Gordon Ramsay threatened at gunpoint and doused in petrol

[sam86]

TOUGH-TALKING TV chef Gordon Ramsay was threatened at gunpoint while filming for his new Channel 4 show.

The 44-year-old revealed how he also had petrol poured over him while filming Gordon's Shark Bait in Costa Rica, which investigates shark hunting in the country.

Police warned the foul-mouthed chef and his film crew to leave after shark hunting gangs tried to stop them filming.

He told a newspaper: "It's a multi-billion dollar industry, completely unregulated. We traced some of the biggest culprits to Costa Rica. These gangs operate from places like forts, with barbed wire and gun towers.

"At one point, I managed to shake off the people keeping us away, ran up some stairs to a rooftop and looked down to see thousands of fins, drying on rooftops as far as the eye could see. When I got back downstairs, they tipped a barrel of petrol over me."

He added: "Back at the wharf, there were people pointing rifles at us to stop us filming. A van pulled up and these seedy characters made us stand against a wall. The police came and advised us to leave the country. They said, 'If you set one foot in there, they'll shoot you.'"

Blimey. Wonder if it'll make the TV show.

 

[clapham_gull]

Hope it doesn't represent Costa Rica as crime ridden hell hole. It's a magnificent country.

 

[drew]

Why the f*** did he not set one foot in there, wherever there was!!!

 

[Mr Burns]

Hope it doesn't represent Costa Rica as crime ridden hell hole. It's a magnificent country.

Sounds it! Shame someone didn't flick a fag at him

 

[Beach Hut]

Clearly no-one had a box of matches then.....

 

[seagull_special]

I would love to have seen his christmas pudding impression

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Sadly not very newsworthy, he isn't being barbecued as we speak.

 

[sydney]

he is a rather unlikeable person though isn't he..?regularly bringing budding gastronomists to tears and throwing perfectly good salmon away....

 

[Mr deez]

Obviously hype for the new show so its tough to tell what the real story might be - I doubt he really shook off his security to sneak a look.

 

[CAPTAIN GREALISH]

looking at his face the other day in the paper it looked like they threw the match

 

[The Merry Prankster]

Not that I want anyone to be doused in petrol but if someone has to be.....

 

[somerset]

Hope it doesn't represent Costa Rica as crime ridden hell hole. It's a magnificent country.

Both are true sadly,.......... like a lot of these 'developing' countries.

 

[Sensitive_Guy69]

looking at his face the other day in the paper it looked like they threw the match

And spunked in his eyes

 

[Tricky Dicky]

A newsworthy headline just before a new series comes out - well I never. Cynical moi ?

 

[mikes smalls]

For anyone actually interested in the illegal trade in shark fins I highly reccomend watching the documentary film Sharkwater.
Of course if you're just interested in enjoying the possibility of Ramsey getting set alight, then please carry on...

 

[Tony Towner's Fridge]

Hope it doesn't represent Costa Rica as crime ridden hell hole. It's a magnificent country.

Obviously a nice place to rank alongside Mogadishu, Baghdad and Selhurst.

TNBA

TTF

 

[fire&skill]

I wish these people would stick to doing posh things with bacon rather than set themselves up as crusading investigative journalists. A pox on the Ramsays and Olivers of this world.