Biddenden resident and MasterChef host Greg Wallace stepped away from his role on the show last year. Picture: PA<\/p>\n
In November, the 60-year-old stepped down from his role on MasterChef<\/a> following complaints from individuals about historical allegations of misconduct.<\/p>\n He then issued a short video message to fans<\/a> on Instagram following the news, where he thanked people reaching out and showing their support.<\/p>\n The findings of the investigation will be made public next month.<\/p>\n Wallace said once he stepped down from the BBC show, he had struggled to sleep and that \u201cthe feeling of being under attack, of isolation, of abandonment was overwhelming.\u201d<\/p>\n In his interview with the Daily Mail, <\/a>He added: \u201cNobody from the BBC contacted me once these stories started breaking \u2013 absolutely nobody at all.<\/p>\n \u201cNews channels were updating hourly with new allegations.<\/p>\n \u201cThere was a tidal wave of abuse on social media, a dozen reporters outside the gate.<\/p>\n \u201cYou’re watching yourself get personally ripped apart, criticised, accused of all sorts of stuff over and over again.<\/p>\n \u201cYou’re thinking, “This isn’t true. What’s coming next?”<\/p>\n \u201cYou don’t sleep. Your chest races. Your body feels like it’s shutting down because it can’t cope with the levels of stress.<\/p>\n \u201cYou feel really dirty and horrible because everybody is saying you’re a pervert.\u201d<\/p>\n Wallace cremated his mum, 80-year-old Mary Pettman, last month after she died following a fatal heart attack in her sleep.<\/p>\n He told The Mail: \u201cShe was always very proud of me. I’m her eldest and, of course, I was on the telly.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it’s terribly sad that in the last days of her life she was reading horrible things about me and witnessing my disgrace.\u201d<\/p>\n His wife Anna told MailOnline she is determined to speak up for her husband, adding: \u201cAbout a week into it all, he broke down in the hallway.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was sobbing, “I’m broken. They’ve beaten me. They’ve completely ruined my name”.<\/p>\n \u2018I was scared he’d crumble completely…\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201cIt just got too much for him. I was scared he’d crumble completely.\u201d<\/p>\n The number of complainants went from 13 to 30, and several allegations were made, including that he had groped crew members, which Wallace said is \u201cabsolutely not true\u201d.<\/p>\n He explained: \u201cI honestly never meant to upset anyone. I thought I was going in every day and just delivering what was wanted. I didn’t realise I was causing any problems.\u201d<\/p>\n During the investigation, he was diagnosed with autism.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cI want to make it absolutely clear I’m not blaming my behaviour on my diagnosis, but it does explain a hell of a lot to me.<\/p>\n \u201cAlthough I’m still trying to compute why, if my persona on the telly was p****** so many people off for all those years, nobody told me at the time.\u201d<\/p>\n The now dad-of-three joined MasterChef with co-host John Torode in 2005, and it became one of the most successful programmes on the BBC.<\/p>\n He says that he fully expects to be held to account for some of his \u201csmuttier historic jokes\u201d, explaining: \u201cI was very slow to wake up to the changing nature of the work environment.<\/p>\nGregg Wallace responded on Instagram following allegations of misconduct. Picture: Instagram<\/p>\n