GMA fans freak out at ‘dangerous’ way George Stephanopoulos cuts vegetables during ‘frightening’ live cooking segment
GOOD Morning America fans have been freaking out over the dangerous way host George Stephanopoulos cut vegetables during a live cooking segment on Friday.
The 61-year-old has shown off his knife skills on the morning show, and neither viewers nor his co-hosts are impressed.
During a Battle of the Celebrity Chefs segment, George worked alongside restaurateur Ming Tsai to compete against and GMA’s Amy Robach and her partner, chef Marcus Samuelsson, in a cook-off.
While Ming worked on the actual cooking aspect, George was put to work on the ingredient prep.
That meant cutting up various items, starting with scallions.
Immediately, those around him became concerned with how he was holding the knife and the manner in which he was coming down on the ingredient.
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Iron Chef judge Nilou Motamed sarcastically said: “Look at that knife work that George is showing off.”
Her fellow Iron Chef co-star, Alton Brown, admitted: “It’s actually frightening me very badly.”
Nilou agreed, explaining: “It’s very dangerous.”
GMA host Michael Strahan had to put up a hand to block George’s cutting skills from his view, revealing: “I can’t even look at it!”
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“Band-aids to the set, stat,” Alton joked.
Then, after George tried his hand at cutting up jalapeños, everyone got even more nervous, with his fingers placed very close to the blade of the knife.
Nilou continued to call him out, saying: “If you are in the kitchen with these Iron Chefs, you are a safe bet.
“Even if you have people – George, no offense – who may or may not be skilled in the kitchen.”
Viewers at home were just as concerned about the host being part of the cooking segment without having the proper skills.
One scared fan tweeted: “GAHHH! GEORGE! YOU’RE GONNA LOSE A FINGER CUTTING THINGS THAT WAY!”
Another user said they were shocked that they “let @GStephanopoulos live on @GMA [with] his cutting skills.”
A third joked, along with some laughing emojis: “@niloumotamed you didn’t have to do @GStephanopoulos cutting skills like that. His team still won!”
As fans pointed out though, despite George’s lack of chopping skills, his team was still able to win the cooking competition.
He and Ming cheered as they held up the trophy that judge Nilou awarded them on-air.
George isn’t the only TV personality who’s been called out for his chopping skills lately.
Kendall Jenner was recently mocked for how she cut up a cucumber in an episode of her family’s new Hulu reality show, The Kardashians.
In the scene from a May episode, Kris Jenner noticed Kendall struggling to cut up a cucumber.
Kris asked Kendall if she “wanted the chef to make her a snack.”
Although Kendall replied: “I’m making it myself, just gotta chop up some cucumber. That’s pretty easy.”
The model then crossed her arms to hold the vegetable down as she used the blade.
As she proceeded to slice the cucumber with much caution, Kendall admitted: “I’m kind of scared.”
A clip of the moment was shared all over social media, with fans discussing the “strangeness” they had just witnessed.
One fan commented: ” [She said,] ‘It’s pretty easy,’ [and] then chops it the in the weirdest way possible.”
Another joked: “She’s so brave trying to cut it by herself!”
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A third added: “The job security that chef has…”
Yet another fan contributed: “I always knew they were so far removed from reality, but watching Kendall try to cut that cucumber was painful.”