Adam Peaty’s family have reportedly told friends they have ‘given up hope’ of reconciling with their son after Gordon Ramsay’s latest comment.
The celebrity chef, 59, referred to himself as ‘dad’ in a comment on Adam’s wedding video where the Olympian said he would ‘always choose’ his new wife Holly.
It came after Adam was said to have uninvited his parents Caroline and Mark to his wedding day.
An insider told The Sun: ‘It’s been a really emotional time for them as a family. They’re coming to terms with what has happened and that Adam has picked his side.
‘It’s dashed any hope of reconciliation in the near future. They’re keeping their heads down and trying to move on quietly. It’s clear Adam’s made his choice.’
On Adam’s wedding video, which he shared on Instagram, Gordon wrote: ‘Beautiful words @adamramsaypeaty True Love ❤️ congratulations love you both so much Dad ❤️’.
Adam Peaty’s family have reportedly told friends they have ‘given up hope’ of reconciling with their son after Gordon Ramsay’s latest comment
It came after Adam was said to have uninvited his parents Caroline and Mark to his wedding day (pictured with his parents in 2016)
On Adam’s wedding video, which he shared on Instagram, Gordon wrote: ‘Beautiful words @adamramsaypeaty True Love ❤️ congratulations love you both so much Dad ❤️’
Daily Mail has contacted Adam’s reps for comment.
The couple’s big day was overshadowed by an ugly family dispute that led to Adam’s own mother being barred from the service, with his sister Bethany the only loved one from his side to attend the day.
The Sun reported that in his father of the bride speech Gordon commented on how beautiful Holly looked and told Adam he was a ‘lucky man’, adding: ‘Look at Tana and that’s what you have to look forward to.’
The publication went on to claim that Gordon couldn’t resist a sly dig at Adam’s absent parents he told his daughter Holly: ‘Shame you don’t have the same.’
It was later revealed that swimmer Adam’s estranged mother had been left ‘outraged’ and ‘hurt’ that Gordon referred to their bitter family feud in his speech.
A family source told the Daily Mail she was left horrified by the moment in the speech and believed the celebrity chef had ‘pre planned’ the cruel swipe against her, calling it ‘cruel’ and ‘very hurtful’.
Gordon doubled down on his speech as he appeared on This Morning last week, insisting that what he had to say at the wedding reception was ‘perfect and warm’.
He said: ‘It’s tough, honestly. Being the dad with three daughters, you dream of that moment and that moment arrives and you’re just like a hot mess.
The celebrity chef (right) referred to himself as ‘dad’ in a comment on Adam’s wedding video where the Olympian said he would ‘always choose’ his new wife Holly
A source said: ‘It’s been a really emotional time for them as a family. They’re coming to terms with what has happened and that Adam has picked his side’
‘But, the speech was perfect, it went well and you’ve got to find that… You’ve got to be warm, emotional… It’s a tough gig.’
Daughter Tilly admitted that she had listened to the speech ahead of the big day, chiming in: ‘I think it was Christmas Eve, I was sat in his room for an hour as he was just reading through it.
‘Going through everything but no tweaks were needed, it was perfect. It made everybody cry.’
Holly defended her father’s speech despite Caroline’s outrage, saying she felt ‘overwhelmed with happiness’ during it.
In an interview with British Vogue, Holly shared a photo of herself and Adam smiling and laughing during Gordon’s speech.
‘Listening to dad’s speech, looking around the room and feeling overwhelmed with the love and the happiness on our guests’ faces,’ she said.
In another jibe at the estranged Peaty family, Holly revealed that her parents paid for her and Adam’s luxurious honeymoon to Mauritius, saying it was their ‘wedding present’.
She added: ‘We’re going to Mauritius to just lie by the sea – that was our wedding present from my parents. I had to tell Adam we weren’t basing our honeymoon around a 25-metre pool…’
The couple’s big day was overshadowed by an ugly family dispute that led to Adam’s own mother being barred from the service
Holly shared numerous snaps of the wedding with the fashion publication, including a rather awkward one of Holly and Adam posing with her parents and David and Victoria Beckham.
With Adam’s parents not in attendance at the wedding, they stood alongside the groom in the photo with Gordon and Tana alongside Holly.
Adam is thought to have not mentioned his family or parents in his speech, instead praising his swim coach Mel Marshall for being his ‘everything’, and for ‘grounding and inspiring’ him.
Holly divulged several details about the wedding, revealing she and Adam had their first dance to George Michael’s A Different Corner, saying they had the song picked when they first began dating.
She also described her father-daughter dance with Gordon as ‘so special’.
Sitting at home more than 130 miles away in Staffordshire, Adam’s broken–hearted mother Caroline was said to be ‘beside herself’ with grief at missing what should have been one of the happiest days of her life.
Speaking from the council house where Adam grew up, the 59–year–old told The Mail on Sunday: ‘I’m not going to be hurt like this again’.
She had told Daily Mail that she felt as if Holly and Adam ‘have cut my heart out’.
It was also revealed that moments before he walked into the abbey clutching the hand of his five–year–old son George, Adam was sent a devastating text message by his aunt Louise, who was also not invited to the wedding.
In it, she wrote: ‘I hope you never suffer the depth of pain you have put your mother through and despite it all she loves you still. Shame on you both. Shame.
‘Remember on this, your happiest day, and on each anniversary of your happiest day, that you hurt your mum so deeply her soul screams.’
The roots of the family conflict go back to September 2024, when Adam and Holly snubbed wider members of the Peaty family by not inviting them to their engagement party.
Caroline, who spent years ferrying her son to early–morning training sessions, was also not invited to Holly’s glamorous hen do at Soho Farmhouse in the Cotswolds, even though the bride’s mother, Tana Ramsay, and friends including Victoria Beckham, were at the extravagant bash.
