Gregg Wallace has uttered simply 4 phrases in response to his MasterChef co-star John Torode’s sacking from the BBC programme. Breaking down in tears in a brand new interview with The Solar, the shamed presenter insisted he’s “not a improper’un” or a “intercourse pest” – and at last responded to John Torode’s sacking over utilizing a “racist” time period.

An allegation surfaced of Torode utilizing “an especially offensive racist time period”, resulting in his sacking from the present. Wallace was additionally sacked after 45 out of 83 allegations towards him had been upheld, together with one in all groping a girl.

However talking concerning the allegations towards Torode, he stated: “He’s not a racist. I’ve recognized John for 30 years.

“And as proof of that, I’ll present you the unbelievable range of the those that he has championed, MasterChef winners, through the years. There isn’t any manner that man is a ­racist. No manner. And my sympathies exit to John as a result of I don’t need anyone to undergo what I’ve been by way of.”

Later, he defined: “We by no means actually did get on that effectively. We’re two very, very totally different characters. However we made bloody good telly collectively for 20 years.”

Gregg stated his personal incidence of “groping” was 15 years in the past whereas he was “drunk at a celebration”, claiming he had his “hand on a lady’s bum”. He advised The Solar that he was “relationship however not married” on the time and thought the pair had been “flirting” after she gave him her cellphone quantity.

And one of many different allegations upheld was of him parading across the BBC studio carrying a sock on his penis. He clarified: “That was 18 years in the past. The studio is shut, there’s no contestants.”

He claims he wore a bow tie and a shirt, together with overlaying his penis with the sock, and opened the door to 4 of his associates, “went ‘Wahey!’ and shut the door once more”. He claims “no one was distressed” by the incident.