Mark Zuckerberg responds after Guinness goes viral

You know that feeling when you taste something disgusting but don't want everyone else to know?

Even the richest people in the world aren't exempt from that.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was doing a podcast interview with Irish billionaire John Collison when he took his very first sip of a Guinness.

And while he tried his best to hide it, it was apparent Zuckerberg hated it.

The tech billionaire's lips pursed and his eyes widened. He even had to look away as he tried to contain his disgust.

All the while, Meta Superintelligence Labs' Chief AI Officer Alexander Wang was sitting beside him, enthusiastically talking about Japanese tea.

He wouldn't touch the beer for another 10 minutes, where he could be seen bracing himself before he took the tiniest of sips.

Wang doesn't seem to enjoy the Guinness either, and 80 minutes into the interview both of them are barely halfway through their pints.

Then the camera cuts away and Zuckerberg is given a fresh pint.

Collison meanwhile is happily drinking his Guinness, making no reference to his guests' apparent distaste throughout the podcast.

A 12-second clip of Zuckerberg tasting the Guinness has been viewed on X nearly 15 million times in a day.

The mockery prompted Zuckerberg to speak in his own defence.

"That's just my face," Zuckerberg commented under the video.

Collison is the CEO of Stripe, a tech company that sells payment processing software to businesses like Spotify, Amazon, Microsoft and Airbnb.

Collison has been hosting Cheeky Pint for more than a year, in which he interviews tech CEOs in an Irish-style pub.

Guests include Elon Musk, Google’s Sundar Pichai and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei.

The podcast allows ordinary people to appreciate just how normal and relatable tech billionaires are.