Gordon Ramsay says claim he bullied Adam Peaty's family 'absolute nonsense'
It’s been nearly two months since the big day, but it appears the Ramsay-Peaty wedding drama is still rumbling on.
As Gordon Ramsay speaks to press about his upcoming Netflix documentary, questions have been raised about his daughter Holly’s marriage to Olympian Adam.
Towards the end of last year, a media storm surrounded the pair as there were claims the groom’s family had been uninvited from the Bath wedding, with strong claims made by his mum, Caroline.
And as it’s gone on, the chef himself has been described as a ‘big bully’ by Peaty's parents who had ‘pushed them too far’.
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But Gordon’s had his say now, rubbishing the claim from the in-laws as ‘absolute nonsense’. The Netflix doc shines a bit of a light on Adam and Holly’s relationship, as we get a little peek into their engagement party and speeches.
The chef has now said he ‘opened my door and welcomed’ the swimmer’s family into his own when the pair’s relationship began.
However, a family feud threw this into turmoil with strong claims made by the Peaty side about the couple and Ramsay family, with ‘bullying’ allegations stirring the pot.
But Gordon has insisted he is ‘certainly not a bully’.
“I think when you send personal chauffeur cars up to Nottingham to invite this incredible family down to enjoy their party [the engagement 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,” he told The Sun.
“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.”
The chef went on to add that when there is an enjoyment from the ‘press attention’ and you ‘revel in it’ then: “You’re sort of freeing the beast.”
Gordon has long spoken highly of his son-in-law and it’s clear during the doc that he treats him as his own.
And he previously added to the Daily Mail that the ‘barrage of press was very hurtful’ having treated the Peatys ‘like royalty’ at the engagement party.
As for the wedding itself, he said: “It was Adam and Holly’s wishes for them not to attend and so we had to respect that. There’s stuff they need to sort out as parents. That’s nothing to do with Tana and me. But we are very mindful we want to move on and allow Holly and Adam to continue starting their lives together."
Caroline has spoke to the press on a number of occasions, describing her family as ‘broken’ and being ‘hurt’.
Topics: Celebrity, Gordon Ramsay, Netflix, Entertainment
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