{"id":14619,"date":"2026-05-10T09:57:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T09:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/14619\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T09:57:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T09:57:20","slug":"italian-exchange-student-wasnt-thrilled-about-being-taken-to-olive-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/14619\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Exchange Student Wasn\u2019t Thrilled About Being Taken to Olive Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-758724\" class=\"wp-image-758724\" src=\"https:\/\/twistedsifter.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/lazy-load-0.7\/images\/1x1.trans.gif\" alt=\"man at olive garden\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" title=\"Italian Exchange Student Wasn\u2019t Thrilled About Being Taken to Olive Garden\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/oggg.jpg\" data-lazy- data-lazy-\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-758724\" class=\"wp-image-758724\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/oggg.jpg\" alt=\"man at olive garden\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\"   title=\"Italian Exchange Student Wasn\u2019t Thrilled About Being Taken to Olive Garden\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-758724\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TikTok\/@alessandro.salimei<\/p>\n<p>Is Olive Garden real Italian food?<\/p>\n<p>Well, it depends on who you ask\u2026<\/p>\n<p>To a suburban family in the Midwest, the answer is probably a big, fat YES.<\/p>\n<p>To someone who hails from Italy\u2026probably not.<\/p>\n<p>An Italian exchange student named Alessandro went to an Olive Garden restaurant with his American host mom and talked about his experience on TikTok.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-758725\" class=\"wp-image-758725\" src=\"https:\/\/twistedsifter.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/lazy-load-0.7\/images\/1x1.trans.gif\" alt=\"man talking about olive garden\" width=\"800\" height=\"1145\" title=\"Italian Exchange Student Wasn\u2019t Thrilled About Being Taken to Olive Garden\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-03-15-at-7.50.57-AM.jpg\" data-lazy- data-lazy-\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-758725\" class=\"wp-image-758725\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-03-15-at-7.50.57-AM.jpg\" alt=\"man talking about olive garden\" width=\"800\" height=\"1145\"   title=\"Italian Exchange Student Wasn\u2019t Thrilled About Being Taken to Olive Garden\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-758725\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TikTok\/@alessandro.salimei<\/p>\n<p>Alessandro was outside an Olive Garden restaurant and he said, \u201cI cannot believe it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He asked his host mom, \u201cRhonda, why? I\u2019m not going inside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rhonda replied, \u201cYes, you are. You promised me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alessandro said, \u201cWhy did you do this to me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-758726\" class=\"wp-image-758726\" src=\"https:\/\/twistedsifter.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/lazy-load-0.7\/images\/1x1.trans.gif\" alt=\"exterior of an olive garden\" width=\"800\" height=\"1291\" title=\"Italian Exchange Student Wasn\u2019t Thrilled About Being Taken to Olive Garden\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-03-15-at-7.51.27-AM.jpg\" data-lazy- data-lazy-\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-758726\" class=\"wp-image-758726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-03-15-at-7.51.27-AM.jpg\" alt=\"exterior of an olive garden\" width=\"800\" height=\"1291\"   title=\"Italian Exchange Student Wasn\u2019t Thrilled About Being Taken to Olive Garden\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-758726\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TikTok\/@alessandro.salimei<\/p>\n<p>The exchange student then said, \u201cI have to be mentally prepared for this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cI will ask if there\u2019s anybody Italian in there. If there\u2019s not, I\u2019m walking out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alessandro finally went inside the restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the video, he said, \u201cLet\u2019s go to McDonald\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-758727\" class=\"wp-image-758727\" src=\"https:\/\/twistedsifter.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/lazy-load-0.7\/images\/1x1.trans.gif\" alt=\"man talking about olive garden\" width=\"800\" height=\"1132\" title=\"Italian Exchange Student Wasn\u2019t Thrilled About Being Taken to Olive Garden\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-03-15-at-7.51.36-AM.jpg\" data-lazy- data-lazy-\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-758727\" class=\"wp-image-758727\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-03-15-at-7.51.36-AM.jpg\" alt=\"man talking about olive garden\" width=\"800\" height=\"1132\"   title=\"Italian Exchange Student Wasn\u2019t Thrilled About Being Taken to Olive Garden\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-758727\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TikTok\/@alessandro.salimei<\/p>\n<p>Check out the video.