Gordon Ramsay ‘gets really upset’ when people think he is on cocaine | Celebrity News | Showbiz & TV

Multiple Michelin-starred celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has spoken out about how upsetting he finds it when people assume he is on cocaine. The father of five has been very vocal about his brother’s addiction issues and the effect on his family. In 2017, he also made a documentary series exploring the global cocaine trade.

Appearing on Spencer Matthews’ Big Fish podcast, the chef was asked whether he’d made the show, Gordon Ramsay on Cocaine, in order to warn his children off the drug which led to Gordon’s revelation.

“I get incredibly upset whenever anyone thinks that I’m on it,” he said.

“Because you’re boisterous, you’re loud and you’re excited.

“It’s just passion. Pure, f****** passion,” he continued.

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“That’s no different to being in a dressing room…at halftime two nil down and you’ve got to get your sh** together in the next 45 minutes.”

Gordon passionately continued to discuss his feelings on the subject.

“Three [Michelin] star level you know, there’s a price to pay for that.

“And it’s not flipping burgers and dressing f****** Caesar salad.

“It’s just the ultimate and so it’s as refined as an athlete.

“And so, I got upset when everyone thought that this rock and roll status in the industry was dependent on this f****** white powder.”

The popular television personality also revealed a more poignant reason for his abhorrence of the drug.

In May 2003, David Dempsey, who had been appointed head chef at his Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea, West London, fell to his death from a window ledge after taking a potentially fatal amount of cocaine, as reported by The Guardian.

Recalling the tragedy, a noticeably moved Gordon said: “You turn up to work on a Monday morning and there’s a police officer outside the front door asking you to identify a body.

“Because they’ve got a credit card and I was last with him before he passed. And so that’s a tough gig.”

Toxicology reports showed that 31-year-old David had 1.36mg of cocaine per litre of his blood at the time of his death.

Giving evidence at an inquest of his death in July 2003 Westminster coroner’s court Gordon said he had never suspected his employee of drug-taking.

It was this incident along with his family experience which inspired the hard-hitting documentary series.

Barely allowing Spencer to get a word in he explained you don’t “need a substance to get you to perfection”.

He added: “The purpose of that documentary was just to prove…you don’t need the substance to be at the pinnacle.”

Big Fish with Spencer Matthews is available on Apple podcasts, Spotify, and can be downloaded from globalplayer.com