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To want the tea on Gregg Wallace? 👀👀👀

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MumOfOneAllAlone · 28/11/2024 19:21

Apologies if there is already a thread on this?

See attached screenshots

Looks like people have really been waiting on his downfall 🤭🤭

(Obviously, I know it's a serious matter for those who've been victimised by the guy, not being dismissive of them)

Just seems like he's really pissed off his fellow celebs

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EmotionalSupportPotato · 30/11/2024 15:48

PinkArt · 30/11/2024 14:37

'The BBC' often isn't one workplace. MasterChef is made by a production company called Banijay, Repair Shop - with it's own presenter issues - is made by Ricochet. It's a bit like saying Tesco has an issue with product safety if they had to recall say a Heinz soup and a Kellogg's cereal.
That is one of the reasons bad behaviour goes unchecked for so long, as the industry is so transient. The likes of Gregg might make few inappropriate comments on one job, that the production company either deals with or doesn't. He then moves to a different job with a different company, working with completely new people where he again makes some comments. The second company will have no idea, beyond potentially the industry grapevine, that this is an existing issue on record elsewhere. Even if he returns to the first company he would likely be working with an entire new team of freelancers as almost everyone is hired just for that specific job.
There have been moves in recent years to try to join things up better so it doesn't take 20 years before people's bad behaviour catches up with them, but they haven't gained much traction yet.
Quote fail, this was in reply to @EmotionalSupportPotato.

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Ah fair enough. I think Greg has been at masterchef for years though so that production company should sort their shit out

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EmotionalSupportPotato · 30/11/2024 15:48

Ah fair enough. I think Greg has been at masterchef for years though so that production company should sort their shit out

They will be. They're probably the largest production company in the UK so know eyes will always be on them.
The freelance nature of the industry comes into play again though. Gregg might have been there for 20 odd years but most of the team on each series will be new. In particular a woman who had a bad experience with him on the previous series is the least likely to want to return, so there are less people to notice patterns of behaviour. And that's when things are reported, which they often aren't for fear of it ruining your career. If no-one has felt comfortable reporting anything to Banijay then there will have been nothing for Banijay to investigate.
I mentioned upthread that the industry is making a lot of positive noise at the moment about whistleblowing, at company and channel level, but in practice no-one really trusts that that's a safe thing for any of us to do.

TonTonMacoute · 30/11/2024 16:32

It's exactly the same in many other industries, whistleblowers get shat on from on high time and time again while the person who has been complained about carries on as before.

All these organisations, including the NHS btw, are big at talking the talk (no tolerance for bullying, respect for everyone - you know the bollocks) but the real picture looks very different.

JawsCushion · 30/11/2024 17:33

I remember being surprised when John T said they weren't friends. I was wondering how you could work with someone for all these years and not make friends. It now is clear.

OswaldCobblepot · 30/11/2024 18:16

Oh he'll not be happy, even his employers can't spell his name right 😆

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MumOfOneAllAlone · 30/11/2024 19:43

I think his story of being a Barrowboy from Peckham and now on masterchef is admirable, if it was someone else I'd think they were great

Obviously, pp have mentioned that even in his previous industry, he pissed people off with how he did business

Whatever happens to him, it's nothing less than he deserves for the way he's treated people. It's awful that the nature of the business (freelancers, various companies) means people like him are protected

I don't think anything will change though and this time next year, we'll be on mn expressing our disgust at another man (or woman - Shirley ballas for me)

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RafaistheKingofClay · 30/11/2024 21:34

OswaldCobblepot · 30/11/2024 18:16

Oh he'll not be happy, even his employers can't spell his name right 😆

😂 😂 😂

Ot’s Greggggggg, doncha know?

RedToothBrush · 30/11/2024 21:59

Aasmah Mir AT Aasmahmir
In 2017, I took part in Celebrity Masterchef. I put my first dish down in front of the judges and the cameras paused to reset. In front of everyone, Gregg Wallace told me to tell a colleague at the BBC “that she was a sexy bitch.” No-one said anything. And yes, I did complain.

I left the competition first. But two female contestants including Ulrika Jonsson told me afterwards that he had told another contestant that the way she was handling fish “looked like a rapist doing foreplay.”

There was a complaint and he was told to apologise which he did. In an email to a BBC boss I was told that Wallace’s behaviour was “unacceptable” and “couldn’t continue”. Judge for yourself if it has.

