Jim Davidson: 'I wanted to rip Brian's head off!'

Hell's Kitchen trouble-maker Jim Davidson said fellow contestant Brian Dowling really aggravated him and he 'wanted to rip that guy's head off'.

Comedian Jim left the show after he made a series of homophobic comments.

But on This Morning on Monday, he was unrepentant. "I wanted to rip that bloke's head off to tell you the truth. I couldn't stand him at all or the two girls [Adele Ailva and Abbey Clancy]."

Jim continued, in the interview with Fern Britton and Phillip Schofield: "...he really aggravated me and I thought the best thing for me to do is to leave."

Phillip asked Jim if he was a 'homophobic bigot'.

"There's a bit of bigotry in all of us," he replied. "Homophobic literally means a fear of gay people. Well, I'm not. I've got lots of gay friends and I don't really want to go around with a banner saying 'Some of my best friends are gay'. I don't mean to do that. I was Brianophobic if you like. I didn't like that guy and I didn't like the reality TV show I found myself in."

Jim also complained about Hell's Kitchen itself. "All that bit with Brian. I said to the producers, you can't take the moral high ground saying, 'What Jim Davidson said would upset a certain amount of people in the country'. Then don't show it!

"They had the option to edit that, it was something I said at one o'clock in the morning... Why show it?!"

Jim complained that his comments were shown out of context. However, Brian originally began his dispute after Jim, among other comments, referred to gay men as 'shirt lifters'.

He later added that if he didn't like gay people he 'wouldn't be in show business - for heaven's sake'!