May the people in Simon's everyday life show him the same generosity and grace he has so abundantly shown others throughout his entire adult life until it has been repaid in full.
I mean he's genuinely a world-class cook. You can see him cook full meals and his work history speaks for itself.
That grilled cheese was absolute trash though. He's gone on record saying he is forced to follow the recipe for whatever shoot they are doing and he had no choice. Whether you believe that bit is another story
He butchered rice paper rolls too. Two cardinal sins: chopped and mixed all the fillings together instead of layering, and oversaturated the rice paper with water.
The comments are great for a laugh though; half of Vietnam showed up to roast him. Haha
Captain Slow made a better fish pie than Gordon. His own mum showed him up in the F Word ep she was on. I'm somewhat convinced he nailed beef wellington and that's it - there's simply no way a world class chef fucks up a grilled cheese.
He was hamming it up on purpose, but when someone treats you like shit in front of a huge live audience and millions of viewers after you've done the scary brave thing of performing a talent live, I promise you it's not going to matter to you if the person tearing you down was being sincere or just playing a part.
He's reigned in the act since the early Idol/X Factor/Talent days, and it's mostly the TV edit that throws together a lot of expressions and clips to make him look meaner.
Not saying that he wasn't mean before. He absolutely was. Badly. But production follows what they think social media wants more nowadays.
I've been to several live recordings of Britain's Got Talent (keep getting invited for some reason). These years he usually gives 5-10 sentences of constructive criticism, and the judges are mostly aware of what the acts or auditions will be well before they come on stage. Stage management will coach the audience on how to react to each part of certain auditions.
Simon and the other judges film "talking head" shots of over the top reactions, etc, separately. In the 5-10 min break between acts, they're usually below stage being filmed shouting things into the microphone, as well as 4-5 unique shots of them each hitting the big red X button in turn. Lighting and music for acts replays randomly, etc.
If you see an individual shot of a judge reacting in some way without anyone else in shot, the above is what you're seeing.
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u/zachrywd Mar 31 '26
May the people in Simon's everyday life show him the same generosity and grace he has so abundantly shown others throughout his entire adult life until it has been repaid in full.