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Topics: Gordon Ramsay, Celebrity, Sex and Relationships
Rhiannon Ingle
Topics: Gordon Ramsay, Celebrity, Sex and Relationships
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has addressed the ongoing Adam Peaty 'family feud' in a brand-new interview alongside his wife, Tana.
Speaking to the Daily Mail in an exclusive published yesterday (5 February), Gordon opened up about the family fall-out following his 25-year-old daughter Holly's wedding-day drama with Olympian swimmer Adam, 31, back in December.
The pair tied the knot at Bath Abbey in a stunning ceremony with a star-studded guestlist - including David and Victoria Beckham - just days after Christmas (27 December), but, due to the rumoured 'family feud', Adam's mum, Caroline, was not in attendance.
Just over a month later, Gordon has shared his two cents on the matter, telling the outlet: "It’s just upsetting."
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The father-of-six continued: "It’s all self-inflicted from their side, because we’ve done nothing – none of what you’ve read: no rudeness, no ignorance – we welcomed them.
"We sent a chauffeur-driven car for them to come to the engagement party and treated them like royalty. So, to get that barrage of press was very hurtful. Tana took it very seriously."
When asked whether the feud between the families might ever be settled, Gordon replied: "I would like to go up to Nottingham with Tana and see them and draw a line in the sand.
"It was Adam and Holly’s wishes for them not to attend, and so we had to respect that. There’s stuff they need to sort out as parents. That’s nothing to do with Tana and me. But we are very mindful that we want to move on and allow Holly and Adam to continue starting their lives together."
Tana then chipped in: "We’ve had fallouts within my family; there are no winners. I’m so grateful we got through mine and have happy relationships again. You don’t have to be best friends, but be civil. You can’t be happy when there’s a fallout going on. It’s really negative, and no one wants that."
Caroline has previously claimed that the feud began when Holly initially failed to invite her to her hen party and, breaking her silence to the Daily Mail before the wedding, she claimed: "I don't think they understand how much they have hurt me; it's as if they have cut my heart out.
"This is the first Christmas that I've not had my family together – my family is broken. Yes, I have my other grandchildren. Yes, I have my other children, but my family is split because of the goings on...because of the wedding."
She continued: "Me going would just cause even more of a storm and I don't want to ruin his wedding day. I wanted to be there quietly to watch him get married, but that can't happen now.
"I don't know if they are too young or don't value family as much as I have, but they don't understand that family is the foundation to everything."
"Family is the foundation you can return to when things get rough. I've had that throughout my life. Luckily, my mum is still alive and still supports me at 83 – I still get told off as if I'm five! I want that for my children, if I'm lucky enough to live that long," she added.
Months prior to his wedding, Adam previously responded to rumours of mounting tension, writing on social media: "Over the past few days, a lot has been reported and comments posted about the private life of Holly and myself.
"My sister Bethany, has also been targeted. This has been almost entirely one-sided and, in many cases, excessive and intrusive. What makes it worse is that it has been encouraged by members of my family."
He added that, due to an active police inquiry into 'serious matters that arose long before recent events', he couldn't provide any more specifics, emphasising, however: "For those who know me personally, you know that I work so hard on trying to improve myself as a person who wants to contribute to making the world a better place."