FAME hungry Salt Bae has been slammed for “lifting the World Cup without playing a match” after sharing another throwback photo.
The celebrity chef has been under fire ever since he was accused of hijacking Argentina’s celebrations at the World Cup.
He shared a throwback photo from his childhood days looking unrecognisable without his trademark sunglasses and slicked-back ponytail.
The Turkish social media star – real name Nusret Gökçe – uploaded the snap to his Instagram.
The chef was pictured looking fresh-faced as a young boy without his signature props to hide behind.
Gökçe simply captioned the photo: “No salt no life.”
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But Salt Bae’s World Cup antics have sparked relentless trolling from his followers – even on unrelated social media posts.
He faced a storm of criticism after badgering Lionel Messi and grabbing the trophy from Argentina players after the final.
One commented on the throwback picture: “Grew up to lift the World Cup without playing a match, legend.”
Another said: “No salt, better life, and do not get back to the World Cups.”
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A third wrote: “The face you make when you need to ask Messi three times for a picture and he finally gives in to get you away from him.”
A fourth commented: “Next time don’t touch the World Cup and you won’t be banned.”
It comes after he was accused of chatting on his AirPods while serving customers a steak that cost them £500.
Gökçe was seen with his AirPods in as he carves up a steak tableside with his trademark swagger.
But an angry customer took to TikTok to complain – rating the internet star’s restaurant a dismal 1.7 out of 10.
Ehtisham Aziz shared the video – saying he paid £500 to have the musclebound butcher carve up his steak at his restaurant Nusr-Et in Doha, Qatar.
But he was left unimpressed when Salt Bae appeared disinterested as he seemed to be chatting to someone via his AirPods.
During the final in Qatar, footage showed the chef pestering the Argentina squad as they celebrated their World Cup glory with their families after the tense shootout.
In a series of videos posted on his own Instagram, he interrupted the likes of Angel di Maria, Cristian Romero and Lisandro Martinez as they posed with the World Cup trophy, leaving the trio looking awkward.
He was seen grabbing hold of Lionel Messi by the shoulder at least twice as the baffled megastar tried to shrug him off.
His persistence paid off as he finally got a selfie with the striker, hailed the greatest of all time.
The chef was also seen forcing himself into lineups with other stars as they clutched the famous golden trophy.
He has now been barred from attending The US Open Cup, the equivalent of England’s FA Cup.
Action will be taken against staff who allowed him access after social media footage showed his cringeworthy exchanges with players, who did their best to avoid Salt Bae.
Fifa is conducting an internal investigation to see how the chef got onto the pitch.
FIFA boss Gianni Infantino even unfollowed Salt Bae in the wake of his shameful antics.
The Turkish cook has courted a years-long friendship with Fifa president Infantino.
They have been pictured together several times, and the football chief has been gushing in his praise for the flamboyant Instagram star.
However the bromance seems to be over after he unfollowed Salt Bae on Instagram.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
