Dan Bilzerian says Salt Bae is 'weird' as he's been receiving hundreds of snaps from the controversial chef for years

Celebrity chef Salt Bae was engulfed in controversy when he bizarrely ran onto the pitch at the World Cup final in 2022. 

Now controversial poker player, Dan Bilzerian, 43, from Tampa, Florida, revealed he always knew the chef was 'weird' because he has been sending him snaps of himself for years.  

The social media personality shared a screen recording of his DMs, which showed Salt Bae - real name Nusret Gökçe,  40, attempting to communicate with him for years.

He captioned the video on his Instagram Stories: 'Everyone talking about how weird this Salt Bae is, I be knowing that for years. What a f***ing goofball.'

It appeared that the Turkish butcher tried to befriend Dan as far back as 2015, by sending his a slew of private snaps. 

Dan Bilzerian, 43, from Tampa, Florida , revealed he always knew Salt Bae was 'weird' because he has been sending him snaps of himself for years

The video showed the sheer number of pictures that Dan received from Salt Bae, and the fact that Dan never replied to any of his messages didn't deter the chef from sending even more.  

To make matters even more awkward, the images were sent to the 43-year-old despite Bilzerian not following Salt Bae on Instagram.

The snaps ranged from pictures of the chef topless to him wielding large knives next to steaks and selfies with a dog. 

Bilzerian's comments come after Salt Bae bizarrely went onto the field and chased after several Argentina players moments after they beat France to win the trophy at the World Cup in 2022.

Lionel Messi appeared visibly frustrated at the celebrity chef trying to get to him as he celebrated winning the one major trophy to elude him in his glittering career.

In other cringe worthy scenes, the chef put another player's medal in his mouth and kept trying to grab the trophy from the Argentina team as the celebrated.

Now, the 39-year-old, real name Nusret Gokce, has tried to explain what he was thinking and says he will never set foot on the pitch at World Cup again.

The social media personality shared a screen recording of his DMs, which showed Salt Bae attempting to communicate with him for years

The Turkish butcher, who's real name is Nusret Gökçe, tried to befriend Dan as far back as 2015, by sending his a slew of private snaps

He captioned the video on his Instagram Stories: 'Everyone talking about how weird this Salt Bae is, I be knowing that for years'

'I love Argentina; I’ve lived there. I went to support them,' he told The Times about why he was at the game.

'Many of [the team] have come to the restaurant. I didn’t feel a stranger. It was a special moment. I can’t do anything about the reason I was there, but I would never, ever step on the World Cup pitch again.

'There were two billion people watching the World Cup… How many people are speaking about me? Five billion. The whole world.'

'I didn’t go on the pitch with the purpose of advertising; I just felt like it. Then it was a bit of a surprise. There were at least another 1,000 people on the pitch but when they show the video they make out it was just me.

'I never, ever wanted to overshadow anything. I didn’t like the attention. I didn’t kick anyone, steal anything.'

Footage surfaced on social media showing the Turkish chef desperately trying to get close to Messi - putting his hand on his shoulder and encouraging him to reluctantly shake his hand before trying to pull him back again.

Salt Bae was engulfed in controversy when he bizarrely ran onto the pitch at the World Cup final in 2022

Salt Bae (right) puts his hand on the shoulder of Argentina's Lionel Messi end of the World Cup final soccer match

Salt Bae also approached Messi's Argentina team-mate Angel Di Maria, as he posed for a video with the winger and saying 'Wow' as they held the trophy together.

He then smacked the precious gold trophy, knocking it with a silver ring he was wearing, as it made an audible clang, leaving Di Maria looking utterly bemused next to him.

FIFA's rules state only a 'very select group of people' can touch the trophy, including World Cup winners and heads of state - calling into question why Salt Bae was allowed anywhere near it.

The governing body said they were investigating how he got onto the field but have not publicly revealed any findings.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has previously been pictured at Salt Bae's restaurants.