The celebrity chef breaks down in tears, revealing how angry vegans cost him his relationship with his girlfriend, whom he planned to marry.
- Vegan activists have attacked the Fyre restaurant in Perth twice
- Chef John Mountain says the rage has cost him a relationship
A celebrity chef broke down in tears on live TV after vegans cost him his relationship.
John Mountain, who runs Perth’s Fyre restaurant, said he lost the woman he thought he would marry after she could no longer cope with the adverse attention animal rights activists were bringing to her. elegant establishment.
Fyre has been the subject of recent disruptive protests led by notorious vegan activist Tash Peterson after Mountain announced it would ban non-meat eaters from its restaurant last month following an outburst with a dissatisfied diner.
“I lost my partner over this, I lost a relationship, I thought I was going to marry this woman and she just couldn’t handle the amount of attention, thank you vegans,” he said. a current affairchoking back tears
Vegan activist Tash Peterson (second from right) has twice protested at John Mountain’s Fyre restaurant (second from left) in Connolly, north Perth.
But the UK-born restaurateur has vowed revenge on the activists, declaring that all vegans will remain “banned for life” from his premises.
“Now I’m going to start opening steakhouses just to piss them off,” Mountain said.
On Saturday night, Ms Peterson, along with a dozen other activists, stormed Fyre, a loudspeaker blaring the sounds of pigs squealing in anguish.
The protesters chanted and showed a video of a slaughtered pig with the audio amplified by a loudspeaker.
Mountain was seen in the footage several times attacking and fighting with protesters while trying to wrest the speaker from Ms Peterson.
He told the show that he “lost his cool” because of the toll it was taking on him personally and professionally.
“It’s really disrupting my business and I could see the look on the faces of my customers, my staff — they were all a little scared and a little nervous and I just stormed out,” Mountain said.
Mountain said police are ready to press charges and the owner has posted a trespass notice to prevent Ms. Peterson from going near his business.
Ms. Peterson once worked as a pool lifeguard before deciding to share risqué content with OnlyFans, where she reportedly earned up to $40,000 per month.
Tash Peterson (pictured with her boyfriend) accused carnivores of being complicit in the biggest holocaust in history.
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Since then, Peterson has tried to justify his form of protest in various social media posts.
“We’re not going after this restaurant because they’re banning vegans, yes that was maybe the reason he instigated it, but at the end of the day it’s because this man is profiting from the abuse and killing of animals and he’s also glamorizing it. “. ‘ he said on Sunday.
Ms Peterson, who goes by the name ‘Vgan Booty’ on social media, had pulled a similar stunt the previous weekend.
His actions may have backfired as Mountain claims his income has tripled after his protests.
Mountain claims after the crash that his revenue has tripled and that he has a lot of support.
“I am now on his words ‘I have to kill more animals’ because of his actions,” he said.
Ms. Peterson once worked as a pool lifeguard before deciding to share risqué content with OnlyFans, where she reportedly earned up to $40,000 per month.
