Gregg Wallace praised after candid Loose Women admission about his son's autism

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Loose Women viewers have thanked Gregg Wallace for speaking "so positively" about his three-year-old son's autism.The MasterChef star, 57, shares Sid with his wife Anne-Marie Sterpini, who is 21 years younger than him.Speaking on Tuesday's episode of Loose Women, he said: "We knew at about a year old that we had some issues. READ MORE: Gregg Wallace was warned he could have a heart attack before whopping 4.5st weight loss"For us and we found out that this is a key, he wasn't answering to his name, he wasn't playing Peekaboo, he was walking and running around but he's got autism and he has got something called global development delay, so he's not speaking.""But he is lovely, and he is cuddly, and he is happy," added the star."If he wants something he grabs your hand."Gregg urged other people to seek help and advice if they suspect their child has developmental disabilities.He revealed that as a result of working with specialists, the star and his wife have learned how to have more and more interaction with Sid, who he said was a "beautiful" boy.Viewers flocked to Twitter to praise the TV star after he opened up to the show's panellists.One person posted: "Love Gregg Wallace talking about his son and autism/global delay, my daughter @maggott1993 is a speech and language specialist and everything he described they do is what she recommends to all her parents and not being on denial is brilliant."For more of the latest showbiz news from Daily Star, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.Another said: "Hi Gregg, just seen you in #LooseWomen my daughter was the same diagnosed with #autism and delayed learning and nonverbal until the age of 6, she is now 17 at college and is going great."Hope everything goes.