Gregg Wallace, the former MasterChef judge, has spoken about the events that followed his departure from the BBC show and how he chose to keep the public eye despite the scandal.
Former MasterChef co-host Gregg Wallace has opened up about his decision to remain in the public eye following his departure from the show. The presenter spoke about the aftermath of the scandal in a video message this week.
Last month, it was reported that Gregg, 60, had been fired from the BBC show after an investigation upheld 45 out of 83 allegations of inappropriate behaviour. He had previously said that the review exonerated him of “all the serious allegations” but he apologised for “inappropriate” humour and language.
Gregg hasn’t shied away from being in the spotlight since his departure, with him promoting other ventures on social media lately. It comes after John Torode’s businesses collapsed after racking up eye-watering debts.
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Gregg, who lost five stone in his fifties, has been promoting his health and fitness coaching recently. He’s offering one-to-coaching for £200 a month, as well as a running a Healthy Fifty plan for men over the age of 50 that aims to help members “feel better and look fitter” for £11.99 per month.
He has since spoken about his decision to remain in the public eye. Gregg discussed his career in a video message that was uploaded to Instagram today, with him saying that he’s “had to stay public” if he wants to “earn a living”.
In the video shared this morning, Gregg stated, “Social media can be really cruel, angry, and rude, but we all know this!” People who have never read the investigation’s report and believe I am guilty of various things that are false are attacking me.
He continued, “I was diagnosed with autism in January at the age of 60.” People constantly criticize me for believing I’m making up. I’ve worked hard and qualified myself as a PT during this time. And I’m attacked because I believe it to be untrue.
Every day is just a battle against people who, I don’t know, just want to attack you, Gregg continued in the message. However, there are also a lot of people who send kind and supportive messages.
He said, “And I could have hidden away, and I shouldn’t have shied away from the spotlight.” I was not required to join this site. However, I still want to make money, so I made the decision with my family that I had to remain anonymous.
Gregg concluded the video by saying, “Just take the impact before you say something cruel, and thank you to all the people who are kind and for those who aren’t.” Before acting infuriated. Also, if you’re not careful, do a little bit of research before acting outraged over something that isn’t true. But thank you to everyone else.
Gregg left the show last year while Banijay UK, a production company, reviewed complaints of historical misconduct. He claimed, “It is entirely false that he engages in sexual harassment harassment,” as the time reported via a lawyer.
Then, last month, the BBC said it has “no plans” to work with him in the future” following the review into allegations about him. It said: “The investigation details a substantial number of allegations of inappropriate conduct spanning 19 years.”
The Silkin’s Report had already been addressed by Gregg. He claimed in advance that it “exonerates” him of” all the serious allegations that made headlines last year and that “him] were primarily guilty of inappropriate language between 2005 and 2018.”
He stated in a statement from last month that he acknowledged that some of my humor and language were inappropriate at times. I sincerely apologize for that. But I’m not the caricature being sold for clicks.
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