By Mark Gray
3:00pm PDT, Oct 8, 2023
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Al Michaels, the legendary sportscaster who famously exclaimed "Do you believe in miracles!" when the United States hockey team upset the Soviet Union in the 1980 Olympics, isn't your garden-variety person. In fact, gardens aren't his thing at all. In a new interview, the iconic sports announcer confirmed a long-running rumor: he's never eaten a vegetable in his life.
Al told CNN's Chris Wallace that he never ate them as a child, and that's continued.
"I guess what I've proven, Chris, is that man does not need vegetables to survive," he said.
The CNN host then asked if it was "possible" that Al might actually enjoy a "non-objectionable vegetable" like a carrot.
"Oh, please," Al, 78, replied. "No, that's an objectionable vegetable. I look at it. I just don't even like the look of it, and I surmise what it might taste like just in terms of the texture of it. It just doesn't look like something that would go down well."
Al is hardly the only big name with quirky dietary habits.
Click through to see other well-known stars who have some strange food practices…
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Mmmmm, clay! After studying the lives of indigenous people, Shailene Woodley realized that they ate clay. If it was good enough for them, it's good enough for the actress. "Clay is one of the best things you can put in your body," she told Into the Gloss in 2014. "I've discovered that clay is great for you because your body doesn't absorb it, and it apparently provides a negative charge, so it bonds to negative isotopes. And, this is crazy: it also helps clean heavy metals out of your body."
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Nicolas Cage has his quirks, and one of them revolves around his diet. The "Leaving Las Vegas" actor once said he needs to know the mating rituals of animals before he can eat them.
"I love all animals. I have a fascination with fish, birds, whales — sentient life — insects, reptiles," he told The Sun in 2010. "I actually choose the way I eat according to the way animals have sex. I think fish are very dignified with sex. So are birds. But pigs, not so much. So I don't eat pig meat or things like that. I eat fish and fowl."
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In 2020, Gene Simmons got a cold reaction from social media after revealing that he adds ice cubes to his cereal. The KISS rocker posted a photo of his breakfast to Twitter, and it clearly showed ice cubes floating in the bowl of milk, adjacent to what appeared to be Frosted Mini Wheats mixed with Oreo O's. "Anyone else put ice cubes in their cereal?," Gene asked. No, Gene, no. After Twitter mocked Gene, his son Nick commented, "30 years. 30 years watching him do this. This is my life."
So, why does Gene do this breakfast faux pas? He said he hates warm milk.
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There is an old Seinfeld episode in which Kramer makes his meals while showering. Jessica Biel can relate. In 2016, the "Candy" actress posted an Instagram image that seemed to show her eating while showering. "Yes. I eat in the shower. I admit it. Chicken apple sausage and espresso. Try it. I dare you," she wrote in the caption of the since-deleted pic.
The way Jessica sees it, she's multitasking. "This is just mom life," she told Jimmy Fallon. "I don't know if anybody else does this. I do not have time. I don't have time for anything. I'm feeding him in the morning, trying to get ready and I realize I haven't eaten, I just take it into the shower … Sometimes it's a huge success, sometimes it's a huge failure."
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Variety is overrated for Victoria Beckham, who has eaten the same thing almost every day for decades. While on the River Café Table 4 podcast, David Beckham, spoke of his wife's diet and how it relates to his.
"I get quite emotional about food and wine. When I'm eating something great, I want everyone to try it," he said. "Unfortunately, I'm married to someone who has eaten the same thing for the last 25 years. Since I've met Victoria, she only eats grilled fish [and] steamed vegetables. She'll very rarely deviate away from there."
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Kourtney Kardashian takes a very long time to eat a Kit Kat — it's actually a six-step process. In 2016, the reality TV star shared a video of the painstaking procedure. First, she separates the candy bar's fingers into a single bar. Second, she bites the chocolate off each end of the single, but not far enough to bite the wafer portion. Third, she eats the chocolate off the sides. Fourth, she pulls off the top layer of the three-piece wafer and eats that. Fifth, she separates the bottom layer of the wafer and eats that. Finally, she eats the middle portion of the wafer.
"This tastes so much better. Like, I would never even dream to eat a Kit Kat and just, like, bite into it," she said. "I guarantee if you do it once, you will never eat a Kit Kat any other way."
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Not to be all corny, but Michael Buble had some explaining to do in regard to his corn-on-the-cob eating method. A picture of the singer showed him at Disneyland eating the cob from the top and shoving it in his mouth — akin to the way normal people eat ice cream in a cone. Of course, 99.99% of humans tilt corn on its side and eat it kernel by kernel. Not Michael. Amid the food shaming, the good-natured crooner hilariously defended himself on Twitter. "This is vegetable harassment !!! What I do with my Cobb is nobody's business," he penned.
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In 2019, Adrienne Bailon-Houghton explained that she adds pink lemonade to her tuna salad mixture for an added boost. "I've been told that I make the most incredible tuna fish salad. Like you guys don't even understand … My tuna fish does not taste fishy, number one, and number two, it's got mad flavor," the "Cheetah Girls" star said on the "All Things Adrienne" YouTube series. "No one can tell me that doesn't taste bomb!"
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Gwyneth Paltrow has a weird diet? Ya don't say! In March 2023, the "Iron Man" star caused a frenzy after detailing her liquid-heavy "wellness routine." While on the "Art of Being Well" podcast, the "Iron Man" actress said she fasts intermittently and drinks coffee and bone broth for meals. "I really like soup for lunch. I have bone broth for lunch a lot of the days," she said. For dinner, she eats paleo, a vegetable-inspired lifestyle. "It's really important for me to support my detox," she said. Many on social media dubbed it a "starvation diet."
