Gordon Ramsay says his health was the reason he axed Kitchen Nightmares.
The chef admits he gave up the series because his body needs time to recover from all of the horrific food he's been given to eat.
Credit: FOXSpeaking on the Channel 4 website in a video, he said: "I want a rest. I want my stomach to go through a 12-month period with no ulcers.
"And then I want to go to the toilet once a day, properly, as opposed to four or five times a day once I've had a bad experience in a s**thole selling frozen food that's been defrosted in the microwave for the last 17 minutes, so no, I want to get back to eating normally."
Taking at least a year off from the series, he confesses it could be set to return in the future.
"I still have that hunger to get those businesses back on the map and I'm still like a little Rottweiler.
"I just want to be led up the front door, let off the lead and then booted in - sniff out the crap, turn the place upside down, give the owners a great shake and then put them back on their feet."
He went on to add: "Let's not say it's going away and finishing forever. It may come back. It depends on my ulcers."
The final series Costa Del Nightmares kicks off tonight at 9pm on Channel 4.
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