Riot Fest\u2019s got a one-sided infatuation with John Stamos, and it\u2019s lasted for over a decade. <\/p>\n
But this year, it seems like Stamos has warmed up, albeit \u201cbegrudgingly.\u201d<\/p>\n
As part of that seemingly unrequited love that began in 2013, the festival last year unveiled a sculpture<\/a> of Stamos depicted as a Greek god, with perfectly chiseled abs and a killer smile. He\u2019s leaning on a stick of butter, too.<\/p>\n The larger-than-life sculpture holds court near the Riotland carnival area, where fans were seen taking selfies and photos Friday, the first day of the fest.<\/p>\n Spoiler alert: It\u2019s not actually made of butter, but it\u2019s a bigger recreation of a real butter statue Riot Fest had made more than a decade ago. They enlisted<\/a> food sculpture artist Jim Victor to make it.<\/p>\n It\u2019s all part of the long-running joke when the festival took to X<\/a> to beg Stamos\u2019 former band, Jesse & The Rippers, to reunite and perform at the fest when it was still being held in Humboldt Park.<\/p>\n But Stamos mostly ignored Riot Fest until they debuted their butter bust of his likeness, calling it \u201cpretty frightening.\u201d<\/p>\n