Gordon Ramsay’s a narcissist. Now I’m helping Adam Peaty’s bullied mum: Sarah, who maintains she was chef’s mistress despite his denials, breaks silence to reveal shock ally, wedding fallout… and his ‘shameless’ words. Look away Gordon!

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Sarah Symonds reached out to Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty’s mother, Caroline, because she wanted to let the grieving 60-year-old know she wasn’t facing her pain by herself.

Sarah wanted to let her know that she believed she could not only get through the pain, but also live a full and happy life.

Caroline was deeply hurt because she wasn’t allowed to attend her son’s wedding, which was a very extravagant event, as he married Holly Ramsay, Gordon Ramsay’s daughter.

A bitter and very public fight had caused a rift between the two families. The chef, age 59, is also said to have made hurtful comments about his daughter’s new mother-in-law during his wedding speech. Today, Sarah tells the Daily Mail in an exclusive interview: ‘I understand the pain of this situation [with the Ramsays] all too well. Speaking with Caroline is difficult, as it reopens old wounds, but I’m doing it to help others.’

‘I’m so glad I reached out because now Caroline and I are close.

‘One could say we are kindred spirits. Because if anyone knows what she is going through it is me.’

For Sarah, 55, knows only too well that Gordon is not a man to get on the wrong side of.

She claims she had a seven-year affair with Gordon, which he has consistently and angrily denied. The affair reportedly started after they met in 2001 at the Chinawhite nightclub in London, a popular spot for celebrities.

At the time he was married to Tana and Holly, now 26, was just one year old.

Facing off against ‘Team Ramsay’ is incredibly challenging, according to Sarah. When rumors of an affair surfaced in 2008, Gordon immediately and strongly denied them, using very offensive language to discredit Sarah.

She, for her part, insists she cared for him deeply.

Last November, amidst news stories about Caroline and the Ramsays, Sarah started looking for Caroline on Facebook, feeling driven to reach out and let her know she was thinking of her.

I found several people with the same name online, but one profile immediately caught my eye – it had a picture of an Olympic medal as the profile image.

Sarah, living 140 miles away in South Wales, knew right away she wanted to help Caroline, whose home is in Staffordshire. She sent Caroline a message on Facebook, hoping it would catch her eye.

Sarah was so happy to find Caroline that she immediately sent her a message offering support.

I wanted to let her know I disapproved of how Gordon and his family were treating her. I felt really sorry for her and hoped I could cheer her up a little.

‘She replied, and then she asked me to be her Facebook friend. Now we’ve become close.’

Their friendship has grown so close that Caroline’s sister and Adam’s aunt Louise have become part of the group. Sarah calls them a ‘support system’ built on a strong bond of female friendship and mutual support.

Louise, who used to be a lawyer, was deeply upset by how the Ramsays treated Caroline. She publicly confronted Holly online, telling her that she had caused Caroline a pain that might never fully heal.

Essentially, Gordon Ramsay is facing issues with a group of women connected to his family: his rumored former lover, the mother of his daughter’s partner, and her upset sister. They seem to be united in their opposition to him.

This situation is far more dramatic than anything the celebrity chef has faced in his restaurants before.

Sarah says she and Caroline have a genuine connection. They’ve exchanged numbers, chat on Facebook Messenger, and even send each other voice messages.

Sarah says she and a friend have become close, and they’re planning to get together soon, which she’s really looking forward to.

Meeting Sarah would be much simpler because Caroline’s grandson, George—Adam’s son—lives nearby in Newport.

Sarah went on to say that she and Caroline discuss many different things. Caroline often talks about both of their health – Sarah recently received a breast cancer diagnosis – and has been wonderfully supportive as Sarah cares for her aging parents. Caroline is also very interested in Sarah’s five dogs.

‘And, yes, we have spoken about the wedding.’

Adam, 31, of course, married Holly on December 27 in the stunning surroundings of Bath Abbey.

Sarah said she’s been talking to Caroline, and it’s been upsetting. Both Caroline and Louise have told her they’re not doing well.

Honestly, the whole drama with Caroline and the Ramsays started because Holly apparently didn’t like my wedding dress! It sounds silly, but it really kicked everything off, and I was so upset about it. It was supposed to be a happy time, and this just created a lot of tension.

Things quickly became worse when Caroline wasn’t invited to Holly’s bachelorette party, and then Holly unexpectedly canceled her wedding invitation to Caroline.

She, Adam’s father nor his two brothers were present for the lavish event.

Caroline described the situation as heartbreaking in a recent interview with this newspaper. Before her wedding, she shared that she felt deeply wounded, saying, ‘They don’t seem to realize how much they’ve hurt me – it feels like they’ve ripped my heart out.’

Only Adam’s sister, Bethany, who was a bridesmaid, attended.

