Foodgod killed off Jonathan Cheban
Jonathan Cheban no longer exists.
Kim Kardashian’s best friend has legally changed his name to Foodgod and will no longer go by any other name — especially Jonathan.
“I already feel like I’m Foodgod. I’m just so tired of people questioning me and really tired of people not calling me Foodgod,” he told Page Six on Monday. “It’s my name. Jonathan is not my name. They actually have to call me by my name, otherwise it’s like they’re talking about someone else. It’s weird.
“[Jonathan’s] just not me,” he said.
Foodgod went so far as to say hearing Jonathan makes him uncomfortable since he’s been known among family and friends by the foodie-focused nickname for a long time.
“I’ve been Foodgod for so many years. It just doesn’t even register,” he explained. “When people call me Jonathan it’s actually awkward for me at this point.”
He told Page Six in 2018 that two pals originally gave him the nickname after he ordered a burger with white chocolate instead of cheese at the restaurant Sugar Factory. But the moniker didn’t stick until Kardashian’s husband, Kanye West, gave it the seal of approval while the trio was dining at a McDonald’s in Iceland.
“Kanye goes, ‘Yo, Foodgod! Can you get me a Diet Coke?’ If [the name Foodgod is] good enough for Kanye, it’s good enough for everyone,” he said.
Meanwhile, the 45-year-old podcaster told us his mom was with him in court for the name-change proceeding.
“I had to bring her,” he said. “I was panicking that she was going to object it, but if I’m changing my name I want my mom to be there.”
Foodgod is having his driver’s license changed next week.
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