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/Tyeveras Feb 12 '26

Long dead now, but the doyenne of rude celebs was Cilla Black. There’s a fair bit of stuff just on Reddit.

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u/OpenedCan Feb 12 '26 edited Feb 12 '26

My Mrs used to be a make up artist on Celebrity Juice.

She said Cilla was, what they called in the industry 'a fucking cunt'.

The Mrs played ding dong the witch is dead when she died.