Fiery TV chef Gordon Ramsay is under fire after he reportedly used the F-word no fewer than 187 times in a TV show. Photo / Supplied.
One of his television shows is called The F-Word, but celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay's famous use of the expletive - and others - has landed him in hot water with British audiences.
Viewers flooded Channel 4 with complaints after Ramsay swore 243 times in a two-hour screening of
Gordon's Great British Nightmare on Friday, The Sunday Mirror reported.
His language included "187 F-words", the newspaper said.
Lib-Dem MP Don Foster told the tabloid: "This is getting beyond a joke. When you hear about this much swearing in a single programme, you're tempted to utter an expletive yourself.
"We have got to tone it down because bad language on TV is seeping into society."
An Ofcom spokesman said the UK's communications watchdog could not immediately comment on complaints received over the weekend.
A Channel 4 spokesman said: "Gordon Ramsay is a well-known TV personality and viewers know what to expect. The swearing was a genuine expression of his passion and frustration."
Last year, Ramsay came under fire from an Australian Senate committee, which proposed changes to broadcasting standards thanks to his foul-mouthed outbursts.
Liberal Senator Cory Bernardi complained one episode of the chef's Kitchen Nightmares programme contained "the F-word" 80 times in 40 minutes.
- AAP