<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@alessandro.salimei\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@alessandro.salimei?refer=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@alessandro.salimei<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>@Italiangirl1130 took me to @Olive Garden <a title=\"foreignexchangestudent\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/foreignexchangestudent?refer=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#foreignexchangestudent<\/a> <a title=\"olivegarden\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/olivegarden?refer=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#olivegarden<\/a> <a title=\"funnyvideo\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/funnyvideo?refer=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#funnyvideo<\/a> <a title=\"foryoupage\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/foryoupage?refer=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#foryoupage<\/a> <a title=\"america\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/america?refer=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#america<\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - alessandro.salimei\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7610196605976251158?refer=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u266c original sound \u2013 alessandro.salimei<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>And here\u2019s what viewers had to say.<\/p>\n<p>This person chimed in.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-758728\" src=\"https:\/\/twistedsifter.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/lazy-load-0.7\/images\/1x1.trans.gif\" alt=\"Screenshot 2026 03 15 at 7.52.00 AM Italian Exchange Student Wasn\u2019t Thrilled About Being Taken to Olive Garden\" width=\"800\" height=\"952\" title=\"Italian Exchange Student Wasn\u2019t Thrilled About Being Taken to Olive Garden\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-03-15-at-7.52.00-AM.jpg\" data-lazy- data-lazy-\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-758728\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-03-15-at-7.52.00-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot 2026 03 15 at 7.52.00 AM Italian Exchange Student Wasn\u2019t Thrilled About Being Taken to Olive Garden\" width=\"800\" height=\"952\"   title=\"Italian Exchange Student Wasn\u2019t Thrilled About Being Taken to Olive Garden\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Another viewer shared their thoughts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-758729\" src=\"https:\/\/twistedsifter.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/lazy-load-0.7\/images\/1x1.trans.gif\" alt=\"Screenshot 2026 03 15 at 7.52.11 AM Italian Exchange Student Wasn\u2019t Thrilled About Being Taken to Olive Garden\" width=\"800\" height=\"1238\" title=\"Italian Exchange Student Wasn\u2019t Thrilled About Being Taken to Olive Garden\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-03-15-at-7.52.11-AM.jpg\" data-lazy- data-lazy-\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-758729\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-03-15-at-7.52.11-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot 2026 03 15 at 7.52.11 AM Italian Exchange Student Wasn\u2019t Thrilled About Being Taken to Olive Garden\" width=\"800\" height=\"1238\"   title=\"Italian Exchange Student Wasn\u2019t Thrilled About Being Taken to Olive Garden\"\/><\/p>\n<p>And this TikTok user spoke up.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-758730\" src=\"https:\/\/twistedsifter.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/lazy-load-0.7\/images\/1x1.trans.gif\" alt=\"Screenshot 2026 03 15 at 7.52.26 AM Italian Exchange Student Wasn\u2019t Thrilled About Being Taken to Olive Garden\" width=\"800\" height=\"1082\" title=\"Italian Exchange Student Wasn\u2019t Thrilled About Being Taken to Olive Garden\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-03-15-at-7.52.26-AM.jpg\" data-lazy- data-lazy-\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-758730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-03-15-at-7.52.26-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot 2026 03 15 at 7.52.26 AM Italian Exchange Student Wasn\u2019t Thrilled About Being Taken to Olive Garden\" width=\"800\" height=\"1082\"   title=\"Italian Exchange Student Wasn\u2019t Thrilled About Being Taken to Olive Garden\"\/><\/p>\n<p>I guess folks from Italy aren\u2019t the biggest fans of Olive Garden\u2026<\/p>\n<p>If you enjoyed this post, <a href=\"https:\/\/twistedsifter.com\/2026\/04\/parentified-teen-spent-her-entire-childhood-looking-after-her-18-siblings-while-her-parents-planned-their-next-pregnancy-so-as-she-neared-adulthood-she-considered-walking-out-and-never-looking\/?utm_source=IN-ARTICLE&amp;utm_medium=IN-ARTICLE&amp;utm_campaign=IN-ARTICLE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">check out this story<\/a> about a teen who has spent a decade raising her younger siblings, and thinks it\u2019s time to walk away from her family for good.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TikTok\/@alessandro.salimei Is Olive Garden real Italian food? 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