She links to a Times Article
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/gregg-wallace-bbc-allegations-accused-d8hkq63fp
Revealed: emails show BBC was warned about Gregg Wallace in 2017
exclusive

Celebrity MasterChef contestant Aasmah Mir told the corporation: ‘This must not happen again to another woman’

I can't read it because it's paywalled but this doesn't sound great for the production company or the BBC.

Revealed: emails show BBC was warned about Gregg Wallace in 2017

Celebrity MasterChef contestant Aasmah Mir told the corporation: ‘This must not happen again to another woman’

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/gregg-wallace-bbc-allegations-accused-d8hkq63fp

RedToothBrush · 30/11/2024 22:00

She put up a tweet the other day saying she had 'kept the receipts' and it looks like this article is the result.

Dimpliy · 30/11/2024 22:01

RedToothBrush · 30/11/2024 21:59

Aasmah Mir AT Aasmahmir
In 2017, I took part in Celebrity Masterchef. I put my first dish down in front of the judges and the cameras paused to reset. In front of everyone, Gregg Wallace told me to tell a colleague at the BBC “that she was a sexy bitch.” No-one said anything. And yes, I did complain.

I left the competition first. But two female contestants including Ulrika Jonsson told me afterwards that he had told another contestant that the way she was handling fish “looked like a rapist doing foreplay.”

There was a complaint and he was told to apologise which he did. In an email to a BBC boss I was told that Wallace’s behaviour was “unacceptable” and “couldn’t continue”. Judge for yourself if it has.

She links to a Times Article
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/gregg-wallace-bbc-allegations-accused-d8hkq63fp
Revealed: emails show BBC was warned about Gregg Wallace in 2017
exclusive

Celebrity MasterChef contestant Aasmah Mir told the corporation: ‘This must not happen again to another woman’

I can't read it because it's paywalled but this doesn't sound great for the production company or the BBC.

Well done her.

The BBC are clearly scum.

RedToothBrush · 30/11/2024 22:10

It gets worse.

Here's the Guardian. Running a similar BUT DIFFERENT article:

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/nov/30/gregg-wallace-behaviour-letter-bbc-2022-masterchef-presenter
Gregg Wallace accused of inappropriate behaviour in letter sent to BBC in 2022

Woman who complained about MasterChef presenter says lack of action shows there is ‘no satisfactory means of reporting sexual harassment and bullying within the TV industry’

A letter containing multiple allegations of inappropriate behaviour by Gregg Wallace was sent to the BBC in 2022, but did not prompt further investigation at the time, the Observer can reveal.

The letter described a “pattern of behaviour” by the MasterChef presenter which “clearly fails to meet the sexual harassment and bullying standards that prohibit ‘Unwelcome sexual advances and sexual innuendo’”.

And

The 2022 letter, seen by the Observer, contained the experiences of several women, and detailed some of the allegations reported last week by BBC News, including complaints of sexualised comments and of Wallace appearing topless in front of colleagues.

It was sent to the BBC four years after Wallace had already been issued with a formal warning following an HR investigation into his behaviour.

Dawn Elrick, the director and producer who sent the letter on behalf of other women who had contacted her, said the BBC suggested each individual would have to make their own, direct complaint to the corporation. “This is very tricky for freelancers to do without identifying themselves, which makes life extremely tricky in the freelance world,” she said. “Placing the onus on individual employees/freelancers means they failed to see that I was trying to tell them there was a pattern of alleged behaviour.”

Elrick, who submitted her letter with the support of industry union Bectu, had received the allegations against Wallace through her Instagram account, Shit Men in TV Have Said to Me, which has become a place for workers in the UK film and TV industry to share instances of workplace sexism and sexual harassment. She had received multiple submissions about Wallace and felt compelled to report this to the BBC.

Elrick said that, soon after sending the letter, she also submitted the allegations to the BBC via Navex Global, an external whistleblowing service. She said she had received no further contact with regards to that report. Elrick said the BBC’s lack of action showed there is “no satisfactory means of reporting sexual harassment and bullying within the TV industry”.

A BBC spokesperson told the Observer: “If issues are raised with us we have robust processes in place to deal with them swiftly and appropriately. We will always listen if people want to make us aware of something directly.

Hmm but Aasmah has receipts...

I do note the following though

In October, the BBC announced a review of its workplace culture, focusing on “preventing abuse of power and ensuring everyone at the BBC conducts themselves in line with our values”.

We don't know what prompted Wallace's departure - people have speculated that there must have been an incident. However the timing makes me wonder if those letters lost down the back of the sofa have been dug up and finally looked at.

