Gordon Ramsay blasts Jamie Oliver over comment about his family – demands apology
Celebrity chefs Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay have a history of feuding with each other.
In March earlier this year, Ramsay appeared on The Nightly Show where he made jokes about Oliver’s restaurants and called him “fat”.
In August, The Sun asked Oliver if he wanted to respond to Ramsay’s taunts but Oliver declined.
“I was doing TV years before him, so maybe five years ago it would have bothered me and I may have responded,” said Oliver.
“But he’s got four kids and I’ve got five kids, and I don’t want to be slagging off some kids’ dad on telly. It’s not nice.”
However, Ramsay took this response as an attack on his family and in a recent interview with Radio Times, he demanded that Oliver apologise to him and his wife Tana.
“To judge someone else’s family on the amount of kids you have … Boys will always fight and butt heads but Tana was mortified. I mean really mortified,” said Ramsay.
A report by The Mirror on the incident noted that Tana suffered a miscarriage in 2016.
Ramsay further criticised Oliver for his involvement in promoting healthier eating and lower sugar consumption.
“None of that was spoken about when he was label-slapping with (UK supermarket chain) Sainsbury’s for 10 years,” Ramsay told Radio Times.
“And no disrespect, but we’re chefs, not politicians,” added Ramsay. “Sadly, the only time he opens his mouth is when he’s got something to promote.”
Ramsay did the interview while promoting his new two-part documentary Gordon Ramsay on Cocaine.
The documentary will explore the issue of cocaine use in the restaurant industry.
Jamie Oliver has not yet responded publicly to Ramsay’s comments.
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