Ooh la la! Fred Sirieix, the charming maitre d’ on Channel 4 show First Dates, has been demonstrating his love of his homeland while on holiday in the West Indies.
In online photos from Jamaica, the Frenchman, 52, posed in a pair of trunks emblazoned with the tricolore flag.
He said he faced a dilemma over whether to wear those or a pair with the Jamaican flag. ‘Which one would you wear?’ he asked his fans.
Fred added in his caption: ‘To the sound of Serge Gainsbourg & the Revolutionaries with Aux Armes et Caetera. The French national anthem in #Reggae #Dub. Yeah man!
‘#sandalsresort #sandalsnegril #adgifted @sandals_uk #jamaica #negril #sunshine #travel.’
Ooh la la! Fred Sirieix, the charming maitre d’ on Channel 4 show First Dates, has been demonstrating his love of his homeland while on holiday in the West Indies
In online photos from Jamaica, the Frenchman, 52, posed in a pair of trunks emblazoned with the tricolore flag
It comes after Fred revealed he’s planning to tie the knot with his fiancée Fruitcake in 2024 in Jamaica.
Fred’s trip comes after Fred and his former I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! costar Josie Gibson were reunited on last week on This Morning – after being embroiled in a feud during their stint on the ITV show.
Fred became embroiled in a ‘sexism’ row after viewers accused him of presenting ‘misogynistic’ behaviour towards Josie, 38, in the jungle last year.
But as Fred joined Josie on This Morning for a cooking segment, it appeared that any bad blood had been quashed, with the chef quipping that it was blown ‘way out of proportion.’
Fred was a guest on the show to demonstrate one of his family’s favourite recipes, roast chicken and sweetcorn soup.
At the start of the item, host Craig Doyle made reference to the pair in the jungle by saying, ‘There were more sparks between these two than the actual [jungle] fire itself!’
Josie laughed and said: ‘There are no bean fritters in sight today!’ while a laughing Fred added: ‘It’s not my favourite recipe!’
Craig then addressed Fred and Josie’s feud by asking: ‘Can I just ask, are you guys OK?’
He said he faced a dilemma over whether to wear those or a pair with the Jamaican flag. ‘Which one would you wear?’ he asked his fans
It comes after Fred revealed he’s planning to tie the knot with his fiancée Fruitcake in 2024 in Jamaica (seen together in December 2023)
Josie replied: ‘We love each other. It got really blown out of proportion, ain’t it Fred?’ while Fred admitted, ‘It has, it has, it has!’
Reaching out for a hug, Josie said: ‘Bring it in.’
After the embrace, the pair spoke of their time in the Australian jungle, with Josie saying: ‘We’ve been through something a bit spectacular together, it was a journey wasn’t it?’
Fred then confessed: ‘I think people can’t understand what it means to be in the jungle unless you are in the jungle and the reason it’s called ‘I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!’ is because you really do wanna get out of there!’
Josie – looking at the dish – said: ‘Well I wish we had this in there! Good soup, good wine and good company – thank you very much.’
During their time on I’m A Celebrity last year, tension had started between the pair after Fred had to relinquish his role as camp chef, with many remarking that he was acting ‘controlling’ towards Josie when she took over the job.
Yet defending his actions in his exit interview, Fred claimed the reason behind their fallout was because a culinary mistake Josie was consistently making.
Speaking to hosts Ant and Dec during his exit interview, he said: ‘She’s just making it up as she goes along. So I think there’s a lot at stake with the food.
‘And it’s not just what you’re cooking at the moment which of course is going to be good, because the produce is incredible, it is what you can do the next day with the leftovers of the bones.’
He continued: ‘You really need the calories, and you’ve got to find them whenever you can. I think we missed out on quiet a few meals [by not recycling ingredients],’ he added.
Viewers had been seeing less manners and more ‘misogyny’ in Fred in recent episodes after his behaviour towards his female co-stars left fans branding him ‘unbearable’.
When asked why he didn’t get involved as much with Sam Thompson and Nick Pickard’s cooking, he said they were a ‘dream’ and there was ‘no need’ for him to do so.
As his rift with Josie grew, Fred was seen cosying up with Nigel Farage, 59, on the show, despite once calling him a ‘coward who likes money, attention and the sound of his own voice far too much’.
Both tasked with pot washing in the camp, the former UKIP leader and the Frenchman bonded over the cleanliness of the camp and complained about Josie’s meals while scrubbing the pans at the water’s edge.
When asked about his up-and-down relationship with Nigel in the camp, Fred insisted their time together hadn’t swayed him on their political differences.
He said: ‘It was great in the camp because I’m a do-er and Nigel is a do-er… but there is a side of Nigel Farage that I won’t and will never connect with.’
Fred, also a trained chef, had relentlessly criticised single mother Josie’s cooking abilities and during Monday night’s episode he told hosts Ant and Dec at a trial: ‘There is no method, there is no technique.
‘She’s just making it up as she goes along. If she just let me take her through it step-by-step clearly, we would be ok.’
Viewers were quick to hit back at Fred and wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter: ‘Fred Sirieix is controlling and misogynistic. He may be a trained chef but it doesn’t mean he has to make everyone feel less than.’
Josie has been praised online for her calm response when she said: ‘You’ve just got to give me the reins my love, I know it’s hard.’
Others online told him to ‘back off’ from Josie and one person wrote: ‘How Josie has not ripped Fred’s head off I don’t know. How conceited and patronising. Get him out!’
In addition to his clash with Josie, three days into the show YouTuber Nella Rose, 26, and Fred had an argument during which she accused the Maitre’d of ‘little-girling’ her.
However, the hint at an unequal dynamic was overlooked because viewers sided with Fred.
Since then the public’s opinion of Fred has shifted after his ‘sexist’ behaviour towards Josie and Nella when camp chores were allocated.
Initially, Nella and Josie were tasked with washing the pots up after Fred cooked the campmates rice and beans.
But the camp descended into chaos when the furious First Dates star threw the already washed pots onto the ground complaining they were ‘unclean’ and sent the pair back.
Fred’s trip comes after Fred and his former I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here! costar Josie Gibson were reunited on last week on This Morning – after being embroiled in a feud during their stint on the ITV show
During their time on I’m A Celebrity last year, tension had started between the pair after Fred had to relinquish his role as camp chef
This sparked a misogyny row with viewers on X writing: ‘No Fred’s annoying me now, ‘You haven’t done a good enough job’… how sexist.’
Another person wrote: ‘I am so disappointed with that. I now dislike Fred Sirieix.’
Confiding in the Bush Telegraph on Friday, Nella said: ‘If somebody’s cleaned something you don’t pick it up and dash it on the floor.’
Josie added: ‘I like Fred, but it’s not very nice being told what you’ve done isn’t good enough and I’m thorough.’
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