Penny Lancaster brands Gregg Wallace ‘a bad apple that needed removing’ after husband Rod Stewart slammed star

PENNY Lancaster branded Gregg Wallace 'a atrocious pome that needed removing.'

Her hubby Rod Stewart antecedently slammed the MasterChef prima aft the BBC received complaints astir his conduct.

Gregg Wallace, 60, antecedently stepped backmost from the long-running cooking amusement arsenic the institution down MasterChef launched an investigation.

In a caller interview, Penny, 53, has insisted that she is not enactment disconnected doing much TV projects, but 'bad apple' personalities request to beryllium 'removed' from the industry.

She told the Mail Online: "The bulk of the time, determination are a batch of safeguarding enactment successful place.

"I person the astir unthinkable clip connected Loose Women – I ever do, and I consciousness precise supported, and connected Strictly Come Dancing, I had a fantastic clip there.

"Sometimes it’s conscionable a atrocious apple, and that atrocious halfway needs to beryllium removed."

Greg Wallace decided to measurement backmost arsenic an probe into his behaviour was launched.

Sir Rod past deed retired astatine the prima for his alleged mediocre attraction of his wife.

In a furious rant online, helium fumed: "So Greg Wallace gets fired from Master Chef.

"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."

Previously, the exemplary revealed doubts that she had astir speaking up astatine the clip of the investigation.

She admitted: "It is that bravery of 'Maybe I americium the lone one? Maybe I won’t beryllium taken seriously?'

"Then abruptly you person the backing and enactment of different radical and you consciousness similar you are going to beryllium listened to."

On Instagram, she added: 'When you yet larn that a person's behaviour has much to bash with their ain conflict than it ever did with you, you larn grace.'

Previously, Penny, 53, antecedently vowed not to talk publically astir her acquisition with Gregg but said she would co-operate with accumulation institution Banijay's probe if approached.

She aboriginal opened up connected her acquisition connected Loose Women, saying that helium utilized his presumption connected acceptable to 'intimidate' others moving connected Celebrity MasterChef.

"I truly consciousness that helium utilized his presumption of power to, I believe, intimidate and origin distress to a batch of radical connected set.”

She added: "It’s truly unfortunate that idiosyncratic similar him’s allowed to get distant with that, portion others benignant of basal by and fto it hap astatine the aforesaid time."