Gregg Wallace

[Blackpool Rock]

Don't think there is a thread about this yet, surprised so thought it worth starting one after just hearing the latest on the news.

It appears that Gregg has hit back at the allegations by saying all the complaints have come from a handful of "Middle class" women of "A certain age"

My instant thought when I heard this was that he's just done himself no favours whatsoever, if it wasn't already game over then I think it is now 

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[lillythesavage]

Looking at the ones the BBC and ITV have dug up to interview, he ain,t wrong  .

Sad state of affairs if a guy being tried by press coverage cannot state his own case 

For all we know rejection by him could be behind it 

There are no claims of sexual abuse, seems to be some banter with innuendo, which women can be just as guilty of if you can be guilty of banter. The star of the show is always going to be a target, the rest are so boring he is there to give the show some life.

Whatever, he is probably fucked already, might as well go down fighting 

[lostandfound]

BBC played a recording by him (from Instagram?) in which he says over 20 years of the show how many women do you think have playfully said sexy banter to him.

Seems a fair comment to me.

[Stevelondon]

BBC played a recording by him (from Instagram?) in which he says over 20 years of the show how many women do you think have playfully said sexy banter to him.

Seems a fair comment to me.

Seems fair to me too.

Why is it you have one woman steps out and says she found him upsetting. Then other women recall how upset they were over 10-15 years back 🤷🏼

Couldn’t they have spoken out at the time.

I read somewhere Rod Stewart had said his wife was offended by Greggs remarks while she was on the show.
Apparently he had refused to eat something she had cooked 😂

You can’t make it up can you.

[StingRay]

The trouble is that he looks the part!

If I was on the jury (fortunatley for the accused I've never been invited), Greggy would get my guilty vote!

[scutty brown]

Gregg?
Does he sell sausage rolls & pasties?

[Lou2019]

I don’t think he’s a sex pest or anything sinister just a bit of a bellend that thinks he’s funny but is more cringey. Seems a bit of a witch hunt to be honest.

Too be fair though I haven’t seen ALL the “evidence” so to speak.

The Katy Brand tart thing was just poorly executed humour.

I hope I’m not proved wrong 

[Lou2019]

The trouble is that he looks the part!

How do you look the part ??? a white bald man? You are probably describing 40/50% of members here?

[chrishornx]

How do you look the part ??? a white bald man? You are probably describing 40/50% of members here?

I was wondering the same. Odd comment to make

[jackdaw]

I predict he’s finished his career at the BBC. It was the tone of his comments, the complete lack of humour and grace.

And surely I’m not the only one that feels he is completely deluded about himself. “Middle class women of a certain age”. For pity’s sake, does he believe he’s a vibrant sex god? On the surface a more appropriate description is “middle class man of a certain age”, albeit one that acts like a teenager.

I think he’s daft.

[Davey Dykes]

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[RandomGuy99]

Oi Gregg! Are you a member on here?

[jackdaw]

Seems fair to me too.

Why is it you have one woman steps out and says she found him upsetting. Then other women recall how upset they were over 10-15 years back 🤷🏼

Couldn’t they have spoken out at the time.

I read somewhere Rod Stewart had said his wife was offended by Greggs remarks while she was on the show.
Apparently he had refused to eat something she had cooked 😂

You can’t make it up can you.

There’s fairly strong indications that women did speak out at the time. And that BBC management did what it’s been very good at over the years…ignored the complaints.

Cue a full BBC “enquiry” followed by “Lessons have been learnt”. Rinse and repeat, keep raking the licence fees in, and everybody gets a bonus for running things marvellously well (as judged totally impartially by the BBC board 😂)

[Backstreetboy]

If I repeated the quote he made to a friend of mine I would out myself so its not going to happen.

BUT

Tasteless and obnoxious didn't touch it.

I hope he joins the ranks of Savile, Harris and the others in permanent exile from our screens.

[shed]

Removed.

[daviemac]

Removed.

FFS there's a toddler in that link, this is why we don't allow social media.   

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FFS there's a toddler in that link, this is why we don't allow social media.   

Apologies didn't notice that

[daviemac]

Apologies didn't notice that

People don't bother looking, if they did they wouldn't post the links. There's also other children further down as well.

[DastardlyDick]

Seems fair to me too.

