Sir Paul slams chef veggie comments

8:28am Friday 29th August 2008

Sir Paul McCartney has criticised Gordon Ramsay - calling the TV chef "stupid".

Ramsay, 41, has angered the ex-Beatle, 66, with his outspoken comments against vegetarians.

The foul-mouthed chef has annoyed the music legend by saying he could not tolerate it if one of his three daughters came home with a vegetarian boyfriend.

Kitchen Nightmares star Ramsay said recently: "If one of my daughters' boyfriends turns out to be vegetarian I swear to God I'd never forgive them."

In another tirade, he said: "My biggest nightmare would be if the kids ever came up to me and said 'Dad, I'm a vegetarian'. Then I would sit them on the fence and electrocute them."

Sir Paul, who has not eaten meat for 30 years, told Sainsbury's Magazine: "I think it's a case of live and let live. I will talk to people about the advantages of vegetarianism, and it will upset me if we've had a good conversation and they turn around and say something stupid.

"I just read a quote from Gordon Ramsay... 'If my daughter ever grew up and married a vegetarian, I'd never forgive her.' But even that I would forgive because it's not my affair, it's not up to me if he talks stupid or not."

The music legend, whose youngest daughter Beatrice, four, is vegan, said: "I'd be happier if everyone was vegetarian. The planet would be better off for it."

He said of the nation's changing eating habits: "We pretty much used to eat whatever we were provided with, and there were no ingredients on the packet. One of the first things I do, like most people now, is to look at the ingredients.

"My youngest daughter is vegan, so I'm often looking for vegan food and I need to know if there's any dairy products... It's a good thing, you do it for the right reasons."

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