Tv presenter Gregg Wallace will step away from his function on MasterChef after allegations of misconduct, the manufacturing firm mentioned on Thursday. No less than 13 folks, who labored with Wallace over a interval of 17 years, have come ahead accusing him of inappropriate sexual feedback, the BBC mentioned in a report. One in all them is broadcaster Kirsty Wark, who was a Superstar MasterChef contestant in 2011. She instructed the BBC that Wallace instructed “sexualised” jokes in the course of the filming of the present.
Wallace’s legal professionals have denied all of the allegations however MasterChef’s manufacturing firm has launched an investigation and mentioned the presenter is cooperating.
Ms Wark mentioned her general expertise whereas filming the present was “joyous” however added, “The fly within the ointment, occasionally, was Gregg Wallace.”
“I used to be truly extra indignant than the rest, as a result of I believed it was so inappropriate. And in a way what I believed was it was about energy greater than the rest, that he felt he might,” mentioned Ms Wark.
BBC mentioned in the course of the investigation, they discovered Wallace brazenly talked about his intercourse life, taking his prime off in entrance of a feminine co-worker and telling a junior feminine colleague he wasn’t carrying any boxer shorts underneath his denims.
Rod Stewart, whose spouse, Penny Lancaster, appeared on Superstar MasterChef in 2021, reacted to Wallace’s break from the present, calling him a “tubby, bald-headed, ill-mannered bully”.
“So Greg Wallace will get fired from Grasp Chef. Good riddance Wallace… You humiliated my spouse when she was on the present, however you had that bit minimize out did not you? You are a tubby, bald-headed, ill-mannered bully. Karma acquired ya. Sir Rod Stewart,” Stewart mentioned within the put up.
Wallace, in the meantime, posted a video on Instagram on Thursday thanking folks for supporting him.
“I wish to thank all of the folks getting in contact, reaching out and exhibiting their help. It is good of you – thanks very a lot,” he mentioned.
