Penny Lancaster 'prepared to go to authorities' over Gregg Wallace as MasterChef star shares support

Rod Stewart's wife, Penny Lancaster, is prepared to sermon what happened during chopped scenes with MasterChef's Gregg Wallace aft the big stepped down from the BBC amusement amid a bid of misconduct claims

Model Penny Lancaster is prepared to spell to 'authorities' to sermon what happened during scenes which were scrapped connected Celebrity MasterChef alongside Gregg Wallace.

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, Charlotte Crosby, and Penny.

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.

Following the news, Sir Rod referred to Wallace arsenic a "tubby, bald-headed, ill-mannered bully." He wrote: "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."

A clip of Rod's woman and Loose Women prima Penny connected the cooking amusement has present resurfaced, wherever she was near embarrassed implicit her fried calamari and tartare sauce. Penny beamed with assurance arsenic she made her crockery and remarked: "I'm doing amazingly good compared to what I imagined however I'd beryllium doing. I don't privation to gaffe up now."

However, erstwhile it came to tasting her crockery things rapidly went wrong. As she plated up, Penny said: "That tartare condiment doesn't look similar the tartare condiment I'd usually have." Gregg told her: "You utilized full eggs alternatively of ovum yolks." Judge John Torode added: "What I've got successful present is simply a earthy egg/oil milkshake. Unfortunately, I can't devour that."

Later successful the episode, Penny was capable to determination connected from her mistake arsenic she was praised for her chickenhearted and coconut curry, greenish papaya chutney, grated apple, turnip and carrot crockery arsenic good arsenic the coconut rice. Gregg told her: "I recovered myself going from vessel to vessel to vessel and uncovering it hard to stop, you person had what we telephone successful the manufacture a precise bully day."

However, things took a crook again erstwhile chaos ensued successful the room during the occurrence she was eliminated in. Penny was struggling with her timings arsenic Gregg quipped: "Mate, we can’t beryllium 10 minutes late." He past branded her hold 'serious' earlier she broke into tears.

Now, a spokesperson for Penny has revealed that she is prepared to spell to the authorities. Speaking to Mail Online, they said: "While Penny is blessed to speech to the due authorities should they consciousness she has thing utile to add, she volition not beryllium discussing the substance with immoderate broadcaster oregon paper astatine this time."

On Thursday evening, 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.

After Gregg's post, MasterChef prima Monica Galetti shared her enactment for the TV star. 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.

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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