Gregg Wallace

[smurfchops]

Still on telly tonight!  Good old BBC. Don't seem to give a fig.

[pastafreak]

Maybe because most people are more interested in Masterchef the competition...not GW. The program was taped months ago...so it should be shown. If only for the young chefs who've put so much effort in.

[Buenchico]

Well, I've read through all of this and I can't find one single thing that I  personally would regard as 'inappropriate':
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/dec/01/what-are-the-allegations-against-gregg-wallace-masterchef

If some stupid, over-sensitive women want to get upset about a few sexual remarks, that's their hard luck.  Such comments should be regarded as perfectly normal in my book.

[ToraToraTora]

chico: "Well, I've read through all of this and I can't find one single thing that I  personally would regard as 'inappropriate'"

try this:

https://news.sky.com/story/gregg-wallace-comment-left-me-crying-with-humiliation-former-masterchef-contestant-claims-13265498

He does seem to be one of those creepy blokes who probably thinks he's being amusing.

[barry1010]

Buen, it is not normal. 

[naomi24]

People aren't just complaining about what he is alleged to have said.

 

//Wallace quit BBC show Inside The Factory in March last year after the allegations in regard to female factory workers at Nestle, where he was filming at the time.....Wallace has been accused of a raft of inappropriate behaviour including walking around on set naked except for a sock on his penis, getting changed in front of female staff, and even groping crew members.//

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14151911/gregg-wallace-quit-bbc-banter-female-weight-complaints.html

[youngmafbog]

Has nany actual proof been produced?

Seems like trial by Media again.

Mind you would be good to see the back of the irritating twerp.

[naomi24]

It's not just coming from one source and apparently he was 'spoken to' some years ago.

[jackthehat]

It would be a shame to penalise blameless contestants for the antics of a juvenile presenter. 

GW has a pattern of behaviour which has carried on for years and, hopefully, once his current crop of programmes have finished airing he'll be consigned to the special bin reserved for men who have no respect for boundaries.

[Old_Geezer]

He seems over the top and a pain with his antics, but poor taste jokes and shirt removal seems just something the management ought to have had a word about. But didn't I read somewhere about inappropriate touching ? Unsure of any exact details, and society these days seems divided on what constitutes showing interest and what constitutes assault, so maybe that needs checking.

 

But yes, no reason not to show the programme. Ain't like he's been slammed up in gaol and lumped with the likes of Glitter and Saville.

[Buenchico]

>>> "Buen, it is not normal. "

Well it damned well should be!

People should learn to toughen up a bit!

[Vagus]

People like Gregg Wallace shiuld learn what is and isn't acceptable behaviour rather than others having to toughen up a bit.

[renegadefm]

Problem is these days everyone is so sensitive, its sad when a bit of tounge and cheek is deemed as abusive. 

Its ridiculous how the media blows it all out of proportion. 

People's lives and careers get wrecked. 

[THECORBYLOON]

'Wallace is also said to have once walked into the MasterChef studio “completely naked except for [a] sock pulled over his penis” before doing a “silly dance”. The complaint also claims that he was “very touchy feely” and made “disgusting sex-related jokes”.'

If true, is that just stuff that folk should accept?

[jackthehat]

I wonder if it is any coincidence that those who are so dismissive of GW's 'laddish behaviour' are men?

[ToraToraTora]

This is clearly more serious than a bit of lewd banter. Surprised at chico but he has some other weird views. Not surprised at renegade.

[FoxLee2]

I heard that woman speaking on This Morning how she had two copies of her new cookery book, gave one to John and as she was walking across the studio, called to Gregg that she had a present for him.  Is it a present for my cxxk? replied Gregg.  She went hot with embarrassment, went into the loo and cried. Was this a grown woman or a 15 year old, virgin living in a convent who couldn't say boo to a goose.  Why didn't this grown up tell Gregg to eff off you disgusting, bald headed man or words to that effect.  I don't understand why she, and others, weren't able to come back at him and cut him down to size.

[sandyRoe]

I've never seen him or the cooking programmes he's on.

Could he be something of a man/child with no concept of manners or common decency?

[douglas9401]

Maybe it's been suggested to the bold Gregg that he might look for alternative employment and he hasn't taken the hint so this is the result.

Now, was it a trainer sock or one for a welly?

[jackthehat]

Foxlee2 - That's pretty close to victim-blaming. 

No woman should have to put up with behaviour like that, and especially, not from someone who has more power than them.

He should have been carpeted looong before now and I'm not in the least bit surprised to find out that he hasn't been.

[barry1010]

Jack, I'm a man and that sort of behaviour is unacceptable in those circumstances