Over the weekend it was reported that Tony Parker went to a restaurant in Memphis and he was denied service. The owner/chef of the restaurant even confirmed it on Twitter. Buuuuuut now Tony Parker is speaking out. Was it all a gimmick to gain attention?! Check out what he had to say…
Via YahooSports:
A local chef claims he denied service to Tony Parker on Friday night because the San Antonio Spurs point guard didn’t have a reservation. Parker says that would have been impossible – because he says he never went to the chef’s restaurant.
Memphis chef Kelly English, a Grizzlies fan who has the team’s “Grit, Grind” slogan written on his arm in his Twitter profile photo, then explained the decision in a subsequent tweet, saying Parker wasn’t given a table at the restaurant because he didn’t have a reservation.
Parker, however, said he ate room service dinner from his hotel while watching the Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers play Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals that night. Parker said he never even left his hotel room.
“I don’t know what is going on with that, man,” Parker said before the Spurs’ practice on Sunday. “I did not do that. Can you stop doing promos? Is that a new way of doing promos? That’s a new way of doing promotion now, using my name? I did not do that.”
Parker said he first learned of the story Saturday morning. He also said he rarely eats at restaurants while on the road with the Spurs out of fear that an opposing fan in the kitchen might do something to his order.
