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

11 April 2012
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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

"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'

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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