Gordon Ramsay has a lot of followers as a straight-talking, no-holds-barred TV personality, but his new interview hasn’t gone over well with them.
On the High Performance podcast, the world-famous chef sat down with Jake Humphrey to discuss the ‘challenges’ he has experienced in his life.
However, a preview tape has been criticised online as ‘unrelatable’ when Gordon, 56, revealed a story about being’skint’ and having to approach his father-in-law for money.
While the Kitchen Nightmares star’s life hasn’t been easy, his touching narrative about overcoming poverty hasn’t gone down well, as he admitted he had an expensive supercar at the time.
‘We were young, we were stupid, and we were skint,’ the Hell’s Kitchen star began, referring to himself and wife Tana, 49.
He went out to lunch with his father-in-law, Chris Hutcheson, to ask for ’20 grand’ to assist pay for a flat deposit, half of which they had already saved.
Gordon offered to pay him back in a year – and pay for the lunch – to which Chris responded: ‘Here’s what I’ll do, I’ll have another lunch with you when you sell your Porsche.’
The chef was driving about in a ‘flash’ Porsche 911, which starts at roughly £40,000, while his family ‘didn’t have a roof over [their] heads’ at the time.
The ‘best advice’ from his father-in-law was slammed by fans in a string of mocking replies.
‘Has there ever been a less relatable story?’ wrote one viewer on X, formerly Twitter, which racked up over 17,000 likes.
Another scathed: ‘So humbling and heartwarming, and really quite relatable. I’m sure we can all recall a time when things were so tough we had to sell our Porsches.’
‘Skint = £20k in the bank and driving around in a 911. Good advice though. Kids, if you’re struggling… just sell your Porsche,’ joked a third.
‘Essential viewing for those struggling to get on the housing ladder. Seems it’s just a case of selling your Porsche and using the 20 grand you already possessed. Job done. Cheers lads,’ added someone else.
Many comments joked that the ‘rags to riches’ story was ‘inspiring,’ and that they, too, were preparing to sell their numerous supercars to overcome the housing problem.
Gordon concluded his story by noting that he did sell his Porsche at the time, but he got it again ten years later – the exact same automobile.
