Gregg Wallace's traumatic Strictly remarks resurface as he claimed pro 'disliked him'

Gregg Wallace revealed the atrocious acquisition helium had connected Strictly Come Dancing arsenic helium said helium was near successful 'floods of tears' earlier his exit

Gregg Wallace "hated" his clip connected BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, making a bold assertion astir his partnering.

The 60-year-old grocer-turned-presenter took portion successful 2014's mentation of the creation show. He was paired with nonrecreational dancer Aliona Vilani, but was near little than impressed. His clip connected the ballroom amusement was abbreviated lived arsenic the duo were promptly voted disconnected first. He had antecedently said helium had been near successful tears aft conscionable 2 weeks competing.

Last year, Gregg revealed helium hated his clip connected the contention and admitted his therapist was speedy to travel to assistance him arsenic helium struggled. Speaking to The Mirror's Men In Mind podcast past year, helium said his therapist jumped successful a car to beryllium astatine his broadside successful his dressing country and 'had maine successful floods of tears' arsenic the concern got excessively overmuch for him.

He said helium was yet capable to spell retired and dance, but specified was the levels of stress, helium was near with rashes connected the broadside of his face.

It's not the archetypal clip helium had complained astir his clip connected the competition, either. Speaking to OK! mag successful 2021, the presenter claimed the lone clip helium enjoyed the amusement was the past time connected the final. He said astatine the time: "I emotion dancing, but if I were paired with idiosyncratic who liked maine past I would person done better."

And successful 2014, helium had besides said expressed his pugnacious clip to The Express: "I was suffering from truthful overmuch stage-fright and terrible anxiousness that, connected Saturday morning, I cried retired of fearfulness and desperation," helium told the publication. "It was implicit panic that I couldn't overcome."

Gregg has precocious confirmed helium is stepping distant from his relation connected MasterChef amid a probe against his alleged behaviour. Kirsty Wark is among those who person complained astir Gregg's antics. Speaking to BBC News, Kirsty said his alleged remarks were "really, truly successful the incorrect place". She had finished 2nd connected 2011's Celebrity MasterChef. Gregg has antecedently denied immoderate wrongdoing, and is said to beryllium cooperating afloat with the investigation.

The accumulation institution down MasterChef said connected Thursday: "This week the BBC received complaints from individuals successful narration to humanities allegations of misconduct portion moving with presenter Gregg Wallace connected 1 of our shows. Whilst these complainants person not raised the allegations straight with our amusement producers oregon genitor institution Banijay UK, we consciousness that it is due to behaviour an immediate, outer reappraisal to afloat and impartially investigate. While this reappraisal is underway, Gregg Wallace volition beryllium stepping distant from his relation on 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.”

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