“It’s boarding school pudding at best” followed by a thumbs-down and a raspberry.
“Wow.”
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That brief exchange between Marie Porter and Joe “Weaselly Little Shit” Bastianich was the full extent of her fifteen minutes of reality TV fame (unless she still hasn’t learned her lesson). And no, she hasn’t abandoned the nickname “Joey Coattails”, but as you’ll note in the video below, she prefers calling Joe a “weaselly little shit” now:
Seriously, though, I’m really confused as to why the producers decided to include that clip in the episode. Yes, it was Joe acting like a douche, but it just doesn’t seem to fit the character “Joe” who normally appears on the screen (at least according to my very limited viewing experience). If I’m misreading something here, please point it out because I’m just confused.
Joe’s rejection: They didn’t show him giving the death stare or sneering or spitting Marie’s mango mojito upside-down cake (instructions in the video) into the sink. It was just “It’s boarding school pudding at best,” then thumbs-down with the raspberry. Given that Joe is a judge on MasterChef, I assume the producers want him to look like a sophisticated restaurateur and winery owner… do sophisticated people normally show their disapproval by giving food the raspberry?
“Raspberry? I hate raspberry! Only one man would dare give me the raspberry… and he’s a weaselly little shit!” (My apologies to Mel Brooks for writing that.)
Marie’s response: “Wow.” I could see that interpreted in two ways, the first of which is “I can’t believe he doesn’t like my cooking.” The second (and much more likely in my mind) is “I can’t believe such a pompous, overbearing person would make such a childish, immature gesture.”
Hence, my confusion. It doesn’t seem like that five seconds of footage fits within what I’ve seen of Joe’s normal behavior on that show. “Boarding school pudding at best”? Exceptionally douchey. I can imagine him saying that to his mother (especially since she’s the one who put him through boarding school).
But the raspberry? Who does that? Little kids, that’s who. Joe acted like a little kid. Did the producers think putting that one insult on TV was worth damaging his supposedly intimidating bad-ass reputation? Or maybe people in the editing booth decided to commit an act of sabotage because they think Joe is a weaselly little shit, too.
