Rich Piana Slap Boxing Jason Genova For Order 66
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Rich Piana is one of the biggest celebrities in the fitness industry—both physically and in terms of his larger-than-ife personality! Rich ahs always been is a guy who is very open about his steroid use, is covered in tattoos, got married in Vegas and invited the entire bodybuilding community to attend his wedding via social media, and even posted a video of himself getting a dermal implant removed! What won't this guy do for his fans? Nothing! Pretty much anything else you can picture a larger-than-life celebrity doing, he’s done—and displayed it on social media. Rich is currently one of the most notorious and popular fitness celebs on the internet today.
So it came as no surprise when Rich was in the news again recently because a video of him "slap boxing" a YouTube social media celebrity named Jason Genova went viral:
According to 9news.com.au, the whole thing went down at this past weekend’s IFBB Europa Pro in Orlando, Florida. Apparently, what started as a social media war declared by Jason Genova, ended with a physical confrontation at Rich’s 5% booth. What caused this? Well some time ago, Jason declared an “Order 66” on Piana. What is an Order 66? Good question! Order 66 dates back to Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, when clones were ordered to turn against their Jedi commanders to obliterate them. Because Jason has so many followers (and thus social media “power”), he knows he can do a lot of damage to someone’s online reputation with the simple click of a mouse. In the past, Jason has gone after Marc Lobliner, Luimarco, and Rich’s wife, Sarah.
Jason Genova also posted a video that said the whole thing was a setup that they worked out in advance of the "slap boxing" over the Order 66 off camera. Check this out below:
Right before Rich starts "slap boxing" Genova repeatedly, Piana says, “I feel like I gotta do something back to you to get back at you,” then offers to “slap him around a little bit on camera.” Rich has since issued an explanation on his Facebook, but in the meantime, the entire fitness internet world is left saying, “WTF?!” Oh well. At least it distracted us from #AdobeGainz for a minute.
Note: Our Managing Editor Jaime Filer interviewed Rich Piana a while back and he was a great guest. Check out it out below.
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