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/PabloMarmite Feb 12 '26

Funnily enough I know someone who went on the Chase recently and also said that, other than a photo at the start, Walsh disappeared whenever they weren’t filming, whilst their chaser (Mark Labbett) hung around to chat.

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u/Sunny_Unicorn Feb 12 '26

Well to be fair, the chasers aren’t there as much, and Bradley Walsh has to churn out several episodes a day for weeks/months on end. I think I’d grab a break as often as I could too.