Lee Ryan attacks "arrogant" 'Kitchen' star

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Ex-Blue singer Lee Ryan has labelled Hell's Kitchen's Marco Pierre White "arrogant" and a bully following his departure from the show earlier in the week.

The star rowed with the celebrity chef over his use of the word "pikey" to describe the food that the celebrities were cooking.

Ryan confronted the cook over his comments and ended up having a blazing row, which resulted in him leaving the programme.

He told The News Of The World: "Pikey is a bullying word because it puts people down. It's important to make a show of bullies like I did with Marco."

In an rant about White's behaviour on the show, Ryan described the chef as an "arrogant t***".

Ryan also claimed that the show was edited to look favourable to the chef, making it look as if he had walked out, when in fact he was asked to leave.

He commented: "I got kicked out but it was edited to make it look the other way. They left out the bit where I asked Marco, 'Do you want me off the show?' and he said, 'Yes'.

"The bad way he spoke to me wasn't shown. He once said to me, 'Go away, I don't want to talk to you' when I only wanted to ask a question."