Gordon Ramsay apologises in TV row

[Mary]

Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay apologised on Wednesday for insulting a high-profile female Australian television reporter.

 

The cook, renowned for foul-mouthed on-screen outbursts, sparked the row on Saturday when he showed a food-fair audience a photo of a nude woman on all fours, with multiple breasts and a pig's face, and said the image was of Tracy Grimshaw.

 

Grimshaw, who had interviewed him the night before, described Ramsay as an "arrogant narcissist" and a "bully" and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said the cook's remarks reflected "a new form of low life."

 

In a statement, Ramsay described his comments relating to Grimshaw as "off-the-cuff and in response to heckling from the audience.

 

"His intention was to make a joke and indeed he did raise a big laugh at the time," the statement read.

 

"However, with hindsight he realizes that his comments were inappropriate and offensive to Tracy Grimshaw. Gordon has given a full and frank apology on the Channel 9 News which Tracy has accepted. He has also spoken to Tracy personally."

[observer]

Ramsay's just a Chav.

[Peter T]

It raised his profile. Perhaps that was the idea.

[demelzadoe]

Gordon Ramsay was not in the least bit apologetic, for two days he carried on with his mouthy bad behaviour. Then he got a phone call from his mum.

After that phone call he was really, really, sorry. I doubt that he has heard the last of it from his mother either.

[observer]

Wonder if he uses the F-word in front of his Mum?!