Gordon Ramsay recalls 'embarrassing' sports bra moment that made him realise he was a 'fat f**k'

Gordon Ramsay has recalled how he was once publicly shamed into shedding the pounds after becoming a self-labelled 'fat f**k'.

The TV chef has never been one to pull punches when it comes to telling people what he really thinks of them, but he's also been on the receiving end of some harsh comments in his time.

In his upcoming Netflix documentary, Being Gordon Ramsay, the 59-year-old opens up about his dad’s death in 1997 due to a heart attack being part of a ‘wake up call’ for him to get in shape.

But while Ramsay was compelled to get back in control of his health - with exercise now being a big thing for his family - he tells LADbible that a traumatising ‘sports bra’ moment during that fitness journey left him so embarrassed he knew he needed to get his ‘sh*t together’.

Watch the trailer here and be warned, it contains some classic Gordon Ramsay strong language:

“I was a fat f**k once, and I had embedded myself in this kitchen, it was 18 hours a day,” Ramsay tells us. “I was going in on my day off, and I was, grafting and losing control of myself. I remember running my first London marathon, and I was coming to Mile 22.

“There was a bridge, thousands of people up there.”

And then, out of nowhere, a ‘fucking sports bra hit’ the chef.

“Someone shouted, ‘Ramsay, you forgot your sports bra’,” he recalls, remembering the feeling of shock after having thought he was going to get a ‘decent time’.

“I knew things were heading south when the hippopotamus with the telephone box f**king overtook me,” he adds, having ended up with a time of five and a half hours.

“So you need those stern reminders of ‘that was embarrassing, get your sh*t together’.”

Ramsay ended up shaving his time down to three and a half hours in 2004, having worked to get himself in shape.

Fitness is a big part of Gordon and his family's life. (Instagram/gordongram)

It doesn’t take a genius to work out that food is a ‘tough one’ for chefs to avoid eating too much of – they’re around it all day, thinking about it all day and talking about it all day.

And so, understandably, with the mad working hours to consider too, it might be hard to keep on top of staying ‘in shape’

So as well as looking after his own health, the father-of-four says it’s important for chefs to also set an example for their team.

“It's a tough environment, and you need to be on it, fit, mentally strong, and you need to take care of your diet,” he explains.

“Ask any doctor, chefs are the worst; cholesterol, blood pressure. And so all this sh*t needs to be tapered, and all this stuff needs to be controlled, and you need to set an example.”

After the ‘buildup of pressure’ and the chase of ‘three Michelin stars’, he had lost control in his early 30s.

But he recognised that he ‘needed an exit’. “I needed to dust myself down and think longevity,” Ramsay adds.

Being Gordon Ramsay premieres on Netflix on 18 February