Gregg Wallace breaks silence on BBC axing as host ‘forced to quit MasterChef’

Gregg Wallace has broken his silence after he stepped down from presenting MasterChef following allegations that he made “sexual comments” by 13 colleagues.

The 60-year-old presenter thanked people for their support after he stepped away from the long-runing cooking show after 19 years on the show.

The BBC claim 13 people, including Newsnight host Kirsty Wark, accused him of “wrong” and inappropriate “sexualised” behaviour during filming.

Gregg has been accused of taking his top off in front of a female worker, claiming he wanted to “give her a fashion show” and talking about his sex life to others.

On one occasion, the broadcaster allegedly told a junior female colleague he wasn’t wearing any boxer shorts under his jeans.

Taking to Instagram, the TV judge wrote: “I would like to thank all the people getting in touch, reach out and showing their support. That’s good of you thank you very much.”

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