Gregg Wallace says accusations against him come from 'middle-class women of a certain age'

Gregg Wallace has responded to the mounting allegations against him successful a defiant video posted online, saying the accusations travel from "middle-class women of a definite age".

Wallace, who has stepped backmost from presenting the BBC cooking amusement Masterchef aft accusations helium made intersexual comments towards unit and personage guests connected a scope of programmes implicit 17 years, says helium has worked with much than 4,000 contestants implicit the years "of each antithetic ages, inheritance and walks of life".

"Apparently now, I'm speechmaking successful the paper, there's been 13 complaints successful that time," Wallace says successful the video, posted connected Instagram.

"I tin spot the complaints coming from a fistful of middle-class women of a definite age, conscionable from Celebrity Masterchef. This isn't right."

In a 2nd video, helium says: "In 20 years, implicit 20 years of television, tin you ideate however galore women, pistillate contestants connected Masterchef, person made intersexual remarks, oregon intersexual innuendo, tin you imagine?"

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