Comic Alex Falcone became a vegetarian as an act of teenage rebellion. “I wanted to try it out, and my mom was like, ‘Ugh, I think it’s just a phase.’ So I was like, ‘Well, now I’m going to do this until you die,’” Falcone says in a bit. “People are like, ‘How do you get enough protein?’ Spite. I photosynthesize spite.”
Years later, Falcone still gets a little embarrassed whenever he tells people he’s a vegetarian. The comic, who came up in the Portland scene and recently moved to Los Angeles, is passionate about food: He hosts a Top Chef podcast, and during his network TV debut on
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