TV host bans 'arrogant' chef Ramsay
An Australian TV host said that chef Gordon Ramsay would never again be welcome on her show after he hurled insults and sexual references at her during a food and wine fair.
After an uneventful appearance by Ramsay on Tracy Grimshaw's A Current Affair show on Friday night, the chef and restaurateur attended a food and wine tasting event on Saturday attended by about 3,000 people in Melbourne.
Ramsay stunned the audience by unleashing a string of insults at Grimshaw in her absence, calling her a lesbian and likening her to a pig.
Ramsay repeated the insults on Sunday and Monday at the same event. Later he said he was only joking.
Grimshaw, though, failed to see the joke and retaliated on her programme on Monday night, calling Ramsay an "arrogant narcissist" and a "bully".
"Obviously Gordon thinks that any woman who doesn't find him attractive must be gay," Grimshaw said. "For the record, I don't and I'm not."
Grimshaw continued her attack on Tuesday in a radio interview during which she said Ramsay would not be invited back on her programme.
"I'm not interested in speaking to the bloke again," Grimshaw told Fairfax Radio. "I can't imagine any circumstances where I would want to interview him again."
Ramsay's publicist was not available for comment on Tuesday, but the chef himself later told Nine News in the country that his comments had been "blown out of context".