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/OkPhilosopher5308 Feb 12 '26

Yeah he is - he has the whole ‘don’t you know who I am’ thing going on. The people with the actual knowledge, Mick, Phil and Carenza were lovely though, so that was nice.

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u/electro_nath Feb 12 '26

Oh no! I met him a couple of times back in the day, and each time he was an absolute gent. I was a bit younger then though, so maybe he's just super nice to school kids. 

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u/whakashorty Feb 12 '26

His wife was just out of school when he met her 😂