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Bourdain ripped ‘rapey’ Bubba along with Harv

- BY ARIEL SCOTTI, BRIAN NIEMIETZ

Anthony Bourdain had no reservatio­ns when it came to calling out creeps.

The late chef, author and adventurer spoke bluntly about Harvey Weinstein, Bill Clinton, Jared Kusher and Donald Trump in an interview published in “alt-worldly magazine” Popula on Sunday — five weeks after Bourdain committed suicide in a hotel room in France.

The 61-year-old foodie called Clinton a “piece of s---” and described Kushner as a “little punk” whose lack of toughness could doom the Trump presidency. But in the February interview cited in the post-humus article, he saved his harshest words for Weinstein, whom Bourdain’s girlfriend Asia Argento accused of sexually assaulting her in 1997. She and Bourdain dated in 2017.

“However much people might want to see Harvey Weinstein dead or in jail, he’s in f---ing Arizona,” Bourdain told reporter Maria Bustillos, a food writer formerly with Eater.com. Bourdain added that “as much as I’d like to see him, you know, beaten to death in his cell … ” he took some consolatio­n in the fact that Weinstein was in a place where he couldn’t get good sushi.

Bourdain predicted that Weinstein would die of a stroke, alone, with the robe he allegedly wore when greeting actresses and models in his hotel room falling open. In that grizzly scenario, he hoped that the fallen moviemaker’s final moments would be spent knowing “no one will help him and that he is not looking his finest at (the) time of (his) death.

The Emmy-winning culinary legend didn’t speak well of Bill or Hillary Clinton, either. He described the former President as “a piece of s---” who is “rapey, gropey, grabby (and) disgusting.” He called the Clintons “entitled” and accused them of having “destroyed” the women who alleged he was a sexual deviant.

“The way they efficientl­y dismantled, destroyed, and shamelessl­y discredite­d these women for speaking their truth … is unforgivab­le,” Bourdain said.

Bourdain didn’t think Clinton deserve to be impeached for the Monica Lewinsky scandal, but he does think the current President should worry — partially because he has Kushner as a wingman.

Bourdain labeled Trump’s son-in-law and adviser a “little punk” who’s going to “squeal” against any potential co-conspirato­rs in the U.S. who may have colluded with the Russian government during the 2016 election.

“Just show him a tray of jail food, the guy will f---in’ s--t himself,” Bourdain said. “That kid was a born snitch.”

 ??  ?? The late Anthony Bourdain, seen with his girlfriend Asia Argento — one of Harvey Weinstein’s accusers — said he hoped the disgraced movie mogul would be “beaten to death in his cell.”
The late Anthony Bourdain, seen with his girlfriend Asia Argento — one of Harvey Weinstein’s accusers — said he hoped the disgraced movie mogul would be “beaten to death in his cell.”

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