Masterchef presenter Gregg Wallace got firm ultimatum from his wife when they first met

As Gregg Wallace steps backmost from MasterChef amid humanities allegations of misconduct, the Mirror takes a look astatine his matrimony to his 4th wife, Anne-Marie Sterpini, and their aboriginal commitment

TV prima Gregg Wallace was faced with a stern ultimatum from his present 4th wife, Anne-Marie Sterpini, successful the aboriginal days of their relationship.

The 60-year-old chef, who is present taking a measurement backmost from Masterchef, is much than 20 years older than Anne-Marie, who helium affectionately refers to arsenic 'Anna'. And their property spread romance means they had to person immoderate superior conversations astatine the commencement of their courtship.

Peckham-born Gregg, who is presently facing misconduct allegations amid a BBC probe, already had 2 children from a erstwhile narration erstwhile helium met Anna, and hadn't planned connected having immoderate more. But 1 important treatment with Anna changed everything.

Speaking with Event Magazine, helium said: "When you autumn successful emotion with a younger woman, you’ve got to realise that the chances are they are going to privation a family. I retrieve [her] saying to me, 'I’m going to privation to get joined and person children. If that’s not what you want, past don’t messiness maine about'."

Earlier this year, Gregg faced a fierce backlash aft a Guardian portion astir his Saturday authorities quoted him arsenic saying helium "wouldn't person chosen" to person his lad Sid, who helium shares with Anna. Responding to the contention astatine the time, Gregg explained: "I fell madly successful emotion with Anna. I had ne'er met anybody similar that.

"And we had a speech aboriginal connected wherever she said, 'You bash realise that I'm gonna privation to get joined and person a baby. That's what I want'. And I said to her, 'I wouldn't person chosen astatine my property to person a child. I was a azygous genitor [in the past aft a erstwhile marriage].

"'However, I perfectly recognize your presumption arsenic a young pistillate and I emotion you madly, truthful I'm much than happy. Let's person a child.' Now, journalists cognize that and it's casual to probe that and find that. So to wilfully misrepresent, that is dishonest and spiteful. It's conscionable not just and it is not right."

Gregg has present announced helium is stepping backmost from Masterchef arsenic the BBC probe continues. A connection released to PA quality bureau by the show’s accumulation institution Banijay UK reads: “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."

The connection continues: “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.”

Last month, it was reported that Gregg was being investigated for making allegedly inappropriate remarks to a pistillate BBC worker backmost successful 2018. After quality of his alleged behaviour broke, Gregg took to Instagram to contradict that his comments had been sexual. He stated: "With notation to what's successful the newspapers, these allegations were investigated by the BBC six years agone - and my comments were recovered to beryllium not sexual. I repetition not sexual. Thank you for your time."

He aboriginal added: "Something other that I consciousness precise powerfully about, beardown capable to beryllium connected here, cipher six years agone oregon since has accused maine of flirting with anybody oregon hitting connected anybody. And that's important to me, and I accidental this for my woman Anna, who I've been existent to and madly successful emotion with since the time I met her.

"I don't privation anybody to misunderstand this and marque it look similar I was flirting with somebody. Nobody accused maine of that, and I ne'er have."

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