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Gordon Ramsay has insisted that he does not deserve the backlash he has suffered in recent months.
The celebrity chef found himself at the centre of a press frenzy last year after he was accused of cheating on his wife Tana with Sarah Symonds, who he met at a nightclub in 2001.
Ramsay recently faced further criticism following claims that he had labelled Australian broadcaster Tracy Grimshaw a "lesbian pig" during a live cooking demonstration.
Reflecting on the controversies in an interview with the Daily Mail, Ramsay explained: "Yeah, well, I'm human, aren't I? I'm not a f****** saint. I don't walk round with a halo, but, then, I've never claimed to. And, yes, these last months have had me asking: 'Am I really as horrendous a person as people seem to think?'
"I don't think I am. I've made mistakes, f*** me, I've made mistakes. But not ones that deserve all this bulls***. Not ones that have this sort of effect on my family. Tana has been badly affected by all this. She's had to deal with all this c*** when she'd done absolutely nothing wrong."
Responding to Symonds' affair claims, he added: "Did I know her? Yes, of course. She'd met Tana, for God's sake. But did I have a torrid seven year affair with her? Did I f***!"
Meanwhile, Ramsay made a public apology to TV host Grimshaw last month and now hopes to move on from the row.
He commented: "I never said she was a lesbian, as has been reported, but the pig thing - well, I screwed up. Hands up. That's the thing about me, when I make a mistake I admit to it. I say sorry. I'm sorry."
