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Cake Boss Buddy Valastro Opens Up About DWI Arrest


. (Extra) "Extra's" Mario Lopez with the "Cake Boss" Buddy Valastro at our H&M studios in Times Square. Buddy speaking out for the first time only to "Extra" about his arrest for DWI in November.

The TLC star telling Mario what happened the night the NYPD pulled him over, "Listen, I learned a valuable lesson, I really thought that I was fine, I wasn't and it will never happen again." He explained, "It's one of those things, I was out for a business dinner, I had one glass too many�When I got into the car I thought I was fine to drive and obviously I wasn't and the cops did their job."

The cops arresting Buddy whose alcohol level was just above the legal limit, Buddy trying to use his celebrity status to get out of the charges reportedly telling the officers you can't arrest me, I'm the Cake Boss. Buddy defending himself, "If I did say anything like that I totally apologize to him and the police department, I'm not like that."

Valastro since pleading guilty to the charges, his license suspended for 90 days, paying a $300 fine, "Listen I paid the price. I manned up. I know that I'm wrong."

The "Cake Boss" moving on renovating the family bake shop after 25 years. "The flag ship store in Hoboken, we're actually about to renovate and turn it into kind of our new design of what the bakeries are and it's featuring an open kitchen so you can actually see what the bakers are baking." And expanding, "We're actually going to be doing a Carlo's Bakery right here, 42nd and 8th in Times Square" Moving into other states as well, "Mohegan Sun (in CT) and we got Philadelphia, we're starting to grow Mario."

The 42 year old also starting his own production company after being on television for the past five years, "I feel strongly about doing content you can watch as a family and making it and really drive our company in that direction and so I've been lucky enough to start that and you're going to be seeing a lot of great things come out of Cake House Media." Watch video here.

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