Why is it you have one woman steps out and says she found him upsetting. Then other women recall how upset they were over 10-15 years back 🤷🏼

Couldn’t they have spoken out at the time.

I read somewhere Rod Stewart had said his wife was offended by Greggs remarks while she was on the show.
Apparently he had refused to eat something she had cooked 😂

You can’t make it up can you.

I saw a tweet put out by Rod Stewart who was basically gloating over Wallace"s downfall. I can't remember the exact wording but it was something along the lines of 'that'll teach you to insult my wife'

[Private Parts]

Delusional Misogynistic cunt.
 

[DastardlyDick]

I hope he joins the ranks of Savile, Harris and the others in permanent exile from our screens.

Without knowing exactly what he's alleged to have said, I think there's a world of difference between some sexual comments and being a predatory paedophile like Savile etc.

[Mr Sinister]

He's a plonker and lots of men like him must be sweating now since they're slowly being exposed. We're in a different time period, all this laddish, sexist and perveted behaviour at the workplace just doesn't fly now In certain western liberal countries

[myothernameis]

If Gregg is guilty, then you might expect more females to come forward, with claims of some sort of abuse

[Blackpool Rock]

I saw a tweet put out by Rod Stewart who was basically gloating over Wallace"s downfall. I can't remember the exact wording but it was something along the lines of 'that'll teach you to insult my wife'

"You humiliated my wife when she was on the show, but you had that bit cut out didn't you? You're a tubby, bald-headed, ill-mannered bully. Karma got ya. Sir Rod Stewart."

Just read what led up to this though and it appears she seriously fucked up with her cooking and was running 10 minutes late -
During her time on the show, Penny was left embarrassed over her fried calamari and tartare sauce. Penny told the cameras while cooking: "I'm doing surprisingly well compared to what I imagined how I'd be doing. I don't want to slip up now."

As she plated up, Penny said: "That tartare sauce doesn't look like the tartare sauce I'd normally have." Gregg told her: "You used whole eggs instead of egg yolks." Judge John Torode added: "What I've got in here is a raw egg/oil milkshake. "Unfortunately, I can't eat that." Before being eliminated, Penny was struggling with her timings as Gregg quipped: "Mate, we can’t be 10 minutes late." He then branded her delay 'serious', before she was sent packing from the content.

Rod is clearly pissed off about this however it sounds like a car crash and on a show where the cooking standard is generally very high were they supposed to say it was great just to protect her ego 

I don't watch the program but apparently Penny took part in Celebrity MasterChef in 2021 and reached the quarter final, I assume that Gregg and John Torode were both part of that show  If so then her humiliation couldn't have been that bad else surely she wouldn't have returned 

[Adoniron]

If Gregg is guilty, then you might expect more females to come forward, with claims of some sort of abuse

I don't think anyone has accused him of "abuse". It's not suggested he has touched anyone but that he has said things which are inappropriate. It's wrong and today it's unacceptable in any workplace but its not abuse and its not a crime.

[Blackpool Rock]

I don't think anyone has accused him of "abuse". It's not suggested he has touched anyone but that he has said things which are inappropriate. It's wrong and today it's unacceptable in any workplace but its not abuse and its not a crime.

I worked in an office a few years ago and there was plenty of banter, the blokes were all really guarded what they said for fear that anything may get picked up on and they'd get reported and 90% of the innuendo came from the women directed to the Men.

It didn't bother any of us but we did on numerous occasions comment how "I couldn't get away with saying that"

[GreyDave]

  I am a little bemused  as the comments and behaviour reported seem to of happened years ago and the fact he has made comments about the women who made them Vis a vi the number of people he has appeared with is also bemusing as A, its shows he does not quite get the flore thats going on   But also B, shows it was such a small number . Personal I think he has a social interaction issue mixed with being one of the (dreadful word for them ) Talents.
Whats the Millwall saying, No one likes them....#
Switch the thing around a female behaving like this or bulling in a banter way . Its happened to myself in the work place the manageress of an agency I worked for enjoyed telling us what she had got up to with the younger lads she`d pulled  I cringed at this every time as she went on about some guys firm buttocks six pack and his pecks and how she had shown them a thing or two...I felt very uncomfotable..  theres a time and a place for behaving a bit lewedy and maybe he just doesnt get it...

