Fat Mike - Personal Life

Personal Life

Burkett lives in San Francisco, California. He and his wife Erin divorced in 2010 after 18 years of marriage. They have a daughter named Darla.

He is of Jewish heritage, but does not practice Judaism.

At Emo's, a popular nightclub in Austin during the 2010 South by Southwest festival, Fat Mike has made appearances as Cokie the Clown, but one of his most memorable was the SXSW fest. He recounted several graphic and disturbing stories about his life, and played several songs both previously released and unreleased. He also tricked several members of the audience into drinking tequila, before showing them a video of himself filling a partially full bottle of tequila to the top with urine to shocked reactions. The stunt was later revealed as a joke on NOFX's website, which showed Fat Mike switching out the urine bottle for an untainted one before making audience members drink it. Mike has since been banned from Emo's. Fat Mike has been credited with creating the phrase "Nawesome", which means not awesome.

Since 2010 Fat Mike has owned a gastropub-style restaurant in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY called Thistle Hill Tavern.

Mike's minor in college was Human Sexuality. He has been into BDSM for years: he has had a dungeon in his house since 1992.