Gregg Wallace dropped by charity amid inappropriate behaviour allegations

A foundation has dropped Gregg Wallace arsenic an ambassador aft aggregate allegations of "highly inappropriate" behaviour.

Wallace stepped down from deed BBC cooking amusement MasterChef connected Thursday amid accusations helium made intersexual comments towards unit and personage guests connected a scope of programmes implicit 17 years.

Ambitious About Autism has present announced it is "no longer moving with" the 60-year-old TV big "in airy of caller allegations".

"We person fto him cognize our determination and thanked him for his enactment of our enactment implicit the past 2 years," it said successful a statement.

Wallace has 3 children and his youngest, five-year-old Sid, is non-verbal and autistic.

The presenter is yet to straight code immoderate of the allegations but aft his MasterChef exit was announced, helium posted a abbreviated Instagram video thanking "all the radical getting successful interaction [and] showing their support".

The star's lawyers accidental "it is wholly mendacious that helium engages successful behaviour of a sexually harassing nature", BBC News reported.

Sky News has contacted Wallace's typical for comment.

The complaints are being investigated by MasterChef's accumulation institution Banijay UK.

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Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark was among a fig of women who person spoken retired astir Wallace's alleged behaviour this week.

In an interrogation with the BBC, Wark claimed she saw Wallace "use sexualised connection successful beforehand of a fig of people" erstwhile she appeared connected Celebrity MasterChef successful 2011.

In airy of the allegations, vocalist Sir Rod Stewart criticised Wallace connected Instagram and claimed helium "humiliated" his woman Penny Lancaster successful 2021.

He wrote: "Good riddance Wallace... You humiliated my woman erstwhile she was connected the show, but you had that spot chopped retired didn't you?

"You're a tubby, bald-headed, ill-mannered bully."

A typical for Lancaster has present told Sky News: "While Penny is blessed to speech to the due authorities should they consciousness she has thing utile to add, she volition not beryllium discussing this substance with immoderate broadcaster oregon paper astatine this time."