The photo is claimed to show beer for drinking Obama and Epstein in Southeast Asia. You must have reservations

Claim:

Photo authentically shows former US President Barack Obama to drink beer in Southeast Asia with a convicted sexual criminal Jeffrey Epstein.

Evaluation:

Evaluation: Miscellaneous

Context:

The man in the photo with Obama is the late television presenter and chef Anthony Burdain.

In July 2025, a photo was released online, showing that former US President Barack Obama was drinking beer with a disgraceful financier and convicted sexual criminal Jeffrey Epstein.

It is assumed that the photo was taken in a country of Southeast Asia, according to numerous posts. The inscription of the X user read: “He is buried by the press, but not only Obama and Jeffrey Epstein friends, they traveled together in Thailand, in search of” The Perfect Spring Roll. “

(X user @baltic_dan)

However, the photo above does not show Obama to drink beer with Epstein. The man who drinks with the former president is the late chef and television personality Anthony Burdain. As such, we rated this picture as different.

The authentic photo was taken while Burdain interviewed Obama at a small restaurant in Hanoi, Vietnam – Not Thailand – For his show “Unknown Parts” in 2016 (archived). They had a dish called Bún Chả while drinking beer.

During the interview, Obama spoke about her previous experiences in Southeast Asia, parenting and reaching political sections.

Burdain died of suicide in 2018. On June 8 of the same year, Obama published the top photo of the couple drinking beer in Hanoi with the inscription: “” Low plastic chair, cheap but delicious noodles, Hanoi’s cold beer. “Here’s how I will remember Tony.

While Burdain and Epstein may have had some similarities on the face, it is clear that they are two different men and that Epstein was not depicted in the photo above with Obama.

Snops has investigated numerous allegations of Burdain and Obama. For example, we looked at if the late chef said that people should drink with those they disagree with and whether the former president said that the boys need gay mentors.

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Sources:

“Barack Obama and Anthony Burdain dinner | Anthony Burdain: Unknown parts.” YouTube, HBO Max, November 25, 2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efg56KCQJ0Q. Access to July 29, 2025

“Former Obama Ben Rhodes councilor remembers Anthony Burdain.” Take a look at unknown parts, October 25, 2018, https://explorepartsunknown.com/directors-cut/why-obama-want-to-down-with-bourdain/.

‘Https://x.com/barackobama/status/1005117568913412098’. X (before Twitter), https://x.com/barackobama/status/1005117568913412098. Access to July 29, 2025

Ibrahim, Nur. “Anthony Burdain said” drink “with people you wouldn’t agree with?” Snopes, July 3, 2024, https://www.snopes.com//face-check/anthony-bourdain-drink-people/.

—. “Considering the claim Obama said the boys need gay mentors.” SNOPES, July 24, 2025, https://www.snopes.com//face-check/boys-gay-Mentors-obama/.

Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/?next=htps%3A%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fanthonybourdain%2F&is_from_rle. Access to July 29, 2025

Severson, Kim. “The last, painful days of Anthony Burdain.” The New York Times. September 27, 2022 Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/27/dining/anthony- Bourdain-biography.html.

YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efg56kcqj0q. Access to July 29, 2025

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