The only scandal the President of Iceland Guðni Th. Jóhannesson has found himself in is the so-called Pizza-Gate. In February 2017 Guðni made a tounge-in-cheek remark that he would like to ban pineapple as a pizza topping. After we at Iceland Insider broke the story for an international audience pineapple-pizza lovers all over the world howled in outrage, some believing the President of Iceland might actually crack down on the tropical fruit topping.
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Since the Pineapple Pizza is a Canadian invention the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, tweeted that he stood with delicious Southwestern Ontario creation, using the hashtag #TeamPineapple. To calm things Guðni was forced to issue a public statement that he did not have the power to issue laws, let alone dictate anyone's pizza toppings.
This Canadian #TeamPinapple pressure appears to have worn the President of Iceland down, as he has now caved completely on the issue, apologizing for going too far with the comments. In an interview with the Canadian National Broadcaster CBC he still believes pineapples are an inappropriate pizza topping, saying that he has nothing against pineapples, but when they're put on pizza they get all sort of mushy, but apologized for having gone too far when he suggested they should be banned.
The interviewer pressed Guðni on the issue, pointing out that Sam Panopolous, the Ontario pizzeria operator who invented the Pineapple pizza, had suggested Guðni's opposition to pineapple should be viewed in light of his support for seafood pizzas: Guðni was in the pocket of Big Fish:
I think Sam Panopoulos correctly guessed what was behind all this, Johannesson admitted in his interview with Off.
Iceland are a nation of fisherfolk and, you know, if everyone put seafood on their pizzas, that would be a very nice thing to do, he said.
Still, he balked at Off's suggestion he was in the pocket of big fish.
No, I wouldn't go that far, he said. But in all honestly, seafood on pizza is good. You should try it.
The only scandal the President of Iceland Guðni Th. Jóhannesson has found himself in is the so-called Pizza-Gate. In February 2017 Guðni made a tounge-in-cheek remark that he would like to ban pineapple as a pizza topping. After we at Iceland Insider broke the story for an international audience pineapple-pizza lovers all over the world howled in outrage, some believing the President of Iceland might actually crack down on the tropical fruit topping.
Read more: President of Iceland announces that he would ban pineapple as a pizza topping
Since the Pineapple Pizza is a Canadian invention the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, tweeted that he stood with delicious Southwestern Ontario creation, using the hashtag #TeamPineapple. To calm things Guðni was forced to issue a public statement that he did not have the power to issue laws, let alone dictate anyone's pizza toppings.
This Canadian #TeamPinapple pressure appears to have worn the President of Iceland down, as he has now caved completely on the issue, apologizing for going too far with the comments. In an interview with the Canadian National Broadcaster CBC he still believes pineapples are an inappropriate pizza topping, saying that he has nothing against pineapples, but when they're put on pizza they get all sort of mushy, but apologized for having gone too far when he suggested they should be banned.
The interviewer pressed Guðni on the issue, pointing out that Sam Panopolous, the Ontario pizzeria operator who invented the Pineapple pizza, had suggested Guðni's opposition to pineapple should be viewed in light of his support for seafood pizzas: Guðni was in the pocket of Big Fish:
I think Sam Panopoulos correctly guessed what was behind all this, Johannesson admitted in his interview with Off.
Iceland are a nation of fisherfolk and, you know, if everyone put seafood on their pizzas, that would be a very nice thing to do, he said.
Still, he balked at Off's suggestion he was in the pocket of big fish.
No, I wouldn't go that far, he said. But in all honestly, seafood on pizza is good. You should try it.
