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FAIL: Food Network Forgets To Censor The F-Word On Chopped
Posted on December 29th 2011 by Jillian Madison

    87 Responses

  1. Liver Pâté says:

    Pâté is fuckin’ nasty.

  2. James says:

    Sounds more like “frickin’” but that might be the low-quality audio.

  3. EQSATUB says:

    Let’s think about how many people it takes for any television show to make it to air, note that this show WASN’T live, and recall that this is one of the most overproduced shows on the Food Network….yet, THIS STILL HAPPENS???

    Oh, and I hear fuckin’ too…haven’t heard anything but that, even thinking the word “frickin’” in my head.

  4. EQSATUB says:

    I was so sure it was “fucking,” as well…now, I’m on the fence…it could be fricking. Regardless, it’s definitely close (maybe it’s frucking, lol), and I’m shocked FN would leave in something so close.

  5. Clara says:

    Yeah, that’s ‘frickin’ :/

  6. This is admittedly a silly debate, but I’m of the opinion that if you heard “Frickin” then you need your FRICKIN EARS CHECKED.

    There’s clearly no R there.

    Listen to it and say the word “FUCKIN” and you’ll see.

    • Alyse says:

      It doesn’t sound like a “u” either really, though – sounds more like an e or i… fecking maybe. Either way… lighten up!

    • Mark H88 says:

      Sorry Jill, but you couldn’t be more wrong. I saw this episode on TV and was most definitely “Frickin”. Not only that, but it’s clearly “Frickin” in this audio clip (even at low quality). Absolutely no doubt about it either. And while I know anyone can just claim that they are right, I work in audio and have a very trained ear.

      • “Sorry” to you, because you’re not the expert or the end-all authority on what this fucking girl said. I heard fucking. And that’s all there is to it.

        • Jennalynn says:

          This video has terrible sound quality, so I don’t understand how you’re “sure” she said fucking. I saw the episode on TV and she 100% absolutely says fricken. Why do you have to be so hostile? Damn, take it down a notch. You can’t admit that you MIGHT be wrong?

      • VictorV says:

        I wwebsite as on the internet!
        Watch out, we got a badass over here.

    • Neener says:

      Eh? Speak up! ;) Maybe she’s spent a lot of time in Ireland and picked up “fecking” which is their version of fricking?

  7. Dr. L. says:

    Uh, fuckin.

  8. cheddarpretzels says:

    I heard f-ing on the first one and second, but fricking on the third. . .

  9. unchatenfrance says:

    I don’t hear any R’s in there, either. And for the record, I fucking hate the way she pronounces the word pah-TAY.

  10. me says:

    It is fricking. How anyone can not hear the R is beyond me

  11. ellikat says:

    I heard it with an “R” too

  12. Olivia says:

    I’m on the fence the first 2 times, but when it is slowed down, I definitely hear it without an “r”. I don’t see how you would hear one..

  13. Lime says:

    All I hear is a woman who does not care for smushed meat.

  14. Plumpy says:

    My ears heard “fuckin’” and I live for this shit. Fuck the censors.

  15. Pishposh says:

    It’s “frickin’.” The “r” is indeed indistinguishable with the bad audio quality, but the short “i” should be your next clue that it’s indeed “frickin’.” (Unless you all say “fick you”?)

  16. Mae says:

    I’ve seen this episode before, and I’m 98% sure she said “frickin’”. I don’t recall many occasions where contestants swore outside of the actual rounds, it’s mostly when they injure themselves, run out of time, or leave off an ingredient.

  17. amy says:

    That doesn’t even SOUND like “fucking”. Even if you don’t hear the “R”, the “ih” sound follows.

  18. bdub says:

    worse than that is the fact I’d have no idea what she was talking about if it wasn’t close captioned.

    Had it not been for that, I would have sworn she said “pad thai” every time.

    Who the hell says “pa tai”?

  19. Deaner says:

    Whatever she actually said, you’d think the show’s producers would do a reshoot of that clip just to be on the safe side. If so many people on this site aren’t sure and/or disagree, I have to think a lot of people in the general tv audience did a double-take, too.

  20. Maura says:

    It’s okay, honey. We fucking hate Guy Fieri -another ball of greasy canned meat. We’re all in this together.

    *warm fucking hug*

  21. Bryn says:

    Some people may or may not hear an ‘R’ but there’s an “Ick”

  22. Your Name says:

    Yeah.. Definitely frickin.. I have the episode dvr’d and listened to it on my tv.. Frickin. Although either way it doesn’t really bother me.

    Jill.. You’re really bad at taking criticism.. It’s not that serious!

    • No, I’m not bad at taking criticism. I’m just not phony, and tell you what I am really thinking without sugarcoating it.

    • VictorV says:

      Interesting how “it’s not that serious” and yet you still posted your opinion as well as put down Jillian for not taking criticism well. If it wasn’t that serious…couldn’t you have just moved on?

  23. Johnny says:

    I heard fricken. The way she said it still made me laugh tho

    ferr-ick-en

    No “uh” sounds

  24. Martin says:

    I vote for “fucking.” Jillian should be given the benefit of the doubt even if it sounds otherwise. The audio is low quality. Also this chef has a weird accent which complicates the issue and also makes the clip even funnier!

