{"id":50090,"date":"2025-04-25T18:49:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T18:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/50090\/"},"modified":"2025-04-25T18:49:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T18:49:11","slug":"gregg-wallace-furiously-lashes-out-at-tv-stars-who-turned-on-him-amid-masterchef-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/50090\/","title":{"rendered":"Gregg Wallace furiously lashes out at TV stars who turned on him amid MasterChef probe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MASTERCHEF host Gregg Wallace has furiously lashed out at the outspoken celebrities who turned on him.<\/p>\n<p>The 60-year-old is under investigation by the BBC show&#8217;s production company Banijay UK after allegations of &#8220;lewd and inappropriate&#8221; behaviour on set.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Greg Wallace from MasterChef with a surprised expression.\" height=\"540\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"BBC\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/mel-s-fury-gregg-wallace-954119628.jpg\" data-caption=\"Gregg Wallace has blasted well-known faces over their allegations\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/mel-s-fury-gregg-wallace-954119628.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Gregg Wallace has blasted well-known faces over their allegationsCredit: BBC<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vanessa Feltz on Celebs Go Dating.\" height=\"537\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"E4\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0a83fd9c-81d4-438e-a17c-911315838ea1.jpg\" data-caption=\"Vanessa Feltz took a swipe at Gregg\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0a83fd9c-81d4-438e-a17c-911315838ea1.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Vanessa Feltz took a swipe at GreggCredit: E4<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kirsty Wark and Gregg Wallace in a Masterchef kitchen.\" height=\"635\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"BBC\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NINTCHDBPICT000952910685_8b83fb.jpg\" data-caption=\"Kirsty Wark with Gregg when she starred on Celeb MasterChef in 2011\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NINTCHDBPICT000952910685_8b83fb.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Kirsty Wark with Gregg when she starred on Celeb MasterChef in 2011Credit: BBC<\/p>\n<p>Gregg faced complaints from Newsnight host Kirsty Wark, 70, who accused him of telling &#8220;sexualised&#8221; jokes as they filmed Celebrity MasterChef in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Other broadcasters Vanessa Feltz, 63, and Kirstie Allsopp, 53, also made complaints.<\/p>\n<p>Gregg &#8211; who admitted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tv\/34647891\/gregg-wallace-suicidal-masterchef-allegations\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">thinking about suicide &#8220;all the time&#8221;<\/a> after the historic allegations were made &#8211;  has now hit out at ex-pal Vanessa and the other women as he awaits results of the probe. <\/p>\n<p>Gregg told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-14647709\/Gregg-Wallace-wife-interview-MasterChef-star-allegations-misconduct.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mail+<\/a> of Kirsty: &#8220;I thought we got on. She made it to the final three, so we were together for three months. I can clearly remember drinking champagne with her at the end of the show and sharing jokes.<\/p>\n<p>read more on gregg wallace<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hadn\u2019t seen the complaint so I didn\u2019t know what it was. I thought, \u201cWhat have I done?\u201d I literally didn\u2019t understand it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gregg added: &#8220;Vanessa Feltz really knocked me for six. She had a story from a friend of hers who said she\u2019d overheard me saying something sexual in a lift. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ve always got on well with Vanessa. I\u2019ve been on her show. We even swapped messages on social media.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m thinking, &#8216;Really, Vanessa, you\u2019re weighing in with something someone else told you that I was supposed to have said in a lift? I thought you liked me&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He slammed at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tv\/32055523\/kirstie-allsopp-slams-gregg-wallace-after-embarrassingsex-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kirstie&#8217;s allegations<\/a>, after she claimed he had told her a story about &#8220;sex act that and his partner had enjoyed every morning&#8221; while they waited a green room together before filming for a pilot.<\/p>\n<p>Gregg insisted he did not say that because he had only ever tried the &#8220;sex act&#8221; once when he was 28 and &#8220;didn\u2019t like it&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Gregg Wallace thrust his groin at my face THREE TIMES while I crouched at oven on Masterchef &#8211; he&#8217;s vile, says traumatised contestant<\/p>\n<p>Banijay UK arranged for him to be supported by a crisis mentor who insisted he had a mental health screening.<\/p>\n<p>Gregg was diagnosed with profound autism.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/gregg-wallace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gregg<\/a>\u00a0was accused of making\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tv\/31988939\/gregg-wallace-steps-down-masterchef-probe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sexual remarks to 13 colleagues<\/a>\u00a0including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/bbc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beeb<\/a>\u00a0anchor\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tv\/24433234\/kirsty-wark-steps-down-newsnight-bbc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kirsty Wark<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; accusations he denies.<\/p>\n<p>Results of the investigation are set to be revealed next month.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kirstie Allsopp on Good Morning Britain promoting a smart meter campaign.\" height=\"960\" width=\"699\" data-credit=\"Rex Features\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/60b02b1f-f5fc-44ba-9233-c423a4167250.jpg\" data-caption=\"Kirstie Allsopp was also slammed by Gregg\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/60b02b1f-f5fc-44ba-9233-c423a4167250.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Kirstie Allsopp was also slammed by GreggCredit: Rex Features<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MASTERCHEF host Gregg Wallace has furiously lashed out at the outspoken celebrities who turned on him. 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