Never one shy of making a statement, Gordon Ramsey is on full PR backtrack mode in Australia after calling one of the country's most esteemed journalists "An ugly, old pig."

Ramsey got stuck into Tracy Grimshaw whilst performing at the Good Food & Wine Show. Completely misreading the crowd, Gordon said:

"We were secret lovers for 20 years,’’

"No, I didn’t go there and I didn’t go down. I didn’t stoop that low for God’s sake."

Then, after calling her an "Ugly, old lesbian" he then showed a picture of a naked woman on her hands and knees with pig-like features and said "that's Tracy Grimshaw ... holy crap. She needs to see Simon Cowell's Botox doctor."

Gordon's publicists told journalists the pair had a great relationship, a claim denied by Grimshaw:

"...despite what his publicist said in damage control we do not have a great relationship. We have no relationship at all,"

''Truly, I wonder how many people would laugh if they were effectively described as ‘an old ugly pig’. How is that funny exactly? And worse, it’s not even witty. Obviously Gordon thinks that any woman that doesn’t find him attractive must be gay. For the record, I don’t and I’m not. We’ve all seen how Gordon Ramsay treats his wife – and he supposedly loves her,"

Done. Like a kipper.