Gordon Ramsay is catching serious heat this week after a video clip from 2010 resurfaced, in which he and fellow guest Sofia Vergara give interviews on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
The clip began making the rounds on social media and quickly went viral as viewers noted Ramsay’s inappropriate behavior towards Vergara.
At one point in the video, Vergara asks the men, “Did I scare you guys?,” referencing her loud scream in the previous skit. “I never scream like that in real life. It was all acting,” to which Ramsay responds, “only in the bedroom?” as he touches her arm. She is clearly uncomfortable as she leans away from Ramsay’s hand.
Leno then shows pictures of the Modern Family star in a bikini vacationing in Greece and Italy. In one shot, the actress is eating a slice of pizza, prompting Ramsay to say, “You seem like you’re enjoying that. You had a whole wedge in your mouth at one time?”
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Vergara becomes noticeably irritated, but Ramsay forges onward, asking “You haven’t heard of a knife and fork? You don’t eat pizza with a knife and a fork,” before saying, “You just pick it up and stick it in.”
The celebrity chef also insults a Colombian dessert Vergara brought to the show, exclaiming that it tasted like “s**t fudge.” This is par for the course when it comes to Ramsay, though repeatedly touching Vergara—and one point hitting her on the side of the thigh—is not.
“No touching!” she yells at him. She also appears to yell “ese tipo no respeta,” which translates to “this guy does not respect me.”
As the clip above began to go viral, more and more people added their thoughts to the conversation.
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https://twitter.com/b4sic_amna/status/1081938379829325824
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https://twitter.com/MonsterStan2/status/1081778186235465729
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https://twitter.com/annamfeelingood/status/1082328308107436032
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https://twitter.com/Anomaleeh/status/1082056344541179904
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https://twitter.com/zalesperson/status/1081773826411761665
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She says "Don't touch me". You continued. No grey area here. Mr. Ramsey.
— Jamar (@Charlesjamares) January 7, 2019
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https://twitter.com/miranda_swings/status/1081826613174558720
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What an absolute creep. Vergara looks like she's being as assertive as she can in the circumstances, and he's taking fucking liberties https://t.co/gRJMFMPHq3
— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) January 7, 2019
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https://twitter.com/OriginalKooLaLa/status/1082338089400455168
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https://twitter.com/DaftLimmy/status/1082293821281652736
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Gordon Ramsey’s actions can be described the same way he describes food: pic.twitter.com/f1xP4wYD8w
— Joseph (@joeyflores344) January 7, 2019
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https://twitter.com/EROD2292/status/1082019615541063680
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@GordonRamsay you treated Sofia Vergara with utter disrespect. You sexually harassed her to the point where you actually touched her. She was making her disdain for you obvious. What the fuck is wrong with you? Never watching anything you do again.
— Steph Dyhrberg (@StephDyhrberg) January 7, 2019
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https://twitter.com/hayleywx_/status/1082569934159396864
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https://twitter.com/LainIsVain/status/1082505300643467264
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https://twitter.com/k80b/status/1082237870331645953
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Total. Utter. Complete. Prat! @SofiaVergara has more class in her toenail. https://t.co/GwhwoYXG9i
— anita anand (@tweeter_anita) January 7, 2019
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Sofia Vergara should have smacked @GordonRamsay's face & had him charged with sexual harassment & sexual assault. What an entitled, toxic, chauvinist. Did Jay Leno say ANYTHING to him about this? https://t.co/JC0t78QkW6
— @pandymonium.bsky.social (@MoaniePandium) January 7, 2019
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🤢🤢🤢🤢 pic.twitter.com/Zo66Ha6OuT
— Jose Jandres♿🏳️🌈♎ (@Crazyyy_Legzzz) January 6, 2019
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https://twitter.com/sinawalawan/status/1081995695303712769
We’re coming for all you grody dudes in 2019.