Gregg Wallace responds with “A handful of comments from middle class women of a certain age”

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Just heard his comments on the news….unbelievable.

It’s a well established phrase with a reasonably distinct meaning. Here’s a NYT article examining it.

https://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/02/magazine/in-language-a-woman-of-a-certain-age.html

archive version (as there’s a paywall)

https://archive.is/iHQhC

Excerpt:

Reached in San Francisco, Dr. Rubin, whose book indicates she is now in her early 70's, was surprised to learn of the long English history of the phase because "it has a long history in French, where it refers to women of fortyish and thereabouts who are able to initiate boys and young men into the beauties of sexual encounters. The early use in English seems to be about spinsterhood, but the French meaning has nothing to do with marriage."

Well, Holy fuck and hold the antifreeze.

I don’t think Gregg Wallace is particularly eggstatic either. I always thought that he reminded me of an egg and now that I know his first is spelt as Gregg, I feel like Egg Wallace is more apt. Hopefully it won’t put me off eggs now.

Play crass games, win crass prizes.

Nah, it's all just bantz and those ridiculous middle aged women can't take a joke. And anyone who was sexually harassed should have been flattered. Can't say anything these days.

The man is almost a walking cliche and GB news is probably in contact negotiations with him right now...

I heard this on LBC radio news this morning. I was totally flabbergasted. Up until now,I was of the opinion,innocent until proven guilty. But with that comment,I've completely changed my mind. What an utter misogynistic twat. A handful of middle class women of a certain age?! Gaslighting at its finest. As if 'middle class women of a certain age' should be grateful and flattered that such a fine specimen of masculinity as him would bother with them. And as for saying that there's been 'only 13 complaints out of 4000 guests over twenty years',so bloody what?! One complaint is too many! He's well and truly sealed his fate now. His lawyer must be apoplectic.

I might buy myself a "Middle-class woman of a certain age" t-shirt

I didn’t mean it literally 😂

🤣🤣 bet the bakers are gutted they share a name with the gr-eggy one. Luckily for them I'm very loyal so will not allow the unfortunate name association to put me off and I'm a bit addicted to the sausage rolls

To combine another quote I think "Bloody difficult middle-class woman of a certain age" has a nice ring to it.

What's the saying? Give someone enough rope.. (apologies for the awful phrase, but it is entirely apt, here)

He's shown his true colours, and also his spectacular lack of awareness. He was always hiding in plain sight.

Apologies again for so many idioms, but when the world gives you idiots, what can you do?

🤢

How about 'Too old to be Wife Number 5. Thank God.'

A fat, bald, ugly, 60-year-old twat who looks like an overcooked turtle making remarks about middle aged (i.e. younger than him) women?

The delusion is big on this one.

You’ve already lost the argument once you start using “woke” as an insult.

Just waiting for Piers 'Morgan' Moron to weigh in on this...

Nailed it.

🤣🤣 I mean surely the fact that four women have taken leave of their senses agreed to that position should be one of life's enduring mysteries. Up there with the Bermuda Triangle and Mary Celeste!

Yep I've done that - complained about the behaviour of someone far more powerful in my field when I was still fairly junior. I won't pretend it was easy and I certainly went through that stage of being convinced it was my fault somehow. I never saw complaining as optional - some of the women he was perving on were even younger and more vulnerable than me..

Its possible for two things to be true. The behaviour was entirely down to Wallace himself. Its disappointing if other "talent" as powerful and wealthy as Allsopp (wealthier than Wallace and arguably more influential in her field) noted the behaviour but didn't put in a complaint (which other celeb women had done). I would hope that she did and that just hasn't been released to the press.

The Wallaces of this world would not be able to behave this way so often, if more of their peers (both in the exec layer and the talent group) were willing to challenge or raise the behaviour issues.

Quite a few celebs and staff did raise the behaviour issues, despite being in a less advantageous position compared to Wallace.

@greengreyblue - blame BBC4

https://greggwallace.com/biography/

UUURRGHH, sorry, didn't realise he was going to show up on here too - bad enough listening to him!

Good grief

Man does shitty things

Specific Woman is blamed for not doing more to stop him earlier

Distract distract distract

Omg I love mumsnet

Wallace: "It took us two years to conceive with Sid." US?!? He actually conceived their child also, according to him 🤣

He cannot even stand the fact that his wife did something he can never, ever do.

Normally in these type of situations (and let's admit it happens fairly frequently) there are 3 options

• say nothing while you take legal advice
• strenuously deny all allegations
• apologise and say no offence was intended

Greggs gone rogue and basically gone for option 4
Yeah basically it's true, but it's only the boring,mean old middle aged, middle class women that don't like it, so nothing to see here....no one else complained so they must have thought I was great!