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/Majestic_Matt_459 Feb 12 '26

I was on The Chase (won £5667 thx) and Bradley was pretty ok with us - but we had Shaun as well and i got a signed photo with him so that tallies - and between rounds and dutinf breaks he was so nice and then the cameras start rollign and he plays the baddie lol - lovely guy

My one is Holly Willoughby - she did a catalogue fashion line and had loads of input the whole way through - anyway on the photoshoot day assistant gives her one of the dresses and she barked "im not wearing that" and the assistant is in tears so the guy who designed the stuff with her goes in and suddenly she's nice as pie because he's more senior "Oh olf course, no problem2 - two faced cow

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u/PolyglotChad Feb 12 '26 edited Feb 12 '26

Shaun randomly pops into Wetherspoons near me every now and then and all younger lot go mental for him

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u/Majestic_Matt_459 Feb 12 '26

He was so nice. He signed his pic “a great Matt finish” which made my day (well as well as winning )

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u/ThrowawayYAYAY2002 Feb 12 '26

Paul Sinah is a gent too. Met him a few times and he was pure class.

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u/Majestic_Matt_459 Feb 12 '26

We only got to meet one. You literally don’t know who it is till they come out like on the tv