New blog about Gordon Ramsay and wife fly first-class while their kids ride coach
Next time you’re worried about flying with your kids, consider buying yourself a first-class ticket and sitting the little ones in coach. It sounds a little crazy, but that’s exactly how Gordon Ramsay and his wife do it.
“They don’t sit with us in first class,” the celebrity chef and father of father of four recently told The Telegraph. “They haven’t worked anywhere near hard enough to afford that. At that age, at that size, you’re telling me they need to sit in first class? No, they do not. We’re really strict on that.”
The 50-year-old, whose family experienced a heartbreaking miscarriage last summer, went on to elaborate: “I turn left with Tana and they turn right and I say to the chief stewardess, ‘Make sure those little f–kers don’t come anywhere near us; I want to sleep on this plane.’ I worked my f–king arse off to sit that close to the pilot and you appreciate it more when you’ve grafted for it.”
Not only is there a very clear line in the Ramsay family about who sits where on flights, it’s been announced Megan, Matilda, and twins Jack and Holly aren’t going to get any of their father’s riches. In 2016, Gordon was included on Forbes‘ list of the highest-earning celebrities in the world for raking in $54 million that year.
“It’s definitely not going to them,” he said when asked about who’ll inherit his fortune down the line, referring to his kids. “And that’s not in a mean way; it’s to not spoil them.”
“I’ve never been really turned on about the money,” he added. “That’s not my number one objective, and that’s reflected in the way the kids are brought up.”
Despite the tough stance, the chef will help his kids just a bit when they leave home. “The only thing I’ve agreed with [my wife] Tana is they get a 25 percent deposit on a flat,” he conceded, but to be clear they will not be purchasing “the whole flat” for them.
Is Gordon Ramsay’s strict stance too tough? I certainly don’t have riches anyone is scrambling after, but I have thought about how much we’ll help our kids when they leave the nest.
For example, my parents graciously paid for my college schooling and most living expenses during that time in my life. As a result, I don’t have loans to repay today. On the other hand, we’re still paying my husband’s school debt off. At times I hate it, but then again I’ve always felt that taking on the burden of the cost himself made him take school more seriously than many others I saw getting a ‘free’ ride. I’d like to help our kids in theory, but I also want them to take the decision to invest a gob of money in further education as no small thing.
As for flying in separate classes, I first balked at the idea, but only because I was picturing small children riding coach alone (or with a nanny). Now that I know the Ramsay kids are teens? It’s actually kind of funny. Who knows, those kids might even also prefer having a break from long hours of family togetherness in tight quarters.
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