Gregg Wallace has issued his first statement since more than a dozen women accused him of making inappropriate sexual comments and inappropriate behavior.
the Master Chef The host took to Instagram to record a video in which he slammed his accusers, saying the accusations come from a “handful of middle-class women of a certain age.”
“I've been doing it Master Chef For 20 years – amateurs, professionals and Celebrity Master Chef “I think over that time I've worked with over 4,000 riders of all different ages, all different backgrounds, all walks of life,” Wallace said. “And obviously now, as I read in the newspaper, there were 13 complaints at that time. Now, I can see in the newspaper the complaints were coming from just a handful of middle-class women of a certain age.” Celebrity Master Chef. “This is not true.”
These accusations were published in an investigation conducted by BBC News with 13 women, including former womenNews night Host Kirsty Wark, who went on record to say the 60-year-old TV host told stories and made jokes of a “sexual nature” on at least two occasions in front of fellow cast members and contestants.
Since then, the likes of Rod Stewart have also come out publicly against Wallace. Stewart said Wallace insulted his wife, Penny Lancaster, while she was on duty Master Chef. Radio presenter Asma Mir also said she complained to the BBC several years ago about inappropriate comments Wallace allegedly made during filming. Others told the BBC that over the years Wallace spoke openly about his sex life, took off his shirt in front of a female worker, and told a young female colleague that he was not wearing any boxer shorts under his jeans. In a letter to BBC News, Wallace's lawyers denied that he had engaged in conduct of a “sexual harassment nature”.
Wallace concluded his statement by saying, “In over 20 years of television, can you imagine the number of women contestants on… Master Chefmade sexual statements or sexual innuendos, can you imagine?
Wallace backed off Master Chef While producer Banijay UK investigates, though, cameras will continue to roll on the BBC series.
