood.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was born when my parents were 18,\u201d Michaels told the broadcaster. \u201cSo [my mom] just let me have the run of the course. And I always pushed the vegetables away. To this day, no.\u201d<\/p>\n
He continued, \u201cAnd I guess what I\u2019ve proven, Chris, is that man does not need vegetables to survive.\u201d<\/p>\n
When asked if it is possible that, if he actually tried it, Michaels may actually enjoy a \u201cnon-objectionable\u201d vegetable, such as a carrot, the commentator replied, \u201cOh, please.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, that\u2019s an objectionable vegetable,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n
And how does he know without ever having tasted the orange produce? \u201cI look at it [and] I just don\u2019t even like the look of it. And I surmise what it might taste like, in terms of the texture of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt just doesn\u2019t look like something that would go down well,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
[From People]<\/p>\n
This man is not a serious person. I mean I guess you don’t need vegetables to survive but the vitamins, minerals, and fiber are key to helping the body function optimally and preventing diseases like rickets or scurvy. There’s more vitamin C per serving in broccoli than there is in oranges! Al looks like he has a case of the meat sweats in this interview, so that’s where his veggie-less life has got him. Sweating like a packet of deli meat left on a car dashboard in Memphis in August. But this story made me think about all the people in America who would like to eat more vegetables but can’t access them because of food deserts, poverty, or both. A lot of people don’t eat vegetables because there isn’t a convenient, affordable place to buy fresh produce in their neighborhoods. It’s annoying to me that someone like Al with a public profile is out there claiming that vegetables aren’t necessary. He gets to refuse them. A lot of people don’t even have the opportunity to turn them down. For what it’s worth, I’ve always hated Brussels sprouts. I don’t care if you slather them in bacon fat and maple syrup, they still taste like gym socks.<\/p>\n
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) October 6, 2023<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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