Rod Stewart has launched a fierce attack on Gregg Wallace (Image: Redferns)
has launched a furious rant at Gregg Wallace from the show.
On Thursday (November 28), the musician branded the dad-of-two a “tubby, bald-headed, ill-mannered bully” and slammed the TV judge for “humiliating” his wife Penny Lancaster when she appeared on the show back in 2021.
The 60-year-old TV presenter stepped away from the long-runing cooking show after 13 people, including Newsnight host Kirsty Wark, accused him of “wrong” and inappropriate “sexualised” behaviour during filming.
Taking to , he wrote: “So Gregg Wallace gets fired from MasterChef. Good riddance Wallace… You humiliated my wife when she was on the show, but you had that bit cut out, didn’t you?
“You’re a tubby, bald-headed, ill-mannered bully. Karma got ya. Sir Rod Stewart.” Express.co.uk have contacted Gregg’s representatives as well as the for a comment.
Gregg Wallace stepped down from MasterChef on Thursday (Image: BBC /Shine TV)
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.
The has revealed that 13 people have complained about his conduct while working with him over a 17-year period across five shows from 2005 to 2022.
Broadcaster Kirstie Wark claims that on two occasions, Wallace told stories and jokes of a “sexualised nature” in front of contestants and crew while filming Celebrity MasterChef in 2011. She said his quips and comments were “really, really in the wrong place.”
She said: “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.
He claimed the TV judge “humiliated” his wife Penny Lancaster on Celebrity MasterChef (Image: Dave Benett/Getty Images)
“It was completely one-way traffic. But I think people were uncomfortable and something that I really did not expect to happen.”
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