Gregg Wallace speaks about complaints against him
Gregg Wallace has apologised for "any offence caused" by his rant about "women of a certain age" amid allegations of sexual misconduct.
The telly chef alleged that complaints came from "a handful of middle-class women of a certain age”.
In a new Instagram Stories post, Gregg said: "I want to apologise for any offence that I caused with my post yesterday, and any upset I may have caused to a lot of people.
“I wasn’t in a good headspace when I posted it. I’ve been under a huge amount of stress, a lot of emotion. I felt very alone, under siege, yesterday when I posted it. It’s obvious to me I need to take some time out now while this investigation is underway.
“I hope you understand and I do hope you accept this apology.”
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Gregg originally claimed that he had worked with more than 4,000 contestants “of all different ages, all different backgrounds, all walks of life.”
He added: “Apparently now, I'm reading in the paper, there's been 13 complaints in that time. I can see the complaints coming from a handful of middle-class women of a certain age, just from Celebrity MasterChef. This isn't right."
He added: “In 20 years, over 20 years of television, can you imagine how many women, female contestants on MasterChef, have made sexual remarks, or sexual innuendo, can you imagine?"
Wallace’s legal team say “it is entirely false that he engages in behaviour of a sexually harassing nature”.
It comes after the news that Gregg unfollowed his MasterChef co-star John Torode and his wife Lisa Faulkner on Instagram, after they failed to show public support for the BBC star.
A source told The Sun: "Gregg is absolutely furious and is convinced he has done nothing wrong.
“Seeing John keeping quiet amid all of this has irked him hugely. Gregg and John have been colleagues for almost two decades and while they aren’t the closest of friends, Gregg feels John could say something. He has deleted them from his Instagram account now and unfollowed both of them."
The source added that while it might seem like a “petty” action, Gregg is “furious about how this has all played out”.
