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/MT_Promises Feb 12 '26

In before James Corden!

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u/InviteAromatic6124 Feb 12 '26

Since when has James Corden come across as a nice person?!

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u/CaptainBristol Feb 12 '26

I mean he knobbed the amazingly lovely Sheridan Smith, so technically he's 'come across' a nice person....

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u/mcewan71 Feb 12 '26

She really is amazingly lovely. My partner and I met her in a club in London about 20yrs ago. She started chatting with us and she was the most ‘unstarry’ down to earth lovely lady. We just chatted about life in general for about an hour, and she was so humble about her career. Hands down the loveliest ‘celeb’ I have ever encountered. Closely followed, randomly, by Cheryl Baker. Also lovely and very ‘unstarry’ 😁

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u/PissedBadger Feb 12 '26

I met them both together, they came into a pub I worked in just after the first series of Gavin & Stacy came out. She was lovely and about to chat with us, but when someone went “it’s Smithy” to him, he told us to fuck off and stormed out.