Guy Fieri Recalls Being Accused of Drunk Driving in Fatal Car Crash
Guy Fieri, a beloved, if occasionally controversial, figure in the food world, has shared a harrowing story about a fatal car accident he was once involved in.
The Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives host appeared on Tuesday’s episode of the Now What? with Brooke Shields podcast, where he revealed that he was falsely accused of drunk driving and causing a fatal crash while he was a student at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Fieri explained that he was riding in the backseat of a car with a group of men he’d met while watching drag boat racing. They had all been drinking, Fieri said, and were headed to a nearby campsite when tragedy struck.
“[The driver] saw a cop and he was drinking,” he told Shields. “We were camping a half a mile way. And he took off and we got chased and the car flipped. And the guy next to me was killed. It was horrific. Everybody was messed up.”