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A resurfaced Jay Leno interview between celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay andModern Familyactress, Sofia Vergara is causing outrage on social media for his inappropriate treatment of the actress.

The edited one-minute clip came back into prominence after a Twitter user, Jason Bolaños, shared the 2010 footage, writing “Sofia Vergara didn’t deserve to be treated like this. This is very very uncomfortable.”

TheHell’s Kitchenpresenter is seen making several suggestive and innuendo-filled comments to Vergara, as well as joking about her Colombian heritage.

Sofia Vergara didn’t deserve to be treated like this. This is very very uncomfortable. pic.twitter.com/5xgxLLFZ8R

— Jason Bolaños (@JBinAV) January 6, 2019

During a particularly uncomfortable moment, Vergara says, “I never scream like that in real life,” before Ramsay interjects with, “Really, only in the bedroom,” to a stunned audience.

After Leno shares a video of the actress eating, the 52-year-old suggestively says to her: “You seem like you’re enjoying that, you had a whole wedge in your mouth at one time?”

At one point she jokingly retaliates by hitting him after he slaps her on the thigh. She also looks at him and says, “this is my interview,” before Ramsay laughs it off and goes to sit next her in very close proximity.

Watch the uncomfortable clip that’s outraging social media users here:

Since Bolaños shared the video four days ago, the clip has already amassed over 4.75 million views with thousands of Twitter users responding in equal outrage to the celebrity chef’s questionable actions. Some have also called out Leno, for not intervening during the interview.

Sofia Vergara should have smacked @GordonRamsay ‘s face & had him charged with sexual harassment & sexual assault. What an entitled, toxic, chauvinist. Did Jay Leno say ANYTHING to him about this? pic.twitter.com/JC0t78QkW6

— Bene???????????????????????????? Pandy ☄ (@MoaniePandium) January 7, 2019

@GordonRamsay you treated Sofia Vergara with utter disrespect. You sexually harassed her to the point where you actually touched her. She was making her disdain for you obvious. What the fuck is wrong with you? Never watching anything you do again.

— Steph Dyhrberg (@StephDyhrberg) January 7, 2019

I don’t know their relationship and level of friendship, but I’m glad Sofia Vergara didn’t take his shit! She deserved to be treated better! pic.twitter.com/NF079b5uoA

— Escanor (@EROD2292) January 6, 2019

Sofia Vergara is the highest-paid actress on television. Far more of a star than Gordon Ramsey. That really triggers outright misogyny in some men. #creep

— JennyD (@OriginalKooLaLa) January 7, 2019

wow i really liked gordon ramsay until now. the way he treated sofia vergara was disappointing and disrespectful

— 美 (@hanaouo) January 7, 2019

That video of Gordon Ramsay and Sofia Vergara is fucking disgusting. I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. Y’all need to understand just how deepset the objectification of women is in our culture that a woman can be demeaned publicly and everybody stayed quiet for years.

— woodchuck todd. (@ofephemere) January 8, 2019

So far neither Vergara or Ramsay have personally responded to the controversy.

Do you think this an indication of how much our views around the treatment and objectification of women have changed in the past nine years? Did you cringe while watching the video? Tell ys in a comment below.

Jessica Wang

Lifestyle Writer

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