Luke Gatti has posted an apology on Youtube in response to the viral video of him profanely accosting a UConn employee over bacon-jalapeño mac and cheese. The video, which he titled “Drunk UConn Student Apology Mac and Cheese,” has already been viewed over 150,000 times and begins with Gatti apologizing to those that he mistreated–especially the manager he verbally and physically assaulted. Gatti said, “He was just doing his job. He gave me so many chances to walk away. And I didn’t listen to him. No one deserves to be treated that way, like ever.”

Watch Luke Gatti’s Apology Below

Gatti called the incident a “wake up call” and attempted to humble himself by also apologizing to the university student body and his friends and family. Unfortunately the apology came off very insincere and rehearsed, particularly when Gatti began to smirk when discussing all of the mac and cheese he’s been sent. Gatti said, “To all those who want to send donations of mac and cheese to me, please just send it to your local food pantry,” he said. “There’s a lot of hungry people out there.”

A GoFundMe.com page was also set up by UConn freshman Sadie Rumsey to thank the Union Street Market staff by treating them to a “nice night out.” The fundraiser has already doubled its goal, receiving over $2,000 in four days. People can still donate by clicking here.

According to the Hartford Courant, Gatti is scheduled to be arraigned in Superior Court in Rockville on Tuesday on charges of second-degree breach of peace and criminal trespass in connection with the incident, but his family has filed a continuance.

It’s also been reported that this isn’t his first run in with the law. Gatti was previously a student at the University of Massachusetts, where he was arrested twice last year on disorderly conduct charges. The Hartford Courant writes, “During one of those arrests, he was accused of using a racial slur against a police officer, court filings show.”

Based on this we are still in agreement that this kid sucks.

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Alexis Evans

Alexis Evans is an Assistant Editor at Law Street and a Buckeye State native. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism and a minor in Business from Ohio University. Contact Alexis at aevans@LawStreetMedia.com.

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University of Connecticut student Luke Gatti really wanted some bacon-jalapeño mac and cheese. The problem is the Union Street Market he’d stumbled into wasn’t serving any–and he was wasted.

But instead of acting like most drunk people I know and settling for anything remotely edible, an enraged Gatti opted to instead verbally assault the cafeteria’s manager. After being refused service for having an open container of alcohol, the 19-year-old is seen profanely accosting the cafeteria’s manager for the missing mac in a now viral nine minute clip that surfaced Monday.

Watch the full nine minute clip below.

After arguing with the staff and fellow students for several minutes, Gatti then attempts to physically assault the cafeteria manager, resulting in both the manager and a fellow cafeteria employee wrestling him to the ground. The police then quickly arrived, arresting the drunk teen before escorting him out of the building. Gatti is still currently enrolled at UConn, but has reportedly already moved off campus.

The drunk Bacon Mac and Cheese Bro has officially left the UConn campus http://t.co/uRdWaWA0WO pic.twitter.com/S2e6gu2xY0

— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) October 7, 2015

But is this video funny or just sad? There have been a few different writers weighing in on the now-viral video. A writer from the Hartford Courant criticized the students standing around during the altercation saying,

A room full of able-bodied young adults are audience members; none of them steps up to help. They’re elbowing each other, taking pictures and smirking. I’m sure the incident didn’t make that great of a Snapchat.

To the contrary, I wouldn’t mind receiving that Snapchat. But to address this writer’s critique first lets point out that’s she isn’t exactly being truthful. I personally recount seeing at least three students attempt to calm down an escalating Gatti or lead him out of the cafeteria in the video. Secondly, what do you expect these students to do? The manager was attempting to handle the issue and the police had been called. If we’re going to blame anyone how about we blame the entitled underage drunk dude who thought being enrolled in college made it acceptable to assault university employees because he couldn’t get his mac and cheese fix.

But for Gatt’s sake I hope the mac and cheese really was so good that it was worth getting arrested over, because he can bet on this embarrassing video following him for life.

Editor’s Note: This story originally reported that Gatti had been expelled from UConn.The post has been updated to reflect that he is still enrolled at the University.

Alexis Evans

Alexis Evans is an Assistant Editor at Law Street and a Buckeye State native. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism and a minor in Business from Ohio University. Contact Alexis at aevans@LawStreetMedia.com.

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