Gordon Ramsay admits he swears 150 times a day ahead of new BBC quiz show
GORDON Ramsay has admitted he swears 150 times a day as he prepares to launch his new BBC quiz show.
The potty-mouthed 54-year-old exclusively tells The Sun the BBC have been “supportive” as he makes the transition from F-word chef to family-friendly quiz show host.
When asked how many times he swears a day, he muses: “Around 150.”
"But there is an art in telling someone to f*** off, and the amount I swear depends on how much dog s*** gets picked up on the Common.
"The BBC have been very supportive though, and told me that if a naughty little f*** slips out, so be it."
His latest TV project sees him out of the chef's whites and into a suit and tie.
The star is fronting Bank Balance - think Jenga meets The Chase - as part of his increasingly successful sideline hustle, his eponymous TV production company.
In it, contestants can win up to £100,000 by answering questions correctly and successfully balancing 'gold' bars on a central pyramid.
He's already had interest from networks Stateside wanting to format it.
With one commentator laconically suggesting the programme will transform the dad of five from a sweary TV chef to a sweary TV gameshow host, admittedly the first episode sees Gordon utter his first 's***' within 43 seconds.
Gordon didn't take any acting or presenting lessons prior to filming, but says he swatted up watching endless hours of The Chase.
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"Again, when I called my mum to tell her I was hosting it, she said Bradley Walsh was the only man for the job," he said.
He also watched a lot of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
"Jeremy [Clarkson] is such a cool, calm, father figure, so funny and smart, whilst Bradley is just so quick - I studied both of them a lot," he adds.
Bank Balance starts Wednesday night on BBC One at 9pm