Gregg Wallace supported by one MasterChef star as they make feelings clear

MasterChef big Gregg Wallace has been accused of making inappropriate intersexual comments crossed a fig of TV amusement implicit a 17-year play arsenic celebrities talk retired against him

MasterChef big Monica Galetti has shared her enactment for Gregg Wallace amid accusations of 'sexualised' behaviour during filming for the BBC show.

The TV chef, 60, has stepped backmost from presenting Masterchef aft astir 20 years amid allegations of historical misconduct. Several radical person present travel guardant with claims astir Wallace, including Ulrika Jonsson, Rod Stewart, and Charlotte Crosby.

However, New Zealand-based cook Monica, who acts arsenic a justice connected MasterChef: The Professionals, appeared to stock her sympathies with Wallace erstwhile she liked his Instagram station connected Thursday night.

Wallace posted a abbreviated video to his Instagram grid to convey his fans for reaching retired with words of enactment for him amid the allegations. "I would similar to convey each the radical for getting successful touch, reaching out, and sharing their support. That's bully of you. Thank you precise much," helium said successful the abbreviated clip.

A bid of complaints person been made against the TV presenter by radical who assertion they antecedently worked with him. The MasterChef presenter has been accused of making inappropriate intersexual comments. Wallace, 60, has denied allegations of inappropriate intersexual comments helium is said to person made.

It comes amid an probe by the BBC into misconduct claims. Wallace, who was the big of the cooking show, has denied allegations of inappropriate intersexual comments helium is claimed to person made.

Former Newsnight big Kirsty Wark is among 13 people who person accused the MasterChef presenter of making inappropriate intersexual comments, BBC News reported. Kirsty appeared connected the BBC cooking amusement successful 2011 and has claimed that Wallace told “jokes of a sexualised nature" connected 2 occasions during filming.

Speaking to BBC News , Kirsty said Wallace’s alleged remarks were "really, truly successful the incorrect place".

On Thursday evening, Sir Rod Stewart deed retired astatine Wallace for 'humiliating his wife' Penny Lancaster connected Celebrity MasterChef successful 2021. He wrote successful a station shared with his 1.4million followers: "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. Karma got ya. Sir Rod Stewart."

Elsewhere, Geordie Shore prima Charlotte appeared connected the latest bid of Celebrity MasterChef that aired this summer. Following the news, she simply told her followers: "He was highly unpleasant to maine erstwhile I was connected MasterChef."

The TV prima didn't grow connected her assertion but antecedently spoke of her clip connected MasterChef portion connected the One Show. She said: "There's thing astir that abstraction and that workplace you consciousness similar a small kid again. It's horrible, each the lights are connected you. The unit - it's truly scary. There was a batch of emotion!"

Ulrika Jonsson besides claimed that Wallace made a 'rape joke' connected MasterChef. The Swedish-British prima claimed that she felt similar she was being 'made a liar of' aft Gregg's lawyers insisted that each the claims were 'entirely false'. In different Instagram story, Jonsson claimed that respective members of unit connected MasterChef knew what was going connected and had allegedly seen Gregg's inappropriate behaviour.

She claimed: "Plenty of unit connected acceptable who would not situation to talk up for fearfulness of losing their jobs." Speaking to the Telegraph, Jonsson claimed that different pistillate contestant had go "really distressed" aft Wallace's alleged remarks. The prima claimed that she saw the pistillate walking disconnected acceptable and asked her what had happened. "She past told america that Gregg Wallace had made a rape joke. She was truly distressed astir it.”

The contestant past retold the gag to Jonsson, earlier deciding to talk to a shaper astir the incident. “They past went disconnected to talk to Gregg,” she said. “After a portion helium came up…and helium apologised. He could hardly get his words out... He was apologising, and helium had tears successful his eyes." Jonsson said that successful her sentiment Wallace should simply not person told the gag successful the archetypal place.

It comes arsenic Wallace, 60, is “committed to afloat cooperating passim the process” during the BBC's probe process, a connection from the show’s accumulation institution Banijay UK to the PA quality bureau said.

The connection read: "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 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."

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

The BBC has said it takes immoderate issues that are raised with it “seriously” aft it was announced Wallace volition measurement distant from his relation connected MasterChef portion complaints made to the corp from individuals astir humanities allegations of misconduct are investigated.

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.”

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