Out of touch
Idiom
Not informed or not having the same ideas as most people about something, so that you make mistakes:
Example: “I thought, you f***er. But, you clever f***er. Here I am driving around in a flash 911, and we didn’t even have a house, a flat, a roof over our heads. It was the best advice he ever gave me: Sell your f***ing Porsche.”
Oh, Gordon. If you’ve been living under a rock, you may have missed the world-renowned chef David Brent-esque teaser for his upcoming appearance on the ‘High-Performance Podcast.’
As time has passed, Jake Humphries’s life advice and wisdom-seeking waffle machine has become increasingly toe-curling. But this latest edition takes the cake, eats it, regurgitates it, and then proceeds to go back for seconds.
Ramsay’s comments about being “skint” and an encounter with his father-in-law have swept the internet, promoting a barrage of sarcastic comments. They could add to the idea of a low-performance lifestyle being the way to go in the future.
Out on Monday…on the High Performance Podcast… pic.twitter.com/mjHkmAZGMq
— Jake Humphrey (@mrjakehumphrey) October 22, 2023
He explained: “We were young, we were stupid, and we were skint. I remember going to ask her father if I could borrow £20,000 for the deposit for a flat that we fell in love with.
“And I thought this was all going well, lunch was good, I’ll pay for lunch, and I said, ‘Oh about that deposit, Tana and I, we’ve got half of it, but we need the other twenty grand. I’ll pay you back in a year.’ He said, ‘Okay, here’s what I’ll do. I’ll have another lunch with you when you sell your Porsche‘.
“I thought, ‘You f***er but you clever f***er’. Here I am driving around in a flash f***ing nine eleven, and we didn’t even have a f***ing house, we didn’t have a flat, we didn’t have a roof over our heads. It was the best advice he ever gave me: sell your f***ing Porsche. I did sell it, and ten years later, I went and bought it back, the same f***ing car.”
The backlash was immediate, with one X user thanking the pair and stating he was off to sell his Porsche.
At the same time, another didn’t neglect his opinion, calling Humphries and Ramsay a ‘pair of insufferable w****ers.’ While we clearly don’t share these views, the chef’s high-performance advice on how to get on the housing ladder isn’t anything we will be soaking up while journaling and meditating at 4 a.m.
Sarcasm aside, the whole episode got us thinking about the other out-of-touch advice that’s been given to us from wealthier, successful, gifted and overall better celebrities and people in power down the years.
Ramsay’s comment has caused a stir, but he’s not the first and won’t be the last to p**s off the common folk battling day-to-day to claw their way through life. So we thought we’d enlighten you with our own wisdom-inducing list of the most un-relatable celeb quotes of all time.
24 Hours with Molly-Mae
For our first nugget, we head back to yet another podcast that falls in the realm of high-horse advice and professional grandeur.
Stephen Bartlett’s ‘Diary of a CEO’—in fairness—is far less off the mark than its high-performance competitor. But it doesn’t mean its guests avoid backlash for flippant comments.
In December 2021, episode 110 of Bartlett’s podcast dropped, with social media megastar Love Island favorite and Pretty Little Thing Creative Director Molly-Mae Hague in the hot seat, telling listeners her story of her journey.
Ah, hindsight.
If you’re homeless just buy a house ❤️ pic.twitter.com/nRBVLBx8a9
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