Sarah explained that she and Caroline talked about Bethany being in the wedding party. They admitted they chose her because they thought she was attractive enough to look good in photos, especially considering influencer Holly has since shared carefully selected wedding pictures.

It seems likely that Caroline feels left out by her son’s in-laws, possibly because she doesn’t fit the image they present on social media.

It’s really upsetting,” Sarah said. “Caroline is such a kind person. Even though I’d been with the Ramsays, she didn’t criticize me at all. Considering she’s married herself, she easily could have judged me, but instead she asked how I managed to cope with everything.

‘Louise has also been lovely. She keeps saying thank you to me for being so kind to her sister.

Honestly, I feel uniquely qualified to guide them through this. They were really curious about my past with Gordon – they wanted to know what I ever saw in him and why I bothered with him at all.

I really feel for those involved – they’re good people just trying to deal with a difficult situation. I told Caroline to be strong and not let anyone push her around, and she assured me she wouldn’t. It meant a lot to me when she admitted she didn’t know how I’d managed everything by myself – it made all the hardship feel a little more worthwhile.

Sarah wants to make it clear that any strong feelings Caroline has expressed – and Caroline is a dedicated mother who consistently woke up at 4 a.m. to support her son’s swimming – have only been aimed at Gordon.

‘Caroline has never run down Adam to me,’ says Sarah. ‘Gordon yes, Adam no.’

It’s easy to understand why she was so upset. The falling out with the Ramsays caused her to miss her son’s wedding, and to make things worse, people say Gordon Ramsay made fun of her during the wedding speech at the fancy Kin House venue in the Cotswolds. It was a really painful experience for her.

During the reception, Gordon reportedly complimented Holly on her appearance and told Adam how fortunate he was to have her.

He pointed to Tana, implying that was Holly’s future. Then, with a subtle jab at Adam’s family, he remarked to Holly that she didn’t have the same advantages.

All this, says Sarah, shows the intense hypocrisy of Gordon.

Sarah explained that he spoke about Tana, but seemed to think he wasn’t very fortunate himself, as he’d looked at me. She found it incredibly hypocritical of him to tell Adam to look at Tana, considering that hadn’t been enough to keep Adam faithful in the first place. ‘The irony is just unbelievable,’ she added.

Sarah strongly criticizes Gordon’s enthusiastic public posts about Holly and Adam’s wedding.

I’m honestly disgusted by this man’s behavior. Does Gordon have no sense of decency? It’s ridiculous that he’s talking about family values!

His behavior is completely hypocritical. Gordon cheated on me while married, and I truly felt he shouldn’t have gone through with his wedding when he did.

Holly was just a baby when my life was very different – I was going out to places like Chinawhite and that’s when we met. It’s strange, because he doesn’t seem to remember any of it.

Sarah criticized Gordon for letting Holly wear Tana’s wedding dress from 1996 during her own wedding, finding it particularly odd considering their past relationship and what happened between them.

In 2008, Sarah publicly claimed in the News of the World tabloid that she had an affair with Gordon. She stated the affair started five years into his marriage with Tana, who is the mother of his six children.

Sarah and Gordon first met in the VIP section of Chinawhite nightclub around the early 2000s. At the time, the club was a popular spot for celebrities like footballers, soap opera stars, and Katie Price – an unusual place to find a chef with a Michelin star, as Gordon is.

Even so, Sarah says she and Gordon connected immediately. She states he confided in her about problems with his marriage, and they eventually became intimate.

Oh my god, it was this crazy, on-again, off-again thing, but I knew they were secretly meeting up – I mean, I heard about these amazing nights they spent together in the fanciest hotels in both Los Angeles and London! I totally worshipped him, but apparently, he always dodged any conversation about them having a real future together. It just broke my heart to hear that, even though it wasn’t my relationship, you know?

Then, in November 2008 they were spotted by reporters. Sarah then gave them an interview.

Gordon initially dismissed her accusations as nonsense and later said, in his own words, that if he were going to have an affair, she would be the last person he’d choose.

Fortuitously for Gordon, the story died away and he and Tana remain married.

And where once Sarah had love for him, today there is only loathing.

“Gordon is a narcissist,” she said angrily. “He always has to get what he wants and puts others down to hide his own flaws.”

Ultimately, Sarah believes she and Caroline have experienced similar mistreatment from Gordon. She says he shows no regret and seems unaware of the pain he’s causing to people like Caroline and her family, and doesn’t understand the consequences of his actions.

Right now, Sarah is happy just getting to know Caroline and Louise, and she’s hopeful their friendship will last a long time.

I admire Caroline’s poise and elegance. I advised her to remember how fortunate she was, and that she deserved better than those people.

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2026-01-10 04:31