  25. Are you people Fucking serious? She clearly said FUCKING, and the way she said it justified it as well.
    You can continue sucking the fun out of everything by having this pointless debate about what she really said, but in the end I know Jillian is right. So you all can sit down.

  26. Jenna says:

    Well the food network reaired this and guess what, they bleeped it. So she clearly said fucking. The power of FNH strikes again!

    Ps I clearly heard fucking. Painfully obvious.

  27. Nubcake_trini says:

    Still sounds like she said fricking instead of fucking to me…and was even more pronounced when slowed down. You may not hear the ‘r’, but definitely the ‘ick’ sound after the ‘f’.

    I still think they bleeped it afterwards because it was too close…po-tay-to, po-tah-to, it still means the same thing in the end.

    • I disagree. I think they went back and bleeped it out because they made a mistake – the same way TV guide went back and changed “his first Iron Chef battle” to “their first Iron Chef battle” in reference to Zakarian’s win before it aired on TV.

  28. Your Name says:

    It’s clearly “frickin”…..

  29. huh? says:

    The power of you hear what you want to hear strikes again. I listened to this video a few times. When I would think “Fuckin’” I would hear “Fuckin.’” When I would think “Frickin’” I would hear “Frickin’” The power of the brain can sometimes mislead you. So she basically said it either way depending on what your mindset was.

    • Livvy says:

      I asked my husband to listen to it without him knowing what it was about, and then asked what she said. He told me she said fucking. I heard fucking. Why is this even a discussion? It’s obvious. Get over yourselves people and stop giving FN the benefit of the doubt, sheesh.

      • Timmy says:

        not sure why it is a discussion. but she clearly said fricken. it has nothing to with any benefit of the doubt, simply what she said.

  30. Linz says:

    When I first played it I was SURE she was saying fuckin…then after reading every single comment I listened to it again and now I hear frickin and nothing else…I think my ears have been tricked somehow! Maybe she combined them like fuh rickin lol One time long ago when I was watching Trading Spaces Ty was clearing some stuff away from the carpet and said “Yeah look at all this shi-caca!” hahaha now I always say shi-caca! I think we can all agree on something though: the contestant is…an idiot either way. I HATE when people trail off at the end of their sentences with their voiceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssss….. haha

  31. RR's Pompoms says:

    I’ve listened a few times and not once did I think it was friggin or fricken or any fr sound.

  32. Desi says:

    Yeah, she definitely says FRICKEN. The first couple of times I was dead sure she has said fucking but if you really listen, I mean REALLY concentrate and listen you can clearly hear her say fricken.

  33. Desi says:

    I’m sure the FN people just went ahead and bleeped it just to keep arguments like this from popping up. Fricken/Fuckin it’s too close and “too hot for tv” for their liking.

  34. Desi says:

    Same thing with the lion king screenshot that everyone though said SEX instead of SFX, whatever it was that scene has now been removed because it was just causing too much controversy. Just people FN is now bleeping the word does not make fuckin engraved in stone, just means that they did not want to cause further controversy.

  35. Desi says:

    Just because**

  36. SGrailing says:

    Are you all deaf? She clearly says, “Paul Is Dead”

  37. Dingle says:

    Doesn’t really matter if it’s fuckin or frickin. People say frickin as a substitute for fuckin. I think fuckin when I say frickin, so those fuckin frickers needed to beep that shiz out regardless! So frick you fuckers!

  38. Veronica says:

    It’s “frickin”. I mean, like so many other posters have said, there’s an “ih” sound… how is that possible in the word “fucking”? I went back and listened trying to hear “fucking” but seriously… it’s not there for me. Sorry…

  39. Thanatos says:

    I don’t really care if she said frickin’ or fuckin’ because I am a semi-mature adult and thus do not get offended by “bad words” because I have more important things to occupy my thoughts, like if I want to make breakfast now or wait until I have a shower.

  40. Goober says:

    This was the least of her offenses. When she got chopped, she told the judges, “Suck my cunt!” Or maybe she said thumb. It was not clear.

  41. zylon says:

    Yeah, I wasn’t 100% sure at first, but after a couple listens the only thing I hear is “fricken”.

    Face it Jillian– you got frick-rolled.

  42. sandyscirroticliver says:

    Listen Fuckers! She motherfucking said fucking as in “I fucking hate interferon shots” or “I’m gonna fucking mainline some fucking vodka and speed this process up” or “put some fucking vodka on that pâté you cliche fucking lesbian Chopped. contestant”.

  43. Beth says:

    omg she does not say fucking..you can CLEARLY tell she says FRICKIN Im sure they still bleeped it bc of her saying that bc it resembles the F word but its very obvious she says Frickin

  44. Alyssa says:

    definitely fricken

  45. Sarah says:

    Definitely said FRICKEN.

  46. emily says:

    I heard it as “fuckin.” This could be easily decided if they showed her saying the entire word.

  47. UncaChazzy says:

    I’m pretty sure she said “fuckin”, but she could have said “frickin”…She does have that weird “Baltimore Trailer Shady-Dyke-With-A-Cane” accent though, so it is kind of dubious.

    EITHER WAY THOUGH, I think we should be able to agree that even if she said “frickin”, that’s still relatively inappropriate for a cooking show that’s rated for all audiences. The production end should have edited it out regardless of what she actually said.

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