Gregg Wallace’s ‘return to BBC confirmed’ despite misconduct probe

Gregg Wallace volition inactive beryllium appearing connected the BBC successful upcoming MasterChef festive specials contempt an probe into allegations of misconduct.

Today, it was announced that Wallace, 60, would beryllium stepping distant from his relation connected the culinary TV programme arsenic historical allegations of misconduct are investigated.

MasterChef’s accumulation institution Banijay stated that the TV property was ‘committed to afloat cooperating passim the process’, portion his lawyers said that ‘it is wholly mendacious that helium engages successful behaviour of a sexually harassing nature’, BBC News reported.

In a further update, it was revealed that 13 radical had accused Wallace of making inappropriate intersexual comments, including erstwhile Newsnight big Kirsty Wark, who competed connected Celebrity MasterChef successful 2011.

BBC News reported that Wallace was accused of allegedly talking openly astir his enactment life, telling a inferior pistillate workfellow that helium wasn’t wearing boxer shorts nether his jeans, and taking his apical disconnected successful beforehand of a pistillate idiosyncratic and saying that helium wanted to ‘give her a manner show’.

Following the quality that Wallace had stepped distant from his relation arsenic a presenter connected MasterChef, having fronted the programme for astir 2 decades, it has present been confirmed what volition hap to episodes of the amusement that person already been filmed but haven’t been broadcast yet.

Ahead of December, the BBC unveiled its packed Christmas TV peculiar for the festive season, which volition see 2 MasterChef specials: a personage Cook Off and a Strictly Festive Extravaganza.

The Celebrity MasterChef Christmas Cook Off volition beryllium hosted by Wallace and his longtime co-presenter John Torode, and volition spot the participants besides navigator for impermanent justice Duncan James, who won the amusement past year.

Then, MasterChef Meets Strictly Festive Extravaganza volition spot dancers Amy Dowden, Gorka Marquez, Kai Widdrington and Nancy Xu spell head-to-head successful the kitchen, with justice Motsi Mabuse appearing arsenic a impermanent justice connected the programme.

It’s understood that each of the upcoming MasterChef spin-offs, including the Professionals programme, which airs tonight, volition aerial connected the BBC arsenic planned contempt the misconduct probe into Wallace.

An insider told The Sun: ‘Removing these 2 shows from the festive schedules would person been a nightmare for the corporation, peculiarly arsenic they’re believed to beryllium scheduled peculiarly adjacent to Christmas Day.

‘Still, galore viewers volition beryllium amazed to inactive spot him connected our screens fixed the quality that he’s stepped down arsenic host.’

They continued: ‘His each connection and enactment are apt to beryllium scrutinised connected the amusement successful airy of immoderate of the allegations that person been made and it’s bound to beryllium uncomfortable viewing for Beeb bosses.’

In a connection regarding the allegations made against Wallace, a BBC spokesperson said: ‘We instrumentality immoderate issues that are raised with america earnestly and we person robust processes successful spot to woody with them.

‘We are ever wide that immoderate behaviour which falls beneath the standards expected by the BBC volition not beryllium tolerated.

‘Where an idiosyncratic is contracted straight by an outer accumulation institution we stock immoderate complaints oregon concerns with that institution and we volition ever enactment them erstwhile addressing them.’

Metro has contacted the BBC for comment.

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