EXCLUSIVE: Gordon Ramsey's Ex-Mistress: 'His Hair Plugs Are No Surprise'

Dec. 29 2010, Published 10:10 a.m. ET

While Gordon Ramsey might have financial trouble cooking with $1 million dollars in tax liens, it hasn't stopped the television chef from spending a whopping $46,110 on hair plugs!

Britain's The Sun reports the 44-year-old - famed for his wild locks - spent a grueling twelve hours having follicles painstakingly removed from lush patches of his scalp and reinserted where his hairline is thinning.

Sarah Symonds - who claimed she had an on-and-off fling with Ramsay for seven years - spoke exclusively to RadarOnline.com about Ramsey's new nightmare.

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"Gordon getting hair plugs is no surprise to me because he was always obsessed with his hair and his look," said Symonds, who runs a Mistresses Anonymous 12-step recovery program and a blog called Pillow Talk.

"I was a little worried when I saw Gordon had chosen to follow me and bleach his hair blonde after our affair ended, because I know how damaging bleaching can be and his hair was already a bit thin."