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John McCririck kicked off talk show for saying Ingrid Tarrant is 'bad in bed'

Updated 14:38pm on 21 Sep 2007


John McCririck was ordered off a TV talk show after he made a string of offensive remarks about fellow guest Ingrid Tarrant.

Presenter Alan Titchmarsh put McCririck off the set after he described her as a "ghastly woman" and said her estranged husband Chris cheated on her because she was no good in bed.

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Clash: John McCririck (right) called Ingrid Tarrant 'ghastly'

Titchmarsh called the racing pundit's remarks "gratuitously insulting" and "unbelievably rude".

During The Alan Titchmarsh Show, which aired on ITV1 this afternoon, McCririck said : "Look at Ingrid here, she wrote that he had erectile dysfunction and was rubbish in bed. Is she any better?"

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Marching orders: the moment Alan Titchmarsh demanded John McCririck leave his chat show

And he's off: John McCririck makes an exit

He added: "You had a cheek to say that he smelt of vindaloo and fish and chips in bed, what's wrong with that?

"You're such a ghastly woman, you put a tracker on him."

Ingrid, 52, replied: "He lied, how ghastly is that?"

Not happy: Alan Titchmarsh called John McCririck's behaviour 'unbelievably rude'

McCririck retaliated: "You can't be any good in bed, that's why he strayed away."

He added: "All I can say is poor old Chris Tarrant, look at what he had to work with if he was bad in bed."

At this point, Titchmarsh lost patience and showed him the door, saying: "Go on, off you go."

After the show, Titchmarsh added: "I was not prepared to listen to one guest on my show being gratuitously insulting to another.

"I'm happy to encourage lively debate but not personal attacks. John McCririck was unbelievably rude so I sent him off."

In recent months, Ingrid's split from Tarrant, 60, has been the subject of increasingly lurid rumours.

A "friend" of the couple apparently suggested Ingrid had banned sex during the marriage.

But Ingrid hit back, saying her husband was "clumsy and naïve in bed" and had relied on Viagra for four years.

She also claimed the keen angler often went to bed smelling of fish and with dried fish blood on his hands.

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She can give it, but she can't take it.

Strange that her slagging off Chris continuously is OK, but when anyone suggests anything about her, they get censored.

She's just like Robin Cook's wife - making a career out of bitterness. And the media are stupid enough to allow these scorned women to make fools of themselves.

When they first split, my sympathy - and I'm sure most peoples - was with Ingrid. Not any more, not ever again. Every marriage - good or bad - provides opportunity for spite later; and anyone who is that spiteful deserves all they get.

- Andrew, London, England, 22/09/2007 11:06
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His remarks may have been rude, but wasn't Ingrid Tarrant just as guilty by publicly being rude about Chris Tarrant too? Whilst no one deserves to be cheated on, if you make statements like that in public you end up reaping what you sew. Ingrid Tarrant just sounds bitter, rather than heartbroken as you would expect her to be.

- Fq, London, UK, 21/09/2007 17:57
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Who is Ingrid Tarrant?
Fame through divorce... ahhh to be a celebrity!

Pa - well said.

- Nick, Zurich, Switzerland, 21/09/2007 14:26
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Thank you. This made me laugh aloud - John you are a legend.

- Dave, Brisbane, Australia, 21/09/2007 12:55
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At last someone is beginning to stand up for commom decency.

- Simon, Bucharest, Romania, 21/09/2007 10:01
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McCririck is a vile man but why is Ingrid Tarrant on a chatshow anyway? She is only famous for having been married to Chris Tarrant and although he cheated on her she seems to be happy to continue using his name to promote herself.

- Pa, London, 21/09/2007 09:42
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It is a shame this obnoxious little man cannot be kicked off the planet! What a complete waste of space.

- Minime, Southend, England, 21/09/2007 09:10
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