Former Movie star MasterChef finalist Vicky Pattison has expressed her assist for Gregg Wallace after the long-standing MasterChef presenter claimed he was “fired” by the BBC and left weak in what he described as a “harmful setting”. The Geordie Shore star, 36, who completed as runner-up within the present’s 2019 superstar sequence, was one of many few high-profile figures to publicly again Wallace, having appreciated his explosive publish on Instagram earlier at the moment.
Wallace, 60, criticised the general public broadcaster in a scathing publish, hours after reviews emerged that he had been dismissed from the favored cooking competitors following a year-long investigation into alleged misconduct behind the scenes. “I can not sit in silence whereas my popularity is additional broken to guard others,” Wallace acknowledged, as he claimed that the official investigation by authorized agency Lewis Silkin had “exonerated” him of essentially the most critical allegations, together with “groping,” which made headlines final yr.
In an surprising rant about his former employer, Wallace alleged: “The BBC is not offering balanced and neutral public service journalism. It’s peddling baseless and sensationalised gossip masquerading as correctly corroborated tales.”
The BBC, in the meantime, mentioned it could solely launch a brief govt abstract of the investigation’s findings, which Wallace slammed as “deeply regarding”.
He continued: “Others who’ve been discovered responsible of great allegations have been erased from the revealed model of the occasions. I, and I’m positive the general public, want to know why…I can’t go quietly.”
Whereas Wallace’s TV future stays unsure, assist amongst his superstar colleagues has been notably skinny, making Pattison’s refined assist all of the extra noticeable.
The BBC has responded to the claims from Wallace by stating: “Banijay UK instructed the regulation agency Lewis Silkin to run an investigation into allegations towards Gregg Wallace. We’re not going to remark till the investigation is full and the findings are revealed.”
Banijay shall be releasing the report on Thursday, and the BBC has acknowledged that they didn’t hearth Wallace, because the company doesn’t make use of him; he was employed by Banijay.
Wallace left MasterChef in November final yr when 13 individuals accused him of constructing inappropriate sexual feedback. Whereas the bulk mentioned he made inappropriate sexual feedback, 11 girls have accused him of inappropriate sexual behaviour, resembling groping and touching.
