Matt Gaetz fires back at Reacher star Alan Ritchson over high school adversaries claim

Former Rep.Matt Gaetz fired back at “Reacher” star Alan Ritchson who claimed they were “adversaries” when they attended the same Florida high school.“Hollywood apparently changes people!” Gaetz said on X Thursday afternoon.The former congressman revealed that he and Ritchson were members of the same Speech and Debate team at Niceville High School.

Gaetz graduated from the school located in the Florida Panhandle in 2000 — a year before Ritchson.The former Florida representative turned talk show host’s comments come after Ritchson was asked about Gaetz in a recent interview with GQ.“That motherf–ker.

We are adversaries,” Ritchson told the outlet.In the interview, Ritchson expressed his displeasure with Floridians for continuing to vote for Gaetz.“It’s shocking to me that the panhandle of Florida continues to vote for somebody — knowing everything we know about him and the promises that he’s made behind closed doors about pardoning certain criminals — he’s just not a good dude!” the actor told GQ.Gaetz couldn’t recall any animosity with Ritchson though he boasted about winning debate championships while the “Blue Mountain State” star focused on acting.“We were not “adversaries” as I won debate championships and Alan did more acting stuff,” Gaetz said.“As I recall, his older brother Eric won more often than Alan did.“He was always very nice to me (and everyone) and his mother, the computer lab monitor, loved me.”Gaetz claimed that Ritchson’s mother Vicke invited him to a retirement party for Ritchson’s father Dave, where he boasted about singing the J.

Giels Band hit “Centerfold.““At her invitation, I even went to his dad’s retirement party from the Air Force.

It was held at a karaoke bar called “Lewbos” in Niceville where his dad sang “sitting on the dock of the bay,” Gaetz said.The couple were first stationed in North Dakota, where Alan Ritchson was born, before being transferred to Illin...