Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay uses "lesbian" as an insult

that something like this hasn't come from him before.  this guy is a straight up asshole and i don't know how anyone finds him entertaining.

*do* any of you find him entertaining?

He's saying SHE needs botox?? Look at his forehead!!!

He's just an idiot who cheats on his wife and I swear he's got torrettes the way he swears all the time! I must admit though I do like watching The F-Word, I can just about put up with watching him on that.

Huh, I find that interesting. I'm from Australia, and Tracy Grimshaw really is a poor excuse for a journalist and presenter, but still, no one deserves that. It's one thing to say she's a crap journalist, it's another to be horribly insulting to her as a person and being horribly sexist and homophobic. I kinda feel sorry for the woman.

Well, it depends what you mean by friend...

I am NOT surprised. His TV personality of the 'Fix-It-Nazi-Chef' may have shock value but he is obviously comedically as well as verbally challenged. I bet one of his girlfriends left him for a gorgeous she-Chef!! 

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He's an utter waste of space, its these type of people (Jeremy Clarkson etc) I can't stand, they are made famous by their bigoted attitudes. He's always doing this sort of thing though, last year he called Lilly Allen 'a chick with a dick', who knows why. If anyone else behaved the way he did they would be outcast but not him...but then again there was the whole affair thing and one of his companies has just gone bust - so I think there is karma after all!

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If you call this guy a pig you are being unfair to the poor animals because even them do not deserve to be put in the same class or even compared to Ramsay.

That guy is in an asshole class of his own. Look at his face ewwwww... I don't know if I can stand being in his presence. I watched the past season of his chef reality series but never again! Thanks to Marlee Matlin for giving me the heads up; am her follower on twitter and got this message of Ramsay insults on my message board. Shame on you Ramsay!! Ass**** naccissist! or is it Naccissist ass****!

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I have never understood why someone (yes Gordon, YOU) is allowed to belittle people and make them feel small in the name of entertainment. I think his popularity is a sad reflection of a ever growing trend to laugh at people's misfortunes; or them being belittled in some way is dressed up as entertainment. I'm not saying we should go around being uber nicey nicey all the time that's unrealistic. But, to give someone so much airtime who basiclly treats people like shit seems odd to me.

And yes, I have heard him on many occassion saying positive things about gay men. I think this again points at something deeper in out society. In the UK anyway, we have a number of very popular gay male tv personalities, Alan Carr, Graham Norton, John Barrowman (to list a few) seem to be constantly on tv. As I'm writing this I have just turned Eastenders over to Coronation steert and have seen gay male characers on them both. But, no lesbian anywhere (apart from Skins!). It seems to have almost be have become cool for straight male celebs to say they have gay male friends and not be shy about saying positive things about them. Which, of course, is fantasic.

However, when it comes to lesbians there seems to be almost no representation at all (cue rolling tumbleweed.....). Rhona Cameron (Scotitish lesbian comedian) did Celebrity Wife Swap last night, which was actually brilliant as it showed a great example of someone who was initially unwittingly and naively very homophobic and by the time she'd spent a week living with a lesbian she had completely changed her opinion and ended up being quite pro lesbian.

Anyway, I'm COMPLETELY off the point now! But, what I'm trying to say is that lesbians still seem to be fair game when it somes to being the butt of jokes or for 'lesbain' to be used as a character slurr. We desperately need more lesbian visabilty and good roles models flying the flag. I reckon the US seems to have a lot more out lesbians in the media than we do in the UK. Claire Balding (respected UK sports presenter) is the only one I can think of that appears regularly on tv.

Lets hope that one day that 'lesbian' will become a word that is meant as a compliment not an insult!

You're right, on TV Rhona always comes acroos really badly and her autobiographical book is very interesting but very depressing. I've seen her live 3 times ans she's an amazing stand up though.

I love Sue too (anad Mel for that matter!). Did you see Mel on The Games a few years ago? Hilarious!

And at last a lezzie on Big Brother too! I think the last one was BB4 (yes, I know I'm sad ;) )

The Apprentice was brilliant for woman this year. I quite fancied Yasmina.