[hairdownthere]

I worked in an office a few years ago and there was plenty of banter, the blokes were all really guarded what they said for fear that anything may get picked up on and they'd get reported and 90% of the innuendo came from the women directed to the Men.

It didn't bother any of us but we did on numerous occasions comment how "I couldn't get away with saying that"

I experienced that too during my working career from the 80's till it seemed to disappear about 10 years ago.  Nobody seemed to take offence, nobody seemed to report anyone, and the men gave as good as they got.  It was banter, it raised laughs and helped building working relationships. 

Folk need to learn to leave the past in the past with regards to what people have said to each other.  If its a fad to be suddenly offended by what was said at work 10, 20, 30 years ago then a large percent of us adults out there are fucked.

I think that he is just a bell-end, just from how he comes across on the screen.

I'm all offended now because Big Jean from the factory floor said she'd ride me stupid.  After all, it was only 35 years ago.

[jackdaw]

I am a little bemused  as the comments and behaviour reported seem to of happened years ago and the fact he has made comments about the women who made them Vis a vi the number of people he has appeared with is also bemusing as A, its shows he does not quite get the flore thats going on   But also B, shows it was such a small number . Personal I think he has a social interaction issue mixed with being one of the (dreadful word for them ) Talents.
Whats the Millwall saying, No one likes them....#
Switch the thing around a female behaving like this or bulling in a banter way . Its happened to myself in the work place the manageress of an agency I worked for enjoyed telling us what she had got up to with the younger lads she`d pulled  I cringed at this every time as she went on about some guys firm buttocks six pack and his pecks and how she had shown them a thing or two...I felt very uncomfotable..  theres a time and a place for behaving a bit lewedy and maybe he just doesnt get it...

I think that sums it up really well, particularly the “he just doesn’t get it”.

You’d expect a guy in his position to have a bit more “savvy”, and (for instance) play the PR game a bit more adroitly.

His latest statement was a PR disaster. He could have made his points in a far less confrontational way. Just say something like “I’ve worked with thousands of people over the years, and indulged in a lot of friendly 2 way banter. I’m really sorry that some people have been offended. It was never my intention.”

If he did run his actual statement past his PR team…no idea what they were thinking. (Some people have suggested they simply don’t like him.)

[catweazle]

His latest statement was a PR disaster.

Victim blaming never improves the individuals position ( Rolf Harris tried it..........)

Whether or not it was just banter or more serious, I suspect his TV career is over.

[DastardlyDick]

Whether or not it was just banter or more serious, I suspect his TV career is over.

I'm sure he's made enough to not need it, but if all else fails he could go back to his previous job as a grocer.

[Stevelondon]

I worked in an office a few years ago and there was plenty of banter, the blokes were all really guarded what they said for fear that anything may get picked up on and they'd get reported and 90% of the innuendo came from the women directed to the Men.

It didn't bother any of us but we did on numerous occasions comment how "I couldn't get away with saying that"

Sums it up for me.
But telly is different I suppose and we talking celebrity superstars here 😂.     So it’s news and will be kept going and exaggerated over and over till it stops selling and drifts into obscurity.

Until the next horrendous scandal of course. Gary Linekar looks at female presenter on his last day on MOTD.
“He sort of gave me a funny look” says scarred for life ex female football player now turned pundit)
Obviously name kept out of it until the truth is exposed. 😂

[RandomGuy99]

He needs to stop digging and let the investigation be done.

[Blackpool Rock]

I think that sums it up really well, particularly the “he just doesn’t get it”.

You’d expect a guy in his position to have a bit more “savvy”, and (for instance) play the PR game a bit more adroitly.

His latest statement was a PR disaster. He could have made his points in a far less confrontational way. Just say something like “I’ve worked with thousands of people over the years, and indulged in a lot of friendly 2 way banter. I’m really sorry that some people have been offended. It was never my intention.”

If he did run his actual statement past his PR team…no idea what they were thinking. (Some people have suggested they simply don’t like him.)

Yeah I started this thread because as soon as I heard what he said I just knew it would blow up in his face.
Whether that's right or wrong for whatever he has or hasn't done is a bit irrelevant as it's already prime time news and we know how people like to pick up on the slightest thing that's said or if someone says all the right words but perhaps not in the correct order.

