Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has hit back at claims he behaved like a bully to Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty’s parents, calling the allegations ‘absolute nonsense’ and saying he welcomed them into his family
Gordon and Holly Ramsay arrive for her wedding to Adam Peaty at Bath Abbey(Image: PA Wire/PA Images)
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has dismissed allegations he acted like a bully towards his son-in-law Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty’s parents as “absolute nonsense”.
Speaking to The Sun, Ramsay said he had “opened my door and welcomed” Peaty’s family into his own when he began a relationship with their daughter Holly. The model, who now goes by the name Holly Ramsay Peaty, wed three-time Olympic gold medallist Peaty in a star-studded ceremony at Bath Abbey in December.
The nuptials took place against a backdrop of reports suggesting a family rift which, according to the Daily Mail, intensified after Peaty’s mother Caroline wasn’t invited to the bride’s hen party. The Sun reported earlier this month that Peaty’s parents had branded Ramsay “a big bully” who had “pushed them too far”.
Gordon Ramsay said he had “opened my door and welcomed” Peaty’s family into his own(Image: PA Archive/PA Images)
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“I’m certainly not a bully,” Ramsay told The Sun.
“I think when you send personal chauffer cars up to Nottingham to invite this incredible family down to enjoy their party – by the way Holly and Adam were hosting that party, Caroline and Mark (Peaty’s parents), Tana (Ramsay’s wife) and I were guests – appalling to even suggest there was any bullying. That’s absolute nonsense.
“Secondly, opening up my door, welcoming them into the family, at the end of the day there was a lot of friction going on before all that and so there was some stuff that they needed to sort it out and so it was sad to see that barrage of negativity that was self-propelled by them.
“I think once you start enjoying that kind of press attention and you revel in it, you’re sort of feeding the beast.”
Adam Peaty with his silver medal following the 100m breaststroke final at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games(Image: PA Archive/PA Images)
Ramsay, speaking before a new Netflix documentary which charts the Michelin-starred chef in the lead-up to launching three restaurants, a bar and a cookery academy at London’s 22 Bishopsgate, urged Peaty’s parents to demonstrate greater respect towards their son.
He continued: “Adam is an incredible young man and I understand the way he has helped his family out, so for his family to be that detrimental and derogatory about him, knowing what he’s done for his family… I know what Adam has done for his parents and his parents need to be a little bit more respectful about what they’ve taken from Adam.
“Holly and Adam have just started that incredible life together and so families fall out, right, but don’t add fuel to the fire and just show a little bit of decorum because it’s not about the mum and dad.
“I’m a bit frustrated with the lack of vision of Adam’s parents not supporting them, because we’re mature, we’re a lot more well versed to deal with crap in our lives, so come on.”
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