‘He’s going to drag you down with him’: Shoppers urge Coles and Pan Macmillan to BOYCOTT Pete Evans after he made more controversial COVID-19 claims… including that ‘humans aren’t contagious’
- Australians called for Pete Evans’ stockists to boycott the chef in a series of tweets over the weekend
- The former My Kitchen Rules judge has various products in Coles, Woolworths and Booktopia, and is represented by publishing house Pan Macmillan
- On a recent episode of the Ideas Digest podcast, Pete claimed that humans aren’t contagious
- He also questioned why healthy people should have to sacrifice their freedom for those with underlying conditions and may be susceptible to COVID-19
Coles, Pan Macmillan and other brands who stock Pete Evans’ products have been urged to boycott the chef after he made more controversial COVID-19 comments.
The former My Kitchen Rules judge, 47, appeared on a recent episode of the Ideas Digest podcast, where he claimed humans aren’t contagious, and questioned why healthy people should have to sacrifice their freedom for those more vulnerable.
Shoppers tagged companies in a series of tweets on the weekend, insisting that Pete will only ‘drag them down with him’, should they continue to stock his products.
‘He’s going to drag you down with him’: Shoppers have urged Pete Evans’ stockists to BOYCOTT the chef (pictured) after he made more controversial COVID-19 claims on a recent episode of the Ideas Digest podcast
‘Dude, Pete Evans might be a PR problem. That is in addition to being a public health disinformation spreader. Your association, he is going to drag you down with him,’ one directed at Coles in a tweet.
‘Time for every single group associated with Pete Evans to disassociate, especially Woolworths and Coles. This is a bad look for both Woolies and Coles given they have both been at pains to show they take the pandemic seriously,’ another said.
One who tagged Pan Macmillan, Coles, Woolworths and Booktopia, posted: ‘Pete Evans says you aren’t contagious and you can’t spread #covid19 to kill vulnerable people. This is your ‘health’ partner. 1 million+ dead. You sell his products.’
Uproar: Shoppers tagged companies in a series of tweets on the weekend, insisting that Pete, 47, will only ‘drag them down with him’, should they continue to stock his products
While another said: ‘Pete Evans promotes an utterly selfish attitude here, blaming the people who contract #COVID19 for getting sick!!! Yet Coles, Woolworths and Booktopia are happy to partner with him?!’
The uproar began after Pete said on the Ideas Digest podcast that he does not believe humans are contagious.
‘So [do] we have the belief in ourselves that we are contagious, that we are spreaders of something? I choose not to believe in that narrative because it doesn’t make any sense to me,’ he stated.
Some of the associated brands: Coles and Woolworths stock the former My Kitchen Rules judge’s products, as well as Booktopia. Pete’s publishing house is Pan Macmillan Australia
Pete also asked whether healthy people should have to sacrifice their freedom.
‘Now it’s very controversial, but how did these people live their lives?’ he said, referencing those with underlying conditions who contracted COVID-19.
‘What choices did they make through their lives to get Type 2 diabetes or heart disease or this or that or the other?’ he asked.
‘How do we justify certain behaviours for a population… for example somebody that has lived a life and not looked after themselves, gotten to a point where they’re sick… you’re healthy so does that mean you can’t live your life, based off the choices that other people have made?’ Pete later said.
Controversial: Pete said on the podcast that he does not believe humans are contagious: ‘So [do] we have the belief in ourselves that we are contagious, that we are spreaders of something? I choose not to believe in that narrative because it doesn’t make any sense to me’
Daily Mail Australia has reached out to Coles, Pan Macmillan and Booktopia for comment.
Pete has not been without his controversies this year, with his beliefs around the coronavirus pandemic being highly-scrutinised.
In July, he claimed that COVID-19 was a ‘f**king hoax’ and that the pandemic ‘doesn’t compare to what is happening in the world on a large scale’.
In April, he was fined $25,000 for promoting the Biocharger and its effects on the coronavirus.
Remarks: Pete also asked whether healthy people should have to sacrifice their freedom: ‘You’re healthy so does that mean you can’t live your life, based off the choices that other people have made?’
Pete has also been scrutinised for his dangerous anti-vaccination views. He recently claimed he was not an anti-vaxxer, but was instead ‘pro-choice’ and ‘pro-safe vac’ – terms that incorrectly suggest some vaccines are not safe.
Anti-vaxxers spread conspiracy theories with no basis in scientific fact. They claim that ‘boosting’ the immune system through diet, supplements and sunlight can make people immune to certain diseases, which is completely false.
Before vaccination campaigns in the 1960s and ’70s, diseases such as tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough killed thousands of children, whereas today in Australia, dying from one of these is extremely rare.
Headlines: Pete has not been without his controversies this year. In July, he claimed that COVID-19 was a ‘f**king hoax’ and that the pandemic ‘doesn’t compare to what is happening in the world on a large scale’
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