It was fucking obviously but he doesn't seem to know how to read the room 

[cunnyhunt]

Working at several companies I have noted the older men who tell bad jokes to younger female staff are either ignored or humoured as the younger staff do not want to affect their promotion prospects. As they get older they are more likely to report the jokes/comments as they know what is really unacceptable in the workplace.
I do not know the person Wallace but a friend said he was a thick cunt, his statement issued seems to confirm that.

[Blackpool Rock]

Just been announced that tonight's episode of MasterChef is still going to be broadcast, apparently there are 2 more still to be aired after that but it wouldn't surprise me if they didn't get canned along with the Xmas special

The BBC are in a bit of a damned if you do and damned if you don't situation as they will get slated for airing them and slated if they don't as it ruins everything for the winner
 

[MLawro93]

How hard is it to not be a twat? Honestly, it's so fucking easy!

The media as a group sure does need a clean-up; it's almost the exact same story every day, but it just happens to be another person. 

[myothernameis]

Just been announced that tonight's episode of MasterChef is still going to be broadcast

Wonder if the BBC will have to edit the show, of any of Gregg's comments 

[The Gambling Whale]

Somebody clearly has it in for him,I suspect he's just a dinosaur with no idea of what is acceptable these days although his press release today is staggeringly ill conceived.

[myothernameis]

On BBC News Gregg now making an apology, and needs some time of

[Blackpool Rock]

On BBC News Gregg now making an apology, and needs some time of

Yes but he doesn't really have any choice in that now 

[Doormatt]

I'm thinking to grow a beard so I don't get mistaken for him on the street.
Just apologise, say it was before the "me too" movement and you've learnt from that. Everyone is different and has a different sense of humour. People pay a lot of money to see Frankie Boyle and Jimmy Carr. My problem is these "middle age , middle class women" are from his generation of banter. I would never dream of saying near the mark comments to a young person. However, to someone of my generation ....
Give the guy a break. Media are like hunters. There must be a bigger agenda.
Biden son exonerated, Aleppo, floods in Malaysia but Gregg is leading story. 😔

[pbrown355]

I agree with the several comments here and elsewhere that he doesn't get it. The problem when you don't get it is that there's no point in someone explaining because you still won't get it.
There are comments that it's not difficult not to be a twat. It is difficult if you don't get what being a twat is.
Doesn't mean I think he should be binned, but I think he will be.

[belfastpunter]

An anonymous celeb said the whole show is toxic from the top down, producers and all. He was afraid to give his name due to an NDA he was made to sign.
I think this was the article.
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As some have mentioned I too have worked with some very toxic people, one real alpha type in particular regularly implied he would hit me if I disrespected him. Can’t imagine lodging a complaint about that up after 20 years. Can barely remember the details.

[myothernameis]

An anonymous celeb said the whole show is toxic from the top down, producers and all.

Now I just wonder in light of all this news, will BBCI pull all the Master-Chef shows, from I Player

[jackdaw]

An anonymous celeb said the whole show is toxic from the top down, producers and all. He was afraid to give his name due to an NDA he was made to sign.
I think this was the article.
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As some have mentioned I too have worked with some very toxic people, one real alpha type in particular regularly implied he would hit me if I disrespected him. Can’t imagine lodging a complaint about that up after 20 years. Can barely remember the details.

Know exactly what you mean….I feel same way, unless something is extreme, just let it be.

But hypothetical question. Imagine you found out this guy who tried to bully you in the past had continued his behaviour and was now subject to a few complaints. Would you come forward and say “me too”, to reduce his chances of getting away with it?

Honestly not sure what I’d do myself in those hypothetical circumstances. Will have to ponder it.

[sir wanksalot]

He's a plonker and lots of men like him must be sweating now since they're slowly being exposed. We're in a different time period, all this laddish, sexist and perveted behaviour at the workplace just doesn't fly now In certain western liberal countries

His behaviour is inappropriate but let's not believe that this type of behaviour is restricted to men.

Many years ago I worked in a place that was predominantly women. They were worse than the men. I went on a Christmas do one time and it was the last time I ever went 

[daviemac]

He's been on tele this morning in 'caught red handed'.

[akauya]

Because of all the furore about this guy, I ended up reading about him a bit. One thing that struck me is that he is on to his fourth wife! Bloody hell what's wrong with the guy.

I've only married once (and still am), but if I divorced my wife, there's no way I would marry again! 



Edit: My apologies (commiserations?) to any UKP members onto their fourth or fifth wife