Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain and former secretary of state Henry Kissinger.
Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain and former secretary of state Henry Kissinger.
  • Anthony Bourdain despised Henry Kissinger, and called him a "murderous scumbag" in his 2001 book.
  • Screenshots of Bourdain's words are now making the rounds on X after Kissinger's death.
  • In 2018 — the year he died —Bourdain said he did not regret his words.

The late celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain was famously unfiltered, and didn't mince any words when writing about former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

"Once you've been to Cambodia, you'll never stop wanting to beat Henry Kissinger to death with your bare hands," wrote Bourdain in his 2001 book, "A Cook's Tour."