Every Gregg Wallace complaint from Celebrity MasterChef contestants as winner alleges ‘bum touch’

Gregg Wallace, the star of Celebrity MasterChef, is being sued after being accused of “inappropriate behavior” by a number of women.

The 60-year-old actor has refuted claims that he made inappropriate sexual remarks. Following the news that an investigation would be launched into his alleged conduct, Sir Rod Stewart referred to Wallace as a “tubby, bald-headed, ill-mannered bully” after the musician claimed Gregg had bullied his wife, Penny Lancaster, while she was on the show.

Emma Kennedy, a winner of the 2012 Celebrity MasterChef contest, has now claimed Gregg touched an assistant on the bum, causing a quick reaction. Elsewhere, TV star Ulrika Jonsson has claimed another female contestant heard Wallace make a ‘ rape joke ‘ on MasterChef.

According to a statement from the show’s production company Banijay UK, Wallace is “committed to fully cooperating throughout the process” while the BBC is conducting its investigation. In response to the investigation, he has also resigned from his position on the program. Gregg took to social media to refute the accusations, saying they were made by “middle-class women of a certain age.”

Gregg’s attorneys claim that it is entirely false that he acts in a sexually harassing manner. Celebrity MasterChef contestants have made the accusations listed below.

Kirsty Wark

Among those who have made complaints is Kirsty Wark, who was a Celebrity MasterChef contestant in 2011. She talked about how he told “sexualised” jokes during filming.

Broadcaster Kirsty, best known for hosting BBC Newsnight, claimed earlier this week that Wallace told “jokes of a sexualised nature” on two occasions during filming. She added that the contestants’ crew and other guests were present. Speaking to BBC News, Kirsty said Wallace’s alleged remarks were “really, really in the wrong place”.

Kirsty said she was considering opening her own restaurant after finishing second on Celebrity Masterchef that year. Asked in a BBC radio interview in 2012 if she fancied opening a restaurant or café, she said: “I have registered a domain name of Kirsty’s Kitchen. I’m not yet certain what I will do with it. It would be fun”.

Penny Lancaster

After the accusations emerged, Sir Rod Stewart took to his Instagram page to hit out at Wallace and called him a “tubby, bald-headed, ill-mannered bully”. He wrote: “So Greg Wallace gets fired from Masterchef. You humiliated my wife while she was on the show, but did you not have that little bit cut out? You’re a tubby, bald-headed, ill-mannered bully. Karma got ya. Sir Rod Stewart”.

In 2021, Model Penny competed in the celebrity version of the BBC cooking show, but she was unable to advance past the quarterfinals. Her butternut squash ravioli went 10 minutes overdue despite impressing Wallace and fellow host John Torode with some of her dishes.

Viewers saw Wallace tell Penny: ‘ Mate, we can’t be 10 minutes late, “as he called her delay in delivering the dish” serious”. But Penny was having none of it as she hit back:” Well, we’re going to have to be, otherwise I won’t have a dish. “Afterwards she admitted:” Everything piled on top of me. I’m just hoping the wait was worthwhile.

Penny’s recent statement from a company spokeswoman indicated that she is ready to contact the authorities. They told Mail Online that Penny would not be discussing the subject with any broadcaster or newspaper at this time if she were to be asked to speak with the appropriate authorities if she felt she had anything to add.

Ulrika Jonsson

Ulrika Jonsson also made a claim about Wallace on her Instagram Stories. The TV presenter and model, 57, claimed another female contestant heard Wallace make a ‘rape joke’ on MasterChef. The Swedish-British star, who took part in the show in 2017, claimed that she felt like she was being ‘made a liar of’ after Gregg’s lawyers insisted that all the claims were ‘entirely false’.

She claimed in another Instagram story that several Masterchef crew members were aware of what was happening and had allegedly witnessed Gregg’s inappropriate behavior. There are many crew members on set who “would not dare to speak up for fear of losing their jobs,” she claimed.

Speaking to the Telegraph, Jonsson claimed that another female contestant had become” really distressed “after Wallace’s alleged remarks. The woman’s mother claimed to have witnessed her on set and inquired about what had happened before Jonsson learned of the alleged “rape joke.” Then, she explained that Gregg Wallace had raped us. She expressed extreme grief about it.

The contestant then decided to speak with a producer about the incident and read the joke again to Jonsson. They then went off to speak to Gregg, “she said”. After a while he came up…and he apologised. He struggled to communicate his ideas… He was apologising, and he had tears in his eyes. “

Ulrika has since criticised Gregg, who he claims was “ignored and haughty” after his video, in which he claimed the allegations were made by “middle-class women of a certain age. “Speaking to The Sun, she said:” I am nothing short of seething. Somewhere in his misogynistic, thoughtless, ancient mind he felt it appropriate to tell the world this. Oh, Gregg. Your obnoxiness and arrogance are unmatched. Firstly, you have no idea what “class” of women have complained about you. We can tell for certain that they are more sophisticated than you will ever be.

Charlotte Crosby

Geordie Shore star Charlotte Crosby, who appeared on the latest Celebrity MasterChef, told her followers: “He was extremely unpleasant to me when I was on MasterChef.” The TV star didn’t expand on her claim but previously spoke of her time on MasterChef while on the One Show. She said: “There’s something about that space and that studio you feel like a little kid again. It’s horrible, all the lights are on you. The pressure – it’s really scary. There was a lot of emotion!”

It is completely false that Wallace engages in sexually harassing behavior, according to Wallace’s attorneys. Additionally, the BBC said in a statement that “we take any issues that are brought up with us seriously and have effective solutions in place.” We are always making it clear that any behavior that does not meet the standards set by the BBC will be tolerated.

“We share any complaints or concerns with an external production company when we are contracted directly with them,” states the statement. “We will always help them when we are addressing them.” We wouldn’t be able to make any comments on anything that might be used to influence or influence Banijay’s ongoing investigation.

Emma Kennedy

2012 Celebrity MasterChef winner Emma Kennedy claims she flagged that she believed she saw Gregg touch a photographer assistant’s bottom. She said: “I told an assistant producer, I told a producer, and I told the head of PR at Masterchef. I got the sense that this was something that they were well used to, if I’m being honest, and that it was just a sort of ‘roll your eyes’, and well, ‘this is Gregg being Gregg’.”

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