Guy Fieri, the celebrity chef and Food Network staple, is shown eating dozens of items in a video intended to jerk tears, not sodas.
“The only critique I have is that the order of things being shoved in his mouth should’ve sequenced from small to large,” wrote one YouTube commenter.
Said another: “Slow motion would definitely knock it up a notch.”
Finally: “Guy Fieri is going to watch this, probably on a friendly recommendation from a fan or family member, only to realise just how empty and bitter sweet his life truly is. … Guy Fieri is hollow, insecure and fragile, and no matter how much he eats, no matter sugars and flesh he consumes, he will never fill that hole, never sure up those foundations. Go gently into that good night Guy, sweet prince.”
The video ends with Fieri saying: “That’s my final meal. Goodbye. Game over.”
The Independent tells the story of how Cash, in his final year, came to sing the plaintive melody.
Joel Golby of Vice.com said: “Look at this video and tell me this isn’t death. That Guy Fieri isn’t dead, here, emotionally at least if not in body. … Guy Fieri eats like a man trying to die. Guy Fieri eats like he has a death wish. Guy Fieri eats food like he’s trying to fight it.”