with Guy Fieri!
Background
Name: Guy Ramsay Fieri
Born: January 22, 1968
Height: 5′ 10″
Hometown: Columbus, OH
The Man
Guy Ramsay Fieri is an American restaurateur, author, and an Emmy Award winning television presenter. He co-owns three restaurants in California, licenses his name to restaurants in New York City and Las Vegas, Nevada, and is known for hosting various television series on the Food Network.
The Myth
If there's anything about Guy Fieri that might make even the most non-judgemental person shake their head, it's the hair. It looks shockingly out of place anywhere that's not a California beach in 1996, but haters should cut him some slack, because at least it wasn't his idea. When Fieri first met his wife in 1992, he looked pretty different. She told People, "... he had no goatee. He had dark hair. He wore a suit to work every day. Now I look at him and I'm like, 'Where's that man I married with the whole clean look?'"
So how, exactly, did that happen? According to Fieri, he was in "one of those moods one day," and he went to see his hairdresser/friend Christina Jones. He told her to do whatever she wanted, and she did that. He remembers asking her if she was going to wash out "that shampoo," and being horrified when she informed him that was his new hair color.
Now, he's unlikely to give it up. He told CBS News, "It's just how I like to flow. I wear baseball caps a lot. There's been quite a few conversations between me and my wife; she'd like to see my hair brown again. ... I know people want there to be more sensationalism behind the look, but there's no design. Trust me."
The Legend
Of all the Food Network chefs, it's Guy Fieri that gets a ton of criticism. The people that make fun of him and deride his restaurants are very vocal, so how does he deal with all of that? He chooses not to dwell on it. He told Parade, "If someone has a concern with what I eat, or how I dress, brother, take all that energy and go focus on something for yourself. ... I'm not going to make everybody happy. And anybody who wants to hate is going to hate. You have to be confident in who you are and what you're doing."
And in today's age of social media and people who have nothing good to say about anyone, it's a brilliant attitude to have. He told People, "Anybody who pays attention to the hate really is wasting their time. I don't subscribe. I don't buy in. .... If you're just some loser that sits there and hammers away on some blog form or whatever, I don't have time for that. Why even worry about it?" Fieri has consistently taken the high road, refusing to hit back at personalities like Anthony Bourdain and New York Times critic Pete Wells. His is a philosophy that everyone can learn from: "... I get down with the positive, I don't pay attention to the negative."
