Gregg Wallace Makes First Statement Since Inappropriate Behavior Allegations: “I Can See The Complaints Coming From A Handful Of Middle-Class Women Of A Certain Age”

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Gregg Wallace has issued his first statement since more than a dozen women accused him of making inappropriate sexual comments and inappropriate behavior.

The MasterChef host took to Instagram to record a video in which he hit out at his accusers, saying the accusations come from a “handful of middle-class women of a certain age.” “I’ve been doing MasterChef for 20 years – amateur, professional and Celebrity MasterChef – and I think in that time I have worked with over 4,000 contestants of all different ages, all different backgrounds, all walks of life,” Wallace said. “And apparently now, I’m reading in the paper, there’s been 13 complaints in that time.

Now, in the newspaper I can see the complaints coming from a handful of middle-class women of a certain age just from Celebrity MasterChef.

This isn’t right.” The accusations were published in a BBC News investigation from 13 women including ex-Newsnight host Kirsty Wark, who came on the record to say the 60-year-old TV host told stories and made jokes of a “sexualized nature” on at least two occasions in front of colleagues and contestants.