Gordon Ramsay opened up about the bittersweet experience of giving away his daughter, Holly Ramsay, at her wedding.
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Holly, 26, married Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty, 31, in December 2025 after the couple announced their engagement in 2024.
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The 59-year-old celebrity chef shares Holly, her twin brother Jack, daughters Megan, 28, and Matilda, 24, and sons Oscar, 7, and Jesse, 2, with his wife, Tana Ramsay, 52, whom he married in 1996.
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During a recent interview with Fox News Digital, Ramsay, who is starring in season two of Apple TV's "Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars," reflected on the close bonds that he shares with his three daughters and explained why he was left feeling "second best" after he walked Holly down the aisle.
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"You grow up with these gorgeous girls and you teach them.
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I said to them, from an early age, they must have been seven or eight years of age, ‘The earlier you tell me, the more I can f---ing do," he recalled.
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"They ignore you for two or three years," Ramsay continued.
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"But when they get to 11 or 12, ‘Hey daddy, you know what he said to me?
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The earlier you told me, the more you can do, I have a problem.
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Can I talk to you about it?’
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"Bang, then we're in,'" he added with a smile.
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But when you walk them down the aisle, and you're minutes away from not being the number one guy in their life, and you're handing them over, man, that hits.
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That absolutely hits."
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"So you have to understand that that relationship with your daughter is borrowed time before there's another man in their lives.
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Another partner in their life, that you become second best.
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GORDON RAMSAY ADMITS REAL REASON HE WAS CRYING WHILE WALKING DAUGHTER DOWN THE AISLE
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The "Hell's Kitchen" star noted that as a father of six, he will have to experience those moments multiple times in the future.
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"I have ages to go through all that s---," he said.
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Ramsay, who is famous for his fiery temper and tough demeanor in the kitchen, admitted to becoming emotional at Holly's wedding but joked that it was not for the reason that most people would expect.
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"I was like a sack of f---ing custard walking down that bloody — that line — into that church.
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60 meters!" he recalled.
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"And I was looking at all these flowers overlooking the pews and thinking, ‘S---, this is expensive!'
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Everyone thought I was crying because I was giving her away.
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I was more crying with the f---ing cost of the flower bill, and where are they going tomorrow?
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We're paying all this money for 90 minutes, these flowers."
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Ramsay quipped that his tears dried up once he realized that the flowers could be repurposed for a good cause.
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"We got the flowers donated to the local hospital and that stopped me crying," he said.
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"And then I handed her over, and I celebrated like no tomorrow, because that daughter was expensive."
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Holly and Peaty's wedding took place on Dec. 27, 2025 at The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Bath, England.
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During a January interview with People, Ramsay admitted that he was nervous about giving his father-of-the-bride speech.
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"It's tough, honestly — I mean, being a dad with three daughters, you dream of that moment.
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That moment arrives, and you're just like a hot mess," he told the outlet.
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It went well.
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You got to find that sort of — you've got to be warm, emotional ...
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Tilly told People that Ramsay spent about an hour rehearsing his speech in front of her on Christmas Eve.
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She said that while Ramsay pored over every word, ultimately "no tweaks were needed."
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"It was perfect," Tilly said.
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"It made everybody cry."
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Holly wore three different dresses on her wedding day, including her mother's gown from her 1996 nuptials with Ramsay.
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The TV personality told People that seeing Holly in Tana's wedding dress came as "a bit of a shock."
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