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Gregg Wallace has been accused of racism, intersexual harassment and bullying connected MasterChef by Andrew Garfield’s ex Dr Kate Tomas.
Dr Kate, who competed connected the BBC amusement successful 2008, said she was ‘traumatised and re-triggered’ erstwhile it was revealed yesterday an investigation had been launched into Wallace’s conduct implicit historical allegations of misconduct.
The 60-year-old has been accused by 13 erstwhile co-workers, including former Newsnight host Kirsty Wark, of making inappropriate intersexual comments and has stepped distant from MasterChef portion the complaints are investigated.
On TikTok, philosopher and creator Dr Kate described Wallace arsenic a ‘racist portion of s**t’ aft impersonating an Indian accent successful beforehand of an Indian co-worker connected MasterChef.
In a further allegation, she said helium ‘bullied’ her for wearing sindoor, a reddish dye applied to the hairsbreadth parting traditionally utilized by Indian women to signify joined status. Dr Kate, who was joined to an Indian antheral astatine the time, said it was portion of her family’s tradition.
Dr Kate besides claimed Wallace was a ‘sexual harasser’ portion she competed connected the long-running BBC amusement and described him arsenic ‘disgusting and repulsive.’
She said: ‘[MasterChef] invited maine back, and I refused to spell backmost due to the fact that of him, and I complained astatine the clip due to the fact that it’s me.
‘Nothing was said, thing was done, but helium was disgusting and repulsive, and anybody that knows maine volition cognize my deep, heavy f***ing hatred for this man.
‘So, anyway, looks like hashtag f***ing MeToo. How galore different pistillate contestants connected MasterChef retrieve Greg Wallace?
‘He wasn’t lone a intersexual harasser, helium was a racist portion of s**t. He impersonated an Indian accent to 1 of the Indian cameramen.
‘At the time, I was joined to an Indian antheral and I wore sindoor arsenic it was portion of my family’s contented and I got bullied by him for that.
‘It’s a small traumatising, re-triggering to beryllium reminded of each of that s**t.’
When contacted by Metro, a spokesperson for MasterChef’s shaper Banijay said: ‘We can’t remark connected idiosyncratic allegations portion the probe is ongoing.’
Dr Kate’s comments are the latest of a drawstring of complaints made against Wallace by radical who assertion they antecedently worked with him.
He has been accused of mimicking a enactment act, walking into the MasterChef workplace ‘completely bare but for a sock pulled implicit his penis’, taking his apical disconnected successful beforehand of a pistillate co-worker and making lesbian jokes, among different complaints.
Wallace was besides called retired by Sir Rod Stewart, who accused him of ‘humiliating’ his woman Penny Lancaster connected Celebrity MasterChef successful 2021, and called him ‘a tubby, bald-headed, ill-mannered bully.’
The TV star’s lawyers accidental ‘it is wholly mendacious that helium engages successful behaviour of a sexually harassing nature’, BBC News reported.
A connection from Banijay UK connected Thursday said Wallace is ‘committed to afloat co-operating’ with an outer review.
Wallace is champion known for co-presenting MasterChef alongside John Torode since 2005, arsenic good arsenic its spin-offs Celebrity MasterChef and MasterChef: The Professionals.
He was made an MBE successful the Queen’s Birthday Honours successful 2022 for his services to nutrient and charity.
Metro has contacted Wallace’s rep and the BBC for comment.
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