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Greg wallace

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Johnbrown · 20/11/2024 20:35

Why is he still on master chef?

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Birdscratch · 28/11/2024 20:26

KyleofLochAlsh · 28/11/2024 20:23

Supposedly he walked around the studio wearing only a sock.
Not on his foot.

Hardly a bawdy joke.

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There really isn’t enough bleach in the world. This alone should justify him being sacked on the grounds of food hygiene.

VictoriaSpungecake · 28/11/2024 20:25

soupfiend · 20/11/2024 20:55

Also to be honest I dont like Marcus either he has no warmth about him at all, very dry and cold

I like John but thats not professional MC I think

Omg, yes! Marcus is really cold. He makes Greg seem like a sparkling wit.

I like John too. I think people are put off by his looks - he looks big and glum, but his actual behaviour is that of a kindly soul.

KyleofLochAlsh · 28/11/2024 20:23

FilthyBass · 28/11/2024 19:44

Loads of BBC employees are talentless.

Gregg was alright he's just told a few bawdy jokes 12 years ago. You cant judge the past by todays standards. The line to be crossed was in a different place back then.

Supposedly he walked around the studio wearing only a sock.
Not on his foot.

Hardly a bawdy joke.

Highbreadcount679 · 28/11/2024 20:22

FilthyBass · 28/11/2024 19:44

Loads of BBC employees are talentless.

Gregg was alright he's just told a few bawdy jokes 12 years ago. You cant judge the past by todays standards. The line to be crossed was in a different place back then.

I doubt Kirsty Wark would be speaking out now if it was just a case of a few bawdy jokes.

soupfiend · 28/11/2024 20:22

FridayNight1975 · 28/11/2024 20:20

Maybe it went away when her husband made an inappropriate comment to Cat Deely on This morning a few days later.

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What did he say

FridayNight1975 · 28/11/2024 20:20

Gowlett · 28/11/2024 19:01

I recall Lisa Faulkner getting loads of stick in the DM comments, a couple of weeks ago… She was right.

Maybe it went away when her husband made an inappropriate comment to Cat Deely on This morning a few days later.

WiddlinDiddlin · 28/11/2024 20:18

Yeah I am a bit fed up of Marcus wanging on about 'points of difference' and the other stock phrases (and also Torodes with his pronunciation of 'absolutely'... 'it's aBsolutely John, not aPsolutely, there is no P... fuck off!... )

Ugh.

CatalinaLoo · 28/11/2024 20:15

PastaAndChill · 22/11/2024 08:18

I think Gregg is autistic and people often hate autistic people without knowing that's why.

Oh dear. Your post hasn’t aged well. Turns out people had a bloody good reason to hate him. Nothing to do with autism!

WatchOutMissMarpleIsAbout · 28/11/2024 20:07

Hardly a surprise.

Smittenkitchen · 28/11/2024 19:54

EnYar · 20/11/2024 20:53

I like MC but wish they’d get some new phrases.

It’s all “points of difference, “elevate to the next level”, “brings the dish together”.

Actually that’s just Marcus.

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Haven't watched MC for a couple of years but it used to drive me insane how they'd always say "plate of food" instead of dish on The Professionals. Once I'd noticed it I couldn't unhear it.

privatenonamegiven · 28/11/2024 19:50

Lookingatthesunset · 28/11/2024 19:40

Please don't anyone tell me anything bad about the late great Terry Wogan.

The BBC did have some decent presenters in its time.

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Gosh yes - I loved Terry Wogan, would be very upset if I heard something bad about him....

Motnight · 28/11/2024 19:46

FilthyBass · 28/11/2024 19:44

Loads of BBC employees are talentless.

Gregg was alright he's just told a few bawdy jokes 12 years ago. You cant judge the past by todays standards. The line to be crossed was in a different place back then.

@FilthyBass - were you there, then?

FilthyBass · 28/11/2024 19:44

Loads of BBC employees are talentless.

Gregg was alright he's just told a few bawdy jokes 12 years ago. You cant judge the past by todays standards. The line to be crossed was in a different place back then.

TheGander · 28/11/2024 19:42

I’m conflicted . On the one hand he has sailed very close to the wind and appears somewhat tone deaf, he’s had warnings and just carried on his merry way. On the other hand some of the hate directed at him seems a bit like class based snobbery to me- how dare a loud uncouth working class man monopolise so much viewing time?

Lookingatthesunset · 28/11/2024 19:40

OswaldCobblepot · 28/11/2024 19:31

Its always baffled me how he's had such a long career in TV. An annoying, talentless greengrocer. Terry Wogan used to call him "the costermonger" 😆

Please don't anyone tell me anything bad about the late great Terry Wogan.

The BBC did have some decent presenters in its time.

Cantabulous · 28/11/2024 19:36

I think he’s very good at discerning individual flavours in food, but in every other way I find Gregg loathsome and decidedly creepy. As for John’s enormous gob and Marcus’ blatant rudeness…

Monica is a shining star!

JulianAssangesCat · 28/11/2024 19:31

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OswaldCobblepot · 28/11/2024 19:31

Its always baffled me how he's had such a long career in TV. An annoying, talentless greengrocer. Terry Wogan used to call him "the costermonger" 😆

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 28/11/2024 19:27

Fizbosshoes · 28/11/2024 19:15

And not that long ago, John Barrowman for (what seems like) similarly hilarious "banter!" 🙄

I know Russell Brand was given the boot several years ago but he was on the beeb for years despite continued (and known about) perverted behaviour.

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The Russell Brand thing doesn't surprise me, after all the carried on paying HE even AFTER they knew what he was being charged with. Ratings are king and after that they really don't care.

awaynboilyurheid · 28/11/2024 19:27

Knew he was creepy! Why do the BBC pay theses talentless idiots, he’s not even a chef! They seriously need to look at who they think the public like, it’s like oooh the plebs must like him so they put him on even more shows, when Monica is far far superior.

Birdscratch · 28/11/2024 19:22

The more public action is taken against people and the more complaints are shown to be taken seriously, the more people will come forward to complain.

We were in a place where women didn’t feel they would be believed or taken seriously (or that it would damage their careers) if they came forward with complaints about sexual assault. Then we’ve seen allegations of physical and verbal assault start to be investigated. Now creating a hostile working environment is being addressed. It’s progress.

WiddlinDiddlin · 28/11/2024 19:15

CandiedPrincess · 28/11/2024 18:26

@NigelHarmansNewWife Actually I have. But I don't see a lewd joke as sexual harassment because it's not. Shit, I'd have been in trouble years ago.

Context is key.

Telling a lewd joke to your mate who you've known donkeys years and is quite happy with that sort of thing, in private...

Vs

Telling a lewd joke to a young woman who is perhaps very junior to you, theres a power imbalance there... it's likely to make her feel uncomfortable, perhaps the point is to make her feel uncomfortable...but the teller can always backpedal and say 'well I was only joking... I didn't meaaaaaaan anything by it'...

Thats not the same sort of thing at all!

Fizbosshoes · 28/11/2024 19:15

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 28/11/2024 18:27

IIRC so far this year it's been Huw Edwards, Jermaine Jenas and now Gregg so I'm just wondering whose next. And I expect there are some rather anxious BBC presenters thinking the same thing...

And not that long ago, John Barrowman for (what seems like) similarly hilarious "banter!" 🙄

I know Russell Brand was given the boot several years ago but he was on the beeb for years despite continued (and known about) perverted behaviour.

Valkyrie3 · 28/11/2024 19:12

That was to @ButteryBizkitBase but I see that post has been removed by mn.