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More grilling for Gordon
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Oh dear – it seems the latest smell coming from Gordon Ramsay’s kitchen might not be one of his Michelin-starred culinary creations, but the distinctive aroma of pants on fire.
As the row over the charmless chef’s comments about Australian TV host Tracey Grimshaw continues to approach international-incident status, his mum has entered the fray by denying Gordo’s claim that she had made him apologise for his outburst.
It all kicked off over the weekend, when the chef was rude to Tracey during an interview. The next day, at a food show in Melbourne, he stunned the crowd by comparing the TV presenter to a picture of a naked woman with the features of a pig.
The situation escalated when Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd, who obviously has nothing else to worry about in the middle of the worst global recession for eleventy gazillion years, weighed in to the kerfuffle by branding the chef a “new form of lowlife”.
Realising that things might be getting out of hand, the high-profile pan-juggler told the local media he’d tried to contact Tracey to apologise and he’d had a “b*****king” over the phone from his mum.
However, Helen Cosgrove, the mum in question, has denied even speaking to him since the row blew up. “I haven’t spoken to Gordon since the weekend,” she told reporters outside her house in Somerset. “I certainly didn’t tell him off about what he did in Australia,” she added.
Meanwhile, Sarah Symonds, the “professional mistress” who claims to have had a seven-year affair with Ramsay, has chipped in with her two cents’ worth. She told another Australian show, “I would say right now that his ego is beginning to eat him up and he is beginning to look like a vicious pig.”
Oink! It sounds like Gordon’s bacon might not be out of the fire just yet…
by Tom Murphy, Thursday 11 June 2009
Source: Daily Mail