I have long hated Gordon Ramsay with the fiery heat of a thousand suns, and this comment just adds more fuel to the flames.  Who the f*ck died and gave him the right to criticize anyone who dares to be imperfect (as if he is the definition of perfection himself)??  He has a major God complex, and it's pathetic.  I've never understood why nobody stands up to him...  I hope this journalist gives him a solid beatdown the next time she's forced to be in his presence!! 

The tragic thing is that he feeds off of other people's hatred of him.  If he ever read the comments on this page, he would just laugh his ass off and call us all a bunch of ugly dykes.  When you're evil incarnate, nothing can ever make you change...

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She is one of the best Australian reporters!!! 

 Ramsey will look a bigger tool if Grimshaw continues to act with the grace and class that has seen her through 25years in the industry.

I'm Australian, but I'm certainly not a huge fan...well not even a fan at all of Tracy Grimshaw, however I have to admit she so far has handled this incredibly well. As for Gordon Ramsay well I have nothing to say for this horrible man who can't seem to get it into his head that not everyone appreciates his 'bullying narcissic views' as Tracy Grimshaw said.

This is a link to an article about Grimshaws response: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/823142/grimshaw-fires-back-at-gordon-ramsay

who is this guy to call others out on their looks? His forhead looks like Ann Coulter's back.

And what a damn shame she isn't a lesbian... can you sayyy, cougar alert?! haha

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Who knows what possessed Gordon Ramsey to engage in this particular diatribe. Perhaps he's seen too many of our homegrown Australian misogynists trying to pass off their rants as humour and thought it would play well. 

I've never been a fan of Tracy Grimshaw or "A Current Affair" as they rarely raise above the worst kind of tabloid journalism, but he was clearly way way out of line The whole pig/naked woman thing was disgusting and she clearly didn't deserve that kind of public attack.

That said, Tracy Grimshaw isn't winning any new points with me at the moment either.For that she would need to point out that regardless of Ramsey's intent, being called a lesbian is in itself not an insult. I'm left feeling like she's buying into the homophobia just as much as he is. 

From expirience and observation, men only lash out with the attacks on womens sexuality when their male egos have been bruised. He was probably being an insufferable smutty thing during their off air interview moments and she wasn't interested. thefore - she doesn't want him - she is a lesbian. blah. I don't enjoy watching him at all anyway.

I'm from Aus and Grimshaw is either loved or hated over here, but I think she's doing the right thing by at least telling him where to go. Even after he had a second retaliation attack against her. What's with the stupid pig picture - REALLY...

Ramsay now claims that he didn't call her a lesbian, and has he tapes to prove it:

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/5638428/ramsay-says-he-didnt-call-tracy-a-lesbian/

I'm convinced of it - he's so erratic ... and with his affairs being exposed, we know he lives a double life.

This story was not about Tracy's journalism, it's about Gordon ... though, she did need to make a stronger statement pointing out his homophobia.

Gordon's Hell's Kitchen would not exist without the lesbian contestant's ... they're the only reason people watch.

to be honest, tracy grimshaw's not really a real journalist... a current affair and today tonight (its rival on another channel) are basically the lowest of the low, are extremely racist programs, and their main content is like, "neighbour from hell" or "tenant from hell" or "[lebanese/asian/immigrant] man caught selling off meat" etc etc you get the picture. actually today tonight was responsible for all the "outrage" over the lesbian kiss between charlie and joey on home and away a few months ago.

so really while what he said is horrible and sexist and everything you already mentioned, and while her being a fake-journo can by no means validate or justify what he said, i'm not that bothered, personally. i might be if only they reported something important or true.

i did find Ramsay entertaining on some levels in the past, but I'm not sure if I can say that about him anymore.

I realize Grimshaw is not the best reporter out there, actually I dont think i should even call her that, but Ramsay, dude, that was a little too much.

He always had gay contestants on his show and from my point of view, didnt seem descriminating toward them because of their sexual orientation. wonder why he attempted a stupid mistake by calling her a lesbian? he should have settled with 'pig' or something.

Gordon is just rude full stop. He himself isn't entertaining at all. You can get anyone to be shouty and sweary at people and if needs be fling in a british accent.

He's a tit and not the good kind.

I find Gordon Ramsey obnoxious anyway, it makes no odds to me if he's just being offensive anyway or using the word 'lesbian' to be offensive...he should be no more famous than any other TV chef, but has achieved superstardom by swearing...not someone I expect much from anyway...

I am interested in the used of 'lesbian' and 'gay' as offensive terms though, in society generally...for example in a recent episode of 'Gok's Fashion Fix', stylist Gok Wan told Janet Street Porter if she wore flat shoes she would look like a lesbian - as though that was a bad thing. Since Gok's gay and it was meant light-heartedly, I'm not offended, but it did make me think of the way 'lesbian' is so often seen to be a negative term...and it seems to be used that way more and more frequently, especially amongst teenagers I know...shouldn't that be changing in this day and age? If religion or race were used as derogatory terms, everyone would be up in arms, but apparently sexuality is still fair game...makes me angry...

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Grimshaw is a terrible journalist, who should really, really stop cramming hyper packaged angry neighbour, barking dog and incompetant-town-council stories down our throats, but that's got nothing to do with being or not being gay or ugly, she's just awful at her job. I'm not going to defend her on a professional level, but I would have thought the best way to deal with the situation would be not to mention it in any way, shape or form, not "take him on".

There are so many things she does he could have chosen to attack her for, ACA makes fun of itself, why would he bother with slurs to her looks and implying she was gay, (as if that had anything to do with anything.

So breaking news is that our Prime minister Kevin Rudd AND deputy PM Julia Gillard have both made public statements supporting Grimshaw. As you do when you're supposed to be running the country. Since when do political leaders weigh in on celebrity feuds?

Well now K-Rudd's pissed his wife was photographed at the gym, and 2 days ago he was outraged at The Chaser, so let's just forget what he thinks and be thankful that that's all he has to worry about right now (or maybe we should be worried???...whatevs..off topic)

In my opinion, no one in Australia really gives a shit about Tracy Grimshaw...to me she's always just been another sensationalist 'journalism' nightly tv reporter - if you want that kind of crap, you watch A Current Affair, if not, you don't. Beyond that, I've never really heard anyone have that strong an opinion of her...not because she's not a pointless tv personality but merely because she's hardly worthy of anyone's brain space.

My point is - beyond that her existence is pointless - that I don't know why Ramsay chose to have a dig at her. His interview with her seemed to go his way and got him the publicity he wanted so I don't really know why he decided to attack her. All I can assume is that, like others said, maybe she wasn't receptive to him after the interview, or that he thought it'd be funny but didn't really get that Grimshaw isn't quite the collective joke that Naomi Robson was, and that putting her in that light wouldn't go down too well.

At the end of it all, it is quite a ridiculous fight for two adults to be having on national television. Personally, I think Grimshaw should've just ignored it, but I also understand that if I were her, I might feel the need to say something. I don't know why she had to clarify that she's not a lesbian though...surely her initial comment would have been sufficient?

Ok someone needs to set the record straight here. I am an Australian and know of this whole debacle. What people are failing to "report" with absolute outrage is that Tracey Grimshaw is a lesbian, and has put herself back in the closet fearing what it would do to her public image, as if the chasers haven't already ruined her, she has now done it to herself. I could not believe it came out of her mouth when she denied it!!! Everyone who has ever worked at channel nine know of how she was in a relationship with Deborah Hutton, and subsequent WOMEN. So whatever Gordan Ramsay said and did, meh, that is what made him famous, I find her actions far worse. Shame on YOU Tracey, I didn't know it was so awful to apparently be a lesbian, my bad.

Ramsey may seem like an asshole on his shows, but that's because he expects a lot from others. He demands the best out of people. I've seen some interviews and small clips of him outside the show and he's a really good guy. He's extremely charming and funny. I'm shocked by what happened. 

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what a fool that man is!! it amazes me that he is still getting air time the way he behaves and belittles people. and his swearing on air is over the top! arrrrrr.

but good on tracey for having a bite back....what he said was hurtful and uncalled for. she's a well respected journalist here and after this serve from gordon she has received mountains of support from the public.

and as for her being a lesbian...well thats something i've wondered about her for a while....guess my gaydar was wrong, again!!

Ramsey isn't "a sexist"?? ... if your a women, you need to check yourself!

But then - as you have just joined '123' and won't say your own sexual orientation in your profile, I'm suspecting your a guy or a straight person trying to justify this on behalf of Gordon Ramsey.