If that's the case, I wonder if there may be others who get suddenly dropped from the BBC, perhaps more quietly.

Gregg Wallace accused of inappropriate behaviour in letter sent to BBC in 2022

Woman who complained about MasterChef presenter says lack of action shows there is ‘no satisfactory means of reporting sexual harassment and bullying within the TV industry’

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/nov/30/gregg-wallace-behaviour-letter-bbc-2022-masterchef-presenter

RedToothBrush · 30/11/2024 22:18

Here's The Fail. I think this is a rehash of the Times article (but I don't know)

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14144101/bbc-let-gregg-wallace-work-masterchef-sexist-behaviour.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490
BBC bosses let Gregg Wallace continue to work on MasterChef despite top exec's warning over his sexist behaviour on set and complaint about his offensive 'fat jokes about women' on another Beeb show which he later quit

BBC bosses allowed Gregg Wallace to work on MasterChef despite a warning from an executive about his 'unacceptable' behaviour seven years ago.

Kate Phillips, who currently manages unscripted programmes for the BBC, intervened to address the host's conduct following a complaint raised by broadcaster Aasmah Mir.

In emails seen by the Times, Ms Mir contacted the BBC inappropriate comments made by Wallace during filming for the show's 12th season in November 2017.

The radio host said in a message forwarded to Phillips that she didn't want 'to feel guilty when people say "why wasn't anything said before?' before adding in another email that 'this must not happen again to another woman.'

The BBC exec said she would make sure she was 'informed straight away' if more allegations were raised against the food show host.

However Wallace allegedly continued to behave inappropriately, being warned about his conduct on quiz show BBC Impossible Celebrities the following year.

AND

It has also emerged that the tax-funded broadcasting channel let Wallace to continue hosting MasterChef after a separate warning from Nestle regarding his behaviour.

Wallace allegedly disgruntled factory workers when he made jibes about their weight whilst filming a segment about Aero chocolate bars on BBC's Inside The Factory.

A source told The Sun: 'He upset some of the female workers by joking along the lines of "working in a chocolate factory is the reason you’re fat’" It really upset them.'

His jokes made at the beginning of 2023 infuriated staff so much that Nestlé said Inside The Factory would not be welcome on their premises.

It is understood that the food manufacturer contacted both the BBC and the show's production company.

The article also refers to the three complaints about groping:
A third allegation came from Celebrity MasterChef winner Emma Kennedy who claimed she first reported Wallace's behaviour 12 years ago, after she allegedly witnessed him grope a camera assistant during a photoshoot for the 2012 finals.

Wallace stepped down from the TV programme on Thursday amid a probe into his behaviour.

Ms Kennedy, 57, claimed the PR team who worked for MasterChef were aware of Wallace's behaviour and worried it was only a matter of time before it became public.

The actress and comedian told The Sun: 'They knew then. They knew before then and they've known since.'

Why have the production company got in a top law form to look at the allegations? It sounded like it was investigate Wallace but reading all this, I wonder if it's to protect themselves or to throw certain staff under the bus.

BBC heads let Gregg Wallace continue working despite warning from exec

BBC bosses allowed Gregg Wallace to work on MasterChef despite a warning from an executive about his 'unacceptable' behaviour seven years ago.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14144101/bbc-let-gregg-wallace-work-masterchef-sexist-behaviour.html?ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490&ns_mchannel=rss

RedToothBrush · 30/11/2024 22:24

https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/gregg-wallace-masterchef-misconduct-stepping-down-investigation-b1196902.html

Wallace was sexually abused when he was a young boy, a piece of information he revealed in his 2012 autobiography, Life on a Plate. “I imagine my experience is typical,” Wallace later said while appearing on Loose Women. “You feel guilty, you feel like you’re playing some part in it – sorry I’m getting a bit emotional – and of course you haven’t.”

Comparing the abuse to children who are abused by their football coaches, Wallace said: “I wanted people to know because it happens because it’s people that you like and that you're close to - it's not someone standing in a mac in an alleyway. It's someone whose appearance to the rest of the world is that of a decent person. It’s an awful thing.”

Well...

Interestingly this article does seem to support the idea that this might well be the BBC finding old complaints:

Now, Wallace finds himself at the centre of a misconduct storm which the BBC say is entirely historical. According to BBC figures, Wallace was on a salary of £250,000 back in 2016 for his work on MasterChef, though his more recent wage is unknown.

