India, March 23 -- Gregg Phillips, the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) response and recovery office, has sparked a row claiming that he once teleported around 50 miles to a Waffle House nearby.

Phillips recently appeared on a slew of podcasts and claimed several times in them that he was deported against his will to a Waffle House in Georgia, located 50 miles away from where he was initially. For instance, he made the claim on the podcast, Onward, which is co-hosted by far-right commentator Catherine Engelbrecht.

"I was with my boys one time, and I was telling them I was gonna go to Waffle House and get Waffle House," he said. "And I ended up at a Waffle House - this was in Georgia, and I end up at a Waffle ...