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Sir Rod Stewart has appeared to hint that immoderate scenes from his woman Penny Lancaster's stint connected MasterChef were chopped from the amusement aft 'bullying' from host Gregg Wallace.
Model Penny took portion successful the personage mentation of the BBC cooking amusement successful 2021, but lone managed to marque it to the 4th finals. Though she had impressed Wallace and chap big John Torode with immoderate of her dishes, her butternut squash ravioli went 10 minutes implicit time.
Viewers saw Wallace archer Penny: 'Mate, we can’t beryllium 10 minutes late," arsenic helium called her hold successful delivering the crockery "serious". But Penny was having nary of it arsenic she deed back: "Well, we're going to person to be, different I won’t person a dish." Afterwards she admitted: "Everything piled connected apical of me. I conscionable anticipation the hold was worthy it."
But it wasn't capable to unafraid Penny a spot successful the adjacent circular and a tearful Penny confirmed her clip connected the amusement was done, saying: "It would’ve been unthinkable to get done to the semi-finals, but it wasn't meant to be." The show, which besides featured Megan McKenna and Joe Swash, was aboriginal won by paralympian Kadeena Cox.
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BBC)Three years connected - arsenic allegations of inappropriate behaviour are made against 60-year-old Wallace, which helium denies - Sir Rod took to societal media to telephone the MasterChef presenter retired for 'humiliating' his woman erstwhile she appeared connected the show. And helium didn't mince his words erstwhile it came to saying what helium truly thought of him.
In a scathing Instagram station shared with his 1 cardinal followers the Maggie May singer, who turns 80 successful January and has conscionable been announced arsenic the header enactment successful the Legends slot astatine Glastonbury Festival adjacent year, referred to Wallace arsenic a "tubby, bald-headed, ill-mannered bully."
His afloat connection said: "So Greg Wallace gets fired from Masterchef. Good riddance Wallace…You humiliated my woman erstwhile she was connected the amusement 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."
It comes arsenic Wallace was accused of making inappropriate intersexual comments and jokes implicit 17-years moving connected assorted TV shows. The BBC has launched an probe pursuing complaints from 13 people, including Newsnight big Kirsty Wark.
Kirsty, who appeared connected Celebrity MasterChef successful 2011, said Wallace told 'sexualised' jokes during filming successful beforehand of contestants and unit members, which she claimed made radical consciousness 'uncomfortable' and 'embarrassed.' She added: "I was really much aggravated than thing else, due to the fact that I thought it was truthful inappropriate. And successful a consciousness what I thought was it was astir power, that helium felt helium could."
BBC News said it had been told of different allegations, including the presenter “talking openly astir his enactment life, taking his apical disconnected successful beforehand of a pistillate idiosyncratic saying helium wanted to ‘give her a manner show’, and telling a inferior pistillate workfellow helium was not wearing immoderate boxer shorts nether his jeans”.
MasterChef's accumulation company, Banijay UK, has besides launched an investigation, which Wallace is "committed to afloat cooperating" with. Wallace has denied the claims against him and his lawyers accidental it is wholly mendacious that helium engages successful behaviour of a sexually harassing nature.
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