Gordon Ramsay was caught in a panic and feared his pet cat had died while playing a game of chase with his youngest at home.
The Scots TV chef, 53, had been enjoying a playful afternoon with his one-year-old lookalike son Oscar at their Cornwall property on Friday.
But the father-of-five was left panicking during the rough and tumble and thought their sleeping family cat was dead - and even prodded it to check if it was alive.
The Kitchen Nightmares star took to Instagram to share a video as he playfully asked his son: “Excuse me, hey, where's your shoe?"
The clip showed the TV star dad dashing after his toddler son – who at one point collided with an armchair where the family cat lay sleeping.
Gordon grew alarmed when the feline didn’t react to the jolt of the chair – and immediately jumped to the worst case scenario.
He could be heard saying: "Oops, the cat... Is it dead? Is it..."
The chef’s hand could then be seen gently poking the grey animal who eventually woke up.
Gordon then gushed: "Oh no, it's alive - thank god for that!"
The Scots chef caused controversy with locals after he whisked his wife Tana and children Meghan, 21, Jack and Holly, 20, Tilly, 18 and one-year-old Oscar to one of the family's three Cornwall homes at the start of the coronavirus outbreak.