Note 'entirely historical' as a phrase.

Gregg Wallace: Everything you need to know about Masterchef presenter stepping down

From telly’s favourite veg man to his controversial comments on fatherhood and now a wave of misconduct allegations, here’s a speed through the life history of MasterChef’s Gregg Wallace

https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/gregg-wallace-masterchef-misconduct-stepping-down-investigation-b1196902.html

RedToothBrush · 30/11/2024 22:32

Ooo and here's ANOTHER one. This time the Telegraph. Different woman who complained:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11/30/greg-wallace-inappropriate-sex-jokes-undressed-masterchef/

The producer, Georgia Harding, who worked on MasterChef between 2014 and 2015 and latterly Eat Well for Less, is the first member of the production staff to have openly spoken out over the presenter’s behaviour.

She said she raised concerns about the way he treated contributors, but there “appeared to be an acceptance of his behaviour” and that “nothing was done”.

“It was like ‘oh that’s Gregg’,” she said.

She alleged that the presenter appeared “too close” to some contestants on set and that he “spoke about sex a lot and would get changed on set even though he had a changing room”.

“He would show off his ‘muscles’ from having a Personal Trainer, it made us feel uncomfortable,” she said.

The Telegraph has also spoken to a woman who appeared on Eat Well for Less who alleged that Wallace behaved in a manner towards her and staff on the set which made her uncomfortable.

The woman said that Wallace was “too close” to her and made “inappropriate” comments about sex.

She also alleged that on one occasion, he asked her and others why they were not laughing at one of his jokes and said they should be because he was the “talent”.

Allfur · 30/11/2024 22:35

Thats behind a paywall. What did she say?

RedToothBrush · 30/11/2024 22:51

To sum up:

2011 Kirsty Walk incident (not clear if she made a complaint at the time)
2012 Emma Kennedy complaint about groping
2013 Katy Brand on MasterChef - awkward moment broadcast (she didn't put in a complaint)
2014 Gregg Wallace on Strictly Come Dancing - awkward inappropriate moment broadcast. Aliona Vilani seems to have made it clear just how much she dislikes him.
2014/5 Georgia Harding complaint about behaviour on Eat Well for Less
2017 Aasmah Mir complaint
2018 Wallace officially warned about his conduct on Impossible Celebrities.
2022 Dawn Elrick complaint on behalf of a number of production staff who were told they had to waive their anonymity and report individually
2023 Nestlé bans Inside The Factory from their premises due to Wallace's behaviour
2023 Wallace does controversial C4 hoax programme about 'genetically engineered human meat'
2024 Everything comes out publicly.
Today Wallace posts a picture of a gingerbreadman in cream... (Doesn't suggest he feels remorse) He's also like a comment which reads:
"Isn't it a double standard to drool over Nigella Lawson, who has built a career on licking a spoon seductively, while flinching at Gregg's 'sexist' banter."
He really doesn't get it does he?

There's also various popbitch articles that I don't have dates for, but which actually name him, suggesting they were happy for him to go legal on them...

This looks like ANOTHER car crash for the BBC.

RedToothBrush · 30/11/2024 22:59

Ambitious about Autism have confirmed to Civil Society that it’s no longer working with Wallace and he has since been eliminated from their record of ambassadors. A spokesperson for the charity mentioned: “In light of recent allegations, we are no longer working with Gregg Wallace. We have let him know our decision and thanked him for his support of our work over the last two years.”

MumOfOneAllAlone · 30/11/2024 23:07

RedToothBrush · 30/11/2024 22:59

Ambitious about Autism have confirmed to Civil Society that it’s no longer working with Wallace and he has since been eliminated from their record of ambassadors. A spokesperson for the charity mentioned: “In light of recent allegations, we are no longer working with Gregg Wallace. We have let him know our decision and thanked him for his support of our work over the last two years.”

I was pleased to see this, good for them

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RedToothBrush · 30/11/2024 22:51

To sum up:

2011 Kirsty Walk incident (not clear if she made a complaint at the time)
2012 Emma Kennedy complaint about groping
2013 Katy Brand on MasterChef - awkward moment broadcast (she didn't put in a complaint)
2014 Gregg Wallace on Strictly Come Dancing - awkward inappropriate moment broadcast. Aliona Vilani seems to have made it clear just how much she dislikes him.
2014/5 Georgia Harding complaint about behaviour on Eat Well for Less
2017 Aasmah Mir complaint
