Cliff Notes – Gordon Ramsay reveals moment he ‘collapsed’ while holding his son for the first time
- Gordon Ramsay recounted fainting during the birth of his fifth child, Oscar, in 2019, after initially being absent for the births of his first four children at his wife’s request.
- He described the chaotic scene in the delivery room, where he blacked out while holding Oscar, amidst a flurry of medical activity and blood.
- Ramsay’s wife, Tana, humorously reflected on his absence during previous births, suggesting his presence would have drawn attention away from her moment.
Gordon Ramsay reveals moment he ‘collapsed’ while holding his son for the first time
Gordon Ramsay was very honest about his first experience in the birthing room in 2019 (Picture: Instagram/Gordon Ramsay)
Gordon Ramsay has opened up about the alarming moment he fainted during the birth of his fifth child, Oscar.
The TV chef, 58, recalled the scary moment with a few chuckles in hindsight while appearing on a recent podcast.
The Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares star was not present in the delivery room for the arrival of his first four children – Megan, 26, twins Jack and Holly, 25, and Tilly, 23 – at the request of his wife Tana, 50.
‘Let’s make one thing absolutely clear, my wife didn’t want me in there,’ Gordon explained on SmartLess podcast.
‘First of all, [Tana] said, “I want my mum and your mum in there, you’re not going to see me in that state, that side of the curtain, get out of there.” That was her decision and I had to respect that decision.
Talking about the arrival of Oscar in 2019, Gordon said: ‘When I did finally arrive in the theatre for our fifth baby I collapsed like a wimp! I blacked out holding Oscar in the air.’
Gordon and Tana share six children, having welcomed their youngest in 2023 (Picture: Dave Benett/Getty Images for Gordon Ramsay Restaurants)
The pair married in 1996 (Picture: Neil Mockford/Getty Images)
Gordon explained how Oscar arrived via C-section – or ‘through the sunroof,as he put it. The TV chef was then asked what song he wanted to listen to.
‘There was a lot of commotion going on,’ Gordon recalled, ‘I said, “Can you play Ed Sheeran?” so they started playing Ed. They turned up the volume.
‘I saw two more doctors dive in, I looked on the floor and there was blood everywhere. All of a sudden they popped him out and they came straight over to me and I went, “Wow, wow, wow!” I sat back and collapsed like an idiot.’
Gordon and Tana married in 1996 and two years later Megan arrived followed by the rest of their brood, and most recently son Jesse James, who was born in 2023.
The pair kept Tana’s pregnancy with Jesse tightly under wraps until his arrival, with the mum-of-six taking to social media after he was born revealing they’d endured a ‘nerve-wracking 9 months’.
She also added: ‘Ramsay family complete.’
Talking on the Happy Mum Happy Baby podcast in 2024, Tana opened up about Gordon’s lack of presence in the delivery room.
‘He would’ve gotten all squeamish and probably fainted and all the attention would’ve been on him, and this is my moment,’ she said, mirroring Gordon’s story hilariously closely.
Understandably, Tana told Gordon not to be in the delivery room with her… (Picture: Dave Benett – Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images)
Gordon also discussed how he likes to do Ironmans in his downtime (Picture: Rudy Carezzevoli/Getty Images)
Elsewhere in the podcast, Gordon discussed how in his downtime he likes to compete in Ironmans – a long distance triathlon consisting of a 2.4mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride and a 26.2mile run.
‘Lots of people are scared of that level of exercise,’ he said, explaining: ‘I know it sounds crazy, but for me it’s a way of relaxing.’
This podcast appearance comes after Hell’s Kitchen chef admitted his three Michelin starred eatery Restaurant Gordon Ramsay is ‘too posh’ even for him.
Gordon – who has earned 17 Michelin stars over his career – said on The Savoy Originals podcast: ‘There’s a very fine line, running it or indulging in it.
‘I’ve only had dinner at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay twice in 25 years.
‘Once was for Megan’s birthday, and the second time was with Bradley Cooper when we were together for the film Burnt.
‘It’s not my style. It’s too posh for me. It sounds weird, right?’