Posted on 10/27/2025 3:46:28 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
A star chef from the show "Top Chef" tried to raise outrage over the demolition for President Donald Trump's White House ballroom renovation, but he was mocked and ridiculed instead.
Tom Colicchio posted a photograph he said was from the East Room of the White House, which is being renovated to make way for a large ballroom.
"My wife and I in the East Wing. I can’t believe it is gone," he posted on his official social media account.
However, as many quickly noted, the photograph was not from the East Room at all, but actually from the Diplomatic Reception Room at the main White House residence.
"You’re in luck! That’s not the East Wing," responded Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah.)
"I’m thrilled to be able to tell you that that room is not in the East Wing and not gone," replied Mollie Hemingway of the Federalist.
"Imagine being so stupid you think the East and West Wings are party of the actual White House and not additional offices connected by hallways so you don't have to go outside to get to them," responded podcaster Derek Hunter.
Colicchio's tweet was also slapped with a community note clarifying the problem with his assertion.
"This is clearly the Diplomatic Reception Room, which can be found in the main White House building, NOT the East Wing. A picture featuring the painting, fireplace, and bits of the wallpaper can be found here," the note read, with a link to the White House.
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I knew it was going to be Tom Colicchio.
The chef is a dork.
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Talk about looking a gift horse in the mouth.
Your a cook dude.....stay in your swim lane
My wife and "me." (Also, she looks like a tranny.)
Another example of not staying in your lane.
His brain is cooked
Who? My wife is my favorite Top Chef. She makes killer chili, can marinate a steak to perfection, And she does it without a side of liberal politics.
Fake but accurate.
Me too! I gave it about 10 second’s thought and finally ended on Tom Colicchio, who I haven’t seen for about 2-3 years since I stopped watching for very good reasons that idiotic and gimmicky Top Chef show, with the impossibly haughty Padma Lakshmi as one of his cohorts
Me too! I gave it about 10 second’s thought and finally ended on Tom Colicchio, who I haven’t seen for MANY years since I stopped watching for very good reasons that idiotic and gimmicky Top Chef show, with the impossibly haughty Padma Lakshmi as one of his cohorts
You are a blessed man. :-)
Tom can Colicchio my ba**s.
Imagine the commies being SO OUTRAGED by a ballroom that will benefit EVERYONE, and doesnt cost the taxpayer ONE RED CENT, while saying NOTHING when Obama used 400 mil of OUR TAX DOLLARS to pay for a basketball court that only benefited HIM
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Myself appreciates his use of language.
Looks like his wife’s taste in men is as bad as her taste in clothes....
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