Pete Evans uploads full 60 Minutes interview on YouTube, revealing exactly when he changed his way of thinking

Celebrity chef Pete Evans has uploaded the full 60 Minutes interview on YouTube, where he revealed when he began to change his way of thinking.

Pete Evans agreed to the prime-time interview with 60 Minutes but it seems the controversial figure had other plans all along.

The celebrity chef, 47, appeared on the program last night where he was part of a wider story about the influx of conspiracy theories surrounding the coronavirus pandemic.

But Evans had his own people also record the entire 90-minute interview, which he uploaded after Channel 9 went to air.

More than 60,000 people have so far watched it on YouTube.

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Evans has spruiked wild views on social media in the last few months, but when probed by journalist Liz Hayes, he refused to back any claims he had made and sidestepped around the tough questions.

“Pete has been far more outrageous in statements online than he was in 60 Minutes. Overall I thought it was fairly predictable, with a lot of avoiding a direct answer,” TV Tonight’s David Knox told news.com.au.

Here’s what went down in the full interview:

MOMENT PETE EVANS CHANGED

Evans said he was 19 years old when he began to question society and belief systems.

“When I was at the barber, I was 19 waiting for a haircut and the barber said he was running half an hour late, and he said ‘Feel free to read my new book’.”

The book was Unlimited Power by Anthony Robbins, who dubs himself the “undisputed master of the magic of mind power”.

“The thing that resonated with me the most was this was not taught to me by my parents. This is a different way of looking at life and to ask questions,” Evans said.

“Why is it that I feel this way? What are my belief systems? Do they serve me? Where did they come from? My parents? Some have. Culture? Some have. TV programs, the way we learn at school, the education system.

“I wasn’t searching for this but it spoke to me in a way, when you have been presented new information in a book or biography, you read it and something speaks to you in that and you go, ‘I might investigate this a little further’.”

Pete Evans on 60 Minutes.

Evans went on to discuss feeling like he didn’t belong in high school, while revealing why he wanted to become a chef.

“I felt like a lot of it (school) was a waste of time. A lot of the information I was learning, ‘How am I going to use this in my day to day life?’ I still feel that.

“I love education and some people thrive in that system, I was not one of them.
“When I looked at all the jobs out there I thought, which one will serve me best for the rest of my life?

“The one that made the most sense was to learn how to cook, because once I learn to cook, I can look after myself for rest of life and my family.”

Evans, who published his first cook book in 2008, has been a chef since 1993, opening Hugos Bondi in 1996, followed by Hugos Lounge in 2000 and Hugos Bar Pizza in 2004 (both in Sydney's Kings Cross) and Hugos Manly in 2008.

He began co-hosting Channel 7’s My Kitchen Rules in 2010 alongside Manu Feildel, before parting ways with the network last month.

VAGUE STANCE ON VACCINATIONS

Despite admitting he would not get a vaccine unless it was “100 per cent” safe – no vaccine can ever be deemed 100 per cent safe – Evans refused to call himself an anti-vaxxer.

“We are living in a society where we label people this or that. Are you anti this or pro this?” he said.

“Why can’t we be open to everything? I’m anti-labels.

“Modern medicine and ancient wisdom need to live harmoniously because if we disregard one or we disregard modern medicine and science, where is that going to leave us?

“It’s a belief system. Am I going to believe this and not look at other opportunities or options, because that’s my belief, or am I going to be on this side of the fence?

“I like to see it in the middle and look at it all.”

Evans gesturing to his camera crew at the end of the interview.

BILL GATES CONSPIRACY

Hayes asked the former host of My Kitchen Rules about his Instagram post pointing out financial links between the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation – the public health-focused charity funded by the Microsoft founder and his wife – and various health and research bodies, as well as pharmaceutical companies.

But when asked, Evans simply said he “didn’t know” if Gates was behind a conspiracy.

“What Bill is suggesting in every single interview he’s done recently is that the world will not become safe until every person on the planet is vaccinated. I’m feeling pretty safe right now,” he said.

When further pushed by Hayes if Evans was implying Gates was “fishy”, Evans said he didn’t want to express his opinion.

“I actually do not want to put my opinion out there to lead them (his followers) either way. Because I do not want to be a leader. That’s not my role in my evolution.

“The reason I posted that thing of Bill Gates is the potential of not having a choice. He seems to have a lot of influence with certain areas.”

‘I COULD BE COMPLETELY WRONG’

While Evans has been criticised for sharing his alternative ideas and beliefs on social media – sometimes as if they are matter of fact – Evans was open to the idea he could be wrong about certain things.

Evans' bizarre coronavirus warning post on Instagram.

“We’ve had some amazing things that have come from the establishment, but we’ve had some underhanded dealings,” he began.

“So if we’ve had underhanded dealings before in certain areas, who’s to say that isn’t happening now?

“Let’s just say diet for example, people will know me for my paleo approach over the year. I still question that. I’m still sceptical.

“It seems to be producing the results I have looked for so I’ll continue to be on this path, but continue to be open to other dietary philosophies and not dismiss them.

“Yeah, I could be completely wrong. I know you’ll use that as the trailer. But I am so open to being wrong and if anybody that has listened to anything I’ve said, I often say that.”

EVANS A FAN OF MAINSTREAM APPROACH

Evans has seemingly veered toward a more alternative lifestyle and way of thinking over the last couple of years.

One of his recent posts shared a detailed list which urged people to look out for certain “code words” in the media and implied “mass trials” and “executions” were happening behind closed doors.

And he also promoted a $15,000 BioCharger device claiming it could aid with the coronavirus, which saw him slapped with $25,000 in fines by The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).

Pete Evans spruiking the BioCharger.

Despite this, he said, “I love the mainstream”.

“I look at the news each and every day. I exist in this mainstream world, I’m not off the grid completely. I have nothing against mainstream, I actually enjoy it.

“I get a lot of information from that realm, but I also look at different avenues as well. Some might call it alternative, it’s always been in my nature to be inquisitive and curious.

“And I guess the fundamental thing I can say hand on my heart is, I don’t know everything.

“I was told when we think we know everything, that’s when we start to age. To keep young and vibrant is to keep questioning to keep searching, to keep asking questions that you’re passionate about.”