Dancing On Ice star star says MasterChef’s Gregg Wallace was ‘very forward and creepy with me’ before he quit show

DANCING On Ice prima Katie Stainsby has branded Gregg Wallace "forward and creepy" pursuing his exit from MasterChef.

The nonrecreational skater, 44, met Gregg respective years agone astatine the Ideal Homes Show successful London but claims it was not a affirmative experience.

Katie, who skated with the likes of Vanilla Ice and Gary Lucy connected DOI, adjacent confided successful a person astatine the clip astir her encounter.

Writing connected X today, pursuing quality that Gregg has stepped down from MasterChef, Katie has recalled their gathering again.

It follows complaints from 13 radical astir humanities allegations involving Gregg, including erstwhile Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark. Gregg powerfully denies each of the claims.

Katie posted a 'vomiting emoji' connected the site, formerly known arsenic Twitter, and told her followers: "#greggwallace I retrieve him good from the clip helium was astatine the perfect homes amusement astatine Christmas wherever I was performing!

"He was highly guardant and creepy!"

Katie's pal replied: "As soon arsenic I heard this I thought of you arsenic I retrieve you mentioning it years ago."

In response, Katie said: "Yep! It's brainsick however it catches up with them isn't it!"

Katie is not the archetypal celebrity to talk retired contiguous astir the telly prima either.

Comedienne Katy Brand broke her soundlessness aft a shocking clip from the 2013 bid of Celebrity MasterChef emerged online.

Gregg tin beryllium seen telling Katy: "I'll munch the surviving daylights retired of your small tart."

Katy, 45, said she had thought the remark was "crass", and backed those who had made complaints astir the star, adding that she was not 1 of them.

The Sun told however Gregg archetypal landed himself successful blistery h2o with BBC bosses successful 2018 for taking disconnected his apical and bragging astir romps.

He was hauled into a gathering accused of making “inappropriate intersexual comments” to a pistillate staffer connected BBC crippled amusement Impossible Celebrities.

Then successful 2023, helium was accused of being rude to women portion moving connected BBC’s Inside The Factory.

Yesterday, Gregg stepped down from BBC cooking amusement MasterChef.

Thirteen radical who worked with Gregg crossed a scope of shows implicit a 17-year play person accused him of making intersexual comments, the BBC has confirmed.

The broadcaster told however 1 feels powerfully that the comments were "really, truly successful the incorrect place".

Times Radio presenter and 2017 Celebrity MasterChef contestant Aasmah Mir posted a cryptic message aft the quality broke, saying: "Always support your receipts."

Other allegations see Gregg talking openly astir his enactment life, taking his apical disconnected successful beforehand of a inferior staffer and telling different young workfellow helium wasn't wearing immoderate pants.

BBC News confirmed they launched a probe into Gregg successful the summertime aft claims were made regarding 5 shows betwixt 2005 to 2022.

Gregg's lawyers person branded the latest claims arsenic false, but the MasterChef big has stepped distant from the deed cooking bid portion a abstracted probe is carried out.

MasterChef accumulation institution Banijay UK said complaints person been made this week successful narration to "historical allegations" of misconduct portion connected the show.

The institution has present launched its ain "immediate, external review" into his alleged behaviour.

Recorded episodes of MasterChef: The Professionals featuring Gregg volition inactive beryllium shown arsenic planned contempt the development.

The institution said: "While this reappraisal is underway, Gregg Wallace will beryllium stepping distant from his relation connected MasterChef and is committed to afloat cooperating passim the process.

"Banijay UK’s work of attraction to unit is ever a precedence and our expectations regarding behaviour are made wide to some formed and unit connected each productions, with aggregate ways of raising concerns, including anonymously, intelligibly promoted connected set.

"Whilst these are humanities allegations, incidences brought to our attraction wherever these expectations are not met, are thoroughly investigated and addressed appropriately."