John Fetterman loses bet with Cherelle Parker over the Eagles-Steelers game, declares Wawa is better than Sheetz
After his Steelers fell to the Birds Sunday, Fetterman wore an Eagles hat to the U.S. Senate to declare Wawa’s superiority to Sheetz.
It has been a rough few days for Sen. John Fetterman.
Once the Eagles beat his Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, 27-13, the Pennsylvania Democrat had to make good on his bet with Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle L. Parker. So, on Tuesday evening, Fetterman posted a video on X begrudgingly wearing an Eagles hat in front of the U.S. Senate and proclaimed that Wawa is superior to Sheetz.
”Mayor Parker was right, the Eagles are better than the Steelers. And we also discovered now that Wawa is better than Sheetz,” Fetterman said in his video, with a laugh.
“Go Birds, go Birds,” he said to punctuate his payoff.
Fetterman did not respond to requests for further comment.
Had Pittsburgh won, Parker would have had to wear a Steelers hat all day and declare at City Hall that Sheetz was better than Wawa.
“I have to say, that Eagles green sure looks good on you!” Parker said in a responding video, thanking Fetterman for being a good sport.
However, Fetterman made clear his loyalty to Sheetz last week on X alongside his announcement of the bet, saying that any insinuation that he actually believed Wawa to be the better franchise is a “filthy lie.”
It is unclear whether a cheesesteak vs. pierogi bet will be wagered should the teams meet in the Super Bowl.
The teams have come close to the final matchup twice. In 2005, the Steelers lost the AFC Championship game to the New England Patriots, who then beat the Eagles in Super Bowl XXXIX. Then in 2009, after the Eagles lost to the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC Championship game, the Steelers went on to win Super Bowl XLIII.
Fetterman and Parker aren’t the only Pennsylvania politicians who made a friendly wager over the east-west “state championship”. Last week, Gov. Josh Shapiro, of Abington, and Lt. Gov. Austin Davis — a Western Pennsylvania native — called into 97.5 the Fanatic to talk trash, putting cheesesteaks and Pittsburgh’s finest fare on the line. The winner, they agreed, would receive food from the other’s hometown.
A spokesperson for Davis’ office said Monday that the lieutenant governor would follow through on his bet, “providing Primanti Bros. sandwiches, Nancy B’s and/or Eat’n Park smiley cookies, and Iron City beer for an upcoming lunch.”
Staff writer Gillian McGoldrick contributed to this article.