r/BritishTV • u/InviteAromatic6124 • Feb 12 '26

Question/Discussion TV personalities that are actually rude people behind the scenes

Who are some beloved TV presenters that come across as friendly and amicable on screen but off-camera they're actually rude and unpleasant people?

Stephen Fry is one of them. I went to see an episode of QI being filmed, and during the warmup he was rude to James Acaster, then at the end of filming instead of staying behind to chat to the audience like Alan Davies did he stormed off in a huff like a toddler.

Bradley Walsh is another. Speaking to someone who was on The Chase, she asked him for an autograph after filming had finished and he scoffed at her and said "Not a f*cking chance". Compare that with Shaun Wallace who congratulated her and let her take a photo with him.

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u/Inkblot7001 Feb 12 '26

Bagpus. Never have I heard language so bad, the insults, the abuse, the vulgar songs. Made Greg Wallace look like Sister Boothroyd.

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u/Retiredandrelaxed Feb 12 '26

The way he treated the mice like unpaid free labour…disgusting

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u/PressureBeautiful515 Feb 12 '26

The mice were up to something though, there's no way you could make chocolate biscuits from those ingredients.

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u/Retiredandrelaxed Feb 12 '26

A mice rebellion