I apologized and he started being rude so I put him in his place. After I put him in his place—you know I’m three times his size—he got a little scared. I went back to my table and as soon as I sit down he paid his bill, got up and he started insulting the girls. He called the women names. At that point I lost my temper. I went after him and he ran out of the restaurant. You have to be a low-class, scumbag to start calling a woman a name. If you’re a man, you should never. You should be a gentleman. These women were with me and as a man I defend them. He was lucky he ran out of the restaurant. He’s not even half a man.
— Fabio on his confrontation with George Clooney at a charity benefit, IMDB.com
“As a man, I defend them.” You’ve got to admit, Fabio’s got style.
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