Watch moment Gregg Wallace tells female MasterChef contestant ‘I’d smash the living daylights out of that’ pudding

GREGG Wallace made a daze remark to a pistillate contestant astir her pudding connected past week's MasterChef.

The Sun revealed that co-host Gregg, 60, has stepped down from his role amid a BBC probe.

Gregg was archetypal accused of making "inappropriate intersexual comments" to a pistillate BBC staffer connected Impossible Celebrities.

Some 13 radical who worked with Gregg crossed a scope of shows implicit a 17-year play person present accused him of making intersexual comments, the BBC confirmed today.

On past week's episode, Gregg shocked fans by telling a contestant that he'd "smash the surviving daylights retired of" her pudding.

Sous-chef Chiara created a barley and fermented koji atom pudding with a blackcurrant compote, apple marigold oil and a blackcurrant leafage yogurt crystal cream.

His remark was made aft helium tasted Chiara's yogurt crystal cream.

Clearly impressed, Gregg told the chef: "I truly similar the flavours, it's somewhat oaty, somewhat nutty, somewhat sweet.

"Oh, I'll smash the surviving daylights retired of that yogurt crystal cream.

"It's got sourness, flimsy spot of sweetness, and it's astir got a blackcurrant pome finish.

"It's truly rather delightful."

In airy of Gregg's exit, galore viewers person said the remark was inappropriate.

One wrote: "On 1 occurrence of MasterChef past week helium said a pudding was truthful bully that he'd 'smash the surviving daylights retired of that'. I'm amazed it made the edit."

A 2nd replied: "Yeah I saw that. I was amazed it got through. I was astir sick successful my mouth."

Among the complainants is BBC Newsnight host Kirsty Wark, who said helium told "sexualised" jokes during filming on Celebrity MasterChef in 2011.

The broadcaster told however she feels powerfully that the comments were "really, truly successful the incorrect place".

Times Radio presenter and 2017 Celebrity MasterChef contestant Aasmah Mir today posted a cryptic message after the news broke, saying: "Always support your receipts."

Other allegations see Gregg talking openly astir his enactment life, taking his apical disconnected successful beforehand of a inferior staffer and telling different young workfellow helium wasn't wearing immoderate pants.

BBC News today confirmed they launched a probe into Gregg successful the summer after claims were made regarding 5 shows betwixt 2005 to 2022.

Gregg's lawyers person branded the latest claims arsenic mendacious but the MasterChef host was asked to measurement distant from the hit cooking series portion a separate investigation is carried out.

MasterChef accumulation institution Banijay UK said complaints person been made this week successful narration to "historical allegations" of misconduct portion connected the show.

The institution has present launched its ain "immediate, external review" into his alleged behaviour.

Recorded episodes of MasterChef: The Professionals featuring Gregg volition inactive beryllium shown arsenic planned contempt the development.

The institution said: "While this review is underway, Gregg Wallace will 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.

"Whilst these are humanities allegations, incidences brought to our attraction wherever these expectations are not met, are thoroughly investigated and addressed appropriately."

The Sun told however the Gregg archetypal landed himself successful blistery h2o with BBC bosses successful 2018 for taking disconnected his apical and bragging astir romps.

He was hauled into a gathering accused of making “inappropriate intersexual comments” to a pistillate staffer connected BBC crippled show Impossible Celebrities.

After the complaints were raised, Gregg admitted helium had made comments but denied they were sexual.

He besides emphasised that helium loved his wife Anne-Marie Sterpini, who helium wed successful 2016.

The TV prima said: "With notation to what's successful the newspapers, these allegations were investigated by the BBC six years ago.

"The allegations were investigations six years agone and my comments were recovered to beryllium not sexual.

"I repeat, not sexual. Thank you everybody for your time.

"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."

Gregg has presented MasterChef alongside John Torode since 2005 and besides hosts spin-offs Celebrity MasterChef and MasterChef: The Professionals.