To think that Gordon Ramsey is abusive and shouldn't be allowed on telly?

[TheRealAmandaClarke]

Some channel is showing what appears to be a US version of "Hell's kitchen"
OMG! How is it ok that he's on air. It's not even funny. He's so outrageously offensive.
Do I just need to get a grip/ sense of humour.

Obviously I've changed channels btw.

I would like to defend his decision to have cosmetic surgeries. He does have an unusually wrinkly face. He is constantly having to look at it in HD. Some deluded surgeon told him they could fix it. I think under the circumstances I too would have been vain enough to go under the knife.

Such a shame about the results. I take it as a warning. Sometimes cosmetic surgery makes it worse.

I think the angry sweary thing is an act. He is overdoing it a bit but people enjoy it. Very Jerry Springer.

I have lost my own hair. It is surprisingly upsetting. So I don't judge him for the transplants either.

I expect Anne Robinson is normal when she is not doing The Weakest Link. They have found their niche which is being rude to people who volunteer to be insulted. Fine by me, whatever floats their boat, I don't have to watch it and neither does OP.

it's just telly.

Anyone who thinks that what is shown on telly is in any way a reflection of reality is delusional.

Plenty of celebs who appear arseholes on tv are lovely in rl, just as plenty of celebs who appear lovely are actually arseholes in rl.

I used to really like the F Word, and thought Hells Kitchen was just hammed up for the sake of it because it was a different TV format.

Then I watched his India programme and went off him completely. Disrespectful, full of bravado, clearly out of his comfort zone sometimes but just being petty and snide to try and cover it up, hated hated hated that programme. Haven't watched anything with him in it since.

"Hells Kitchen's all about the ratings, it's Jerry Springer in an Apron."
It is telly. He is playing a part. Take Eastanders, are the actors horrible people just because they play a nasty character? Look at the name "Hells kitchen" - it is a clue.

He behaves with much humility and grace in real life.

Agree with Hissy - he is a superb cook and was lovely the one time I met him. Hate his behaviour on camera, though.

Maybe if people didn't give so much attention to his sweary, tantrummy personna and concentrated on his cooking, they wouldn't make programmes like Hell's Kitchen. There's a huge audience for them, so I suppose the poor man has to carry on erupting :)

He has such a passion for cooking I'm not surprised he looses his rag when a supposedly 'professional' chef competing for job in his own personal restaurant brings raw chicken to the pass or takes more than 3 attempts to fry an egg properly.

Anyone that slices chicken, sees that it is pink and STILL sends it to the pass NEEDS shouting at.

If you owned your own restaurant and your chefs had messed up so many times that you had thrown more plates of food away than you had served wouldn't you want to shout too?

I get irritated when people can't see past TV personas, but I've never seen Ramsey act really differently to his. It comes across more like the nice-guy-interview Ramsey is the persona.

He's vile. Completely vile. I don't understand attitudes to people on television on MN though, because some people who are clearly an act and in real life actually do a lot of good are hounded. But Ramsey? He seems quite well liked - and he's a jerk.

Unfortunately there is no King of the Telly who can banish him. Let's get one.

I like watching his shows. Lets be honest you wouldn't go on HK expecting him to be nice and calm. Contestants know what he's going to be like.
I've never believed that he's like that in 'real life'.

He's on US Masterchef too but is almost angelic on there :)

I dunno. On the one hand, there has been a lot of negative press coverage of him (and the alleged mistress who sold her story, of course) - but on the other hand, he's done a lot of charity work, including Women's Aid.

Maybe he's just a human being.

Don't like him and avoid his shows. Not keen on gross behaviour being made normative. I really don't care what he is like in real life.