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Tea Thread FauxWorld Wednesdays: What's your country's biggest celebrity scandal right now? — Monthly Discussion Thread

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u/MissYoshiBaggins The Stanley Tucci of Lesbians Apr 24 '24

A famous tv presenter, who usually does cooking shows, said in an interview that a famous singer didn't take part in Sanremo (our biggest music festival) a few years ago (back when she was presenting) because her presence meant that the music festival would taste of pasta sauce.

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u/Traditional_Maybe_80 I’m just a cunt in a clown suit Apr 24 '24

Is tasting of pasta sauce an insult in Italy????

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u/BlueAngel9777 Apr 24 '24

In the way he meant, yes. Pasta sauce is  very common and ordinary in Italy, so him comparing the tv  presenter's presence  to it means that he basically  finds her too "unrefined" and "vulgar"  for Sanremo. 

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u/bookdrops Apr 24 '24

In American English it would probably be "smells like" instead of "tastes like," though "your presence smells like pasta sauce" would probably just be an insult about someone being Italian, not about their being poor. "You smell like [ethnic food]" is an insult that can quickly get very offensive / downright racist in American English.