Gregg Wallace likes series of fan comments after BBC MasterChef exit

Gregg Wallace has been busy liking fan comments accusing 'woke' BBC of 'double standards' after misconduct claims. The string of likes comes days after it emerged Wallace will step away from his role on MasterChef after the BBC received complaints about alleged misconduct.

Wallace liked a comment that said: "Isn't it a double standard to drool over Nigella Lawson, who has built a career on licking a spoon seductively, while flinching at Gregg's 'sexist' banter." He liked another that said: "I'm confused, does that mean all the Bake Off cast are in trouble too? Chin up mate."

A third liked comment from a fan read: "It's a sad world now if we can't make a joke in the workplace. I'm sure once you're investigated you'll be in the clear." And a fourth comment, also liked by the TV host, said: "A normal bloke saying normal things and the Woke brigade ready to jump on anything that could be misconstrued. Keep going Gregg, don't let them grind you down mate."

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Presenter Kirsty Wark, who was a Celebrity MasterChef contestant in 2011, has alleged that Wallace told “sexualised” jokes during filming. Wallace is facing allegations of inappropriate sexual comments from 13 people who worked with him across a range of shows over a 17-year period, according to an investigation by BBC News.

Wark, a former host of Newsnight, told BBC News that on two occasions during early morning filming Wallace told stories and jokes of a “sexualised nature” in front of contestants and crew. She said she felt strongly that the comments were “really, really in the wrong place”.

“There were two occasions in particular where he used sexualised language in front of a number of people and it wasn’t as if anyone engaged with this,” she said. “It was completely one-way traffic. But I think people were uncomfortable and [it was] something that I really did not expect to happen.”