UConn student at center of mac and cheese tirade apologizes

HARTFORD, Conn. -- A University of Connecticut student who went on an obscenity-laced tirade against food service workers when they refused to sell him jalapeno-bacon macaroni and cheese has apologized.

Luke Gatti acknowledges in an online video he was drunk. He says he's ashamed of his behavior.

"When I watched the video a few days later I couldn't even believe that was me in it," he says in a video posted to his YouTube channel.

Gatti says in the video that his big mouth has always gotten him in trouble.

"I got some problems that I am addressing," he said. "This was seriously a wake-up call."

The 19-year-old freshman from Bayville, New York, is due in court Tuesday on charges of breach of peace and criminal trespass stemming from the Oct. 4 outburst, which was captured on video.

Gatti argued with and shoved a food service supervisor. Police and the supervisor say Gatti was refused service because he was carrying an open alcohol container.

Gatti previously got into trouble when he attended the University of Massachusetts.

Gatti says in his apology video that no one deserves to be treated the way the supervisor was. He also apologizes to his friends and family, and the University.

He ends the video by saying for those who wish to send him mac and cheese donations, "Please just send it to your local food pantry."