{"id":1699,"date":"2026-05-11T19:03:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T19:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/max-tucci-has-some-fierce-words-for-meryl-streep-after-she-suggested-he-pay-stanley-tucci-for-his-restaurant\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T19:03:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T19:03:31","slug":"max-tucci-has-some-fierce-words-for-meryl-streep-after-she-suggested-he-pay-stanley-tucci-for-his-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/max-tucci-has-some-fierce-words-for-meryl-streep-after-she-suggested-he-pay-stanley-tucci-for-his-restaurant\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Tucci has some fierce words for Meryl Streep after she suggested he pay Stanley Tucci for his restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/127316773.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It\u2019s a tale of two Tuccis!<\/p>\n<p>New York restauranteur Max Tucci wants Meryl Streep to keep her award-winning nose out of it.<\/p>\n<p>There are a pair of otherwise unrelated Tuccis \u2014 the actor Stanley Tucci and Max \u2014 who have become very closely associated with Italian food.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Restauranteur Max Tucci wants Meryl Streep to mind her business after she said he should pay Stanley Tucci for restaurant. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for SiriusXM<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Stanley has written a string of bestselling books and made a couple of shows about the national cuisine and loves nothing more than to inhale deeply of a ripe San Marzano for America\u2019s viewing pleasure.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Max owns is the global ambassador for legendary New York restaurant Delmonicos and owns hip Noho Italian spot, Tucci.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Perhaps unsurprisingly, it seems to create some confusion \u2014 which Stanley <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/Ct9828-z1Aw\">noted during a press stop at LADbible <\/a>for the \u201cDevil Wears Prada 2.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Max Tucci owns Delmonicos and hip Italian restaurant, Tucci.  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for NYCWFF<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Streep suggested Max should pay Stanley Tucci \u2018a little something\u2019 since everyone thinks it\u2019s his restaurant.  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for SiriusXM<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThere is a guy. That is his name, so he\u2019s legally allowed to use [the name \u201cTucci\u201d on his restaurant],\u201d the actor said, referring to Max, after his \u201cPrada\u201d co-star mentioned she passed by Tucci all the time.<\/p>\n<p>But Streep suggested to Stanley that the \u201cguy\u201d \u201cshould pay you a little something\u201d because \u201ceverybody thinks it\u2019s yours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Touch\u00e9! Or perhaps Tucc\u00ed!<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Tucci and Streep dished on Max\u2019s restaurant during a press run for \u201cThe Devil Wears Prada 2.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Stanley\u2019s co-star Simone Ashley says she passes the Noho eatery all the time.  <span class=\"credit\">tucci\/ instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI want them all to join me for dinner on the house,\u201d he said. \u201cUnlike \u2018Housewives\u2019 and reality stars, only real celebrities get to dine with me.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>We assume that was a dig at former \u201cReal Housewives of New York City\u201d star Sonja Morgan, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/05\/12\/society\/sonja-morgan-blacklisted-from-tucci-after-ditching-bill-she-thought-was-comped\/\">who was blacklisted from his restaurant<\/a> after she allegedly caused a scene by demanding a comped meal because, \u201cI\u2019m a celebrity!\u201d (Morgan told us at the time that the whole thing had been a miscommunication, and that she\u2019d been under the impression she was getting a free meal in exchange for posting about it on social media).<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, Max had better perfect his risotto shall the \u201cPrada\u201d crew take him up on his offer. A good risotto is Stanley\u2019s litmus test for a proficient Italian restaurant. \u201cI think one of the most difficult dishes to make is a risotto, right, in any form,\u201d he said in a conversation with Josh Horowitz at the 92nd Street Y in New York City last week. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Max invited the \u201cDevil Wears Prada 2\u201d stars to dinner on the house.  <span class=\"credit\">Walt Disney Studios<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Max joked \u2018only real celebrities\u2019 get to dine with him at Tucci.  <span class=\"credit\">Variety via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIf a restaurant can make a good risotto, it means that they can usually make everything else pretty well,\u201d Stanley concluded. <\/p>\n<p>Buonissimo! <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/11\/society\/max-tucci-has-some-fierce-words-for-meryl-streep-after-she-suggested-he-pay-stanley-tucci-for-his-restaurant\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a tale of two Tuccis! 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