Foodgod Jonathan Cheban Blames ‘Idiot’ NYC Mayor De Blasio Over Armed Robbery
After his July 30 armed robbery attack in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Foodgod, formerly known as Jonathan Cheban, says he doesn’t know if he’ll ever return to New York and blames NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio for his lack of action after a gunman pointed a gun at his mother’s head as he handed over his Richard Mille $250,000 watch.
Speaking with PageSix, 46-year-old Foodgod says, “I can’t be there. It’s very traumatic to be there. I want to sell my apartment in New York for sure because I can’t imagine living there again. It’s not New York.”
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He goes on to slam de Blasio, stating, “Daytime, nighttime, afternoon, Midtown, Uptown, Downtown, the mayor has destroyed the city. It’s depressing. It’s scary. I was on edge before, but now I’m even more on edge, obviously. I’m just confused as to how they’re allowing this to happen. I just cannot believe [New Yorkers] would vote for this idiot two times.”
Now at home in “sad” Los Angeles, Foodgod continues, “I wasn’t good for the first two weeks, honestly, but now my brain kind of adjusted to it, but it was beyond traumatic,. It was horrifying and definitely a life-changing experience.”
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Similar to his befriend Kim Kardashian who was robbed in Paris, Foodgod stopped wearing flashy jewelry. He says, “In this environment, you can’t enjoy what you work for. I started from nothing. … You can’t imagine that in one blink of an eye, your life can change, it could’ve been a lot worse, so [I’m] grateful that my mom and I are alive, and I guess that they needed my watch more than I did, so I’m happy they let us live.”