US EditionGregg Wallace: I’m not a groper, sex pest or flasher
GREATER LONDON, ENGLAND, JUL 25 – Gregg Wallace apologised to 41 complainants while denying sexual harassment after 45 of 83 allegations were upheld in an independent BBC investigation into misconduct.
- Debuting on August 6, 2025, the BBC will broadcast a previously filmed MasterChef series, with Banijay instructed to minimise Wallace and Torode's screen time, and they won't appear in BBC iPlayer thumbnails or promotions.
- Following the investigation, Gregg Wallace was sacked, and a day later John Torode was also dismissed over upheld complaints, including racism and misconduct.
- Wallace told The Sun he felt unfairly compared to Jimmy Savile and Huw Edwards, and `I'm not a groper, a sex pest or a flasher`, he said, attributing the toll on his family to such comparisons.
- Industry figure Toyah Willcox praised the hosts with `they were divine and lovely`, while noting she couldn't confirm the allegations despite working with them.
- The BBC said it acted 'after careful consideration and consultation with the contestants', and broadcasting the filmed series 'in no way diminishes' the seriousness of the findings.
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The Independent (US)Gregg Wallace says he was ‘touched and groped on a regular basis’ on MasterChef
The presenter – dropped from the long-running BBC cookery show along with his co-presenter John Torode – said that it ‘wouldn’t even [have crossed] my mind’ to complain about the incidents
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'I'm not a sex pest': Wallace apologises for behaviour
Former MasterChef host Gregg Wallace has again apologised to anyone hurt by his behaviour, but insisted he is “not a groper, a sex pest or a flasher”.In an interview with The Sun, the TV presenter also defended his sacked former co-host John Torode, telling the paper he is “not a racist”.Torode was the subject of an allegation about using racist language that was upheld as part of a review carried out by law firm Lewis Silkin into the alleged be…
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