Oz fury at Ramsay 'pig' jibe

0 Comments | Sunday Mirror, Jun 7, 2009 | by Anonymous

GORDON Ramsay has outraged women's groups in Australia by depicting a leading female television journalist as a lesbian pig.

The astonishing tirade shocked audiences at a food show in Melbourne where Ramsay was giving a demonstration.

It has led to calls for the chef to be kicked out of Australia.

Ramsay told an audience of several thousand that current affairs presenter Tracy Grimshaw, who had interviewed him on Friday evening, was "a lesbian".

He then showed a picture of a woman with the features of a pig.

"That's Grimshaw," he told the audience. "Holy crap. She needs to see a Botox doctor."

Melinda Tankard Reist, of Women's Forum, said Ramsay "offended every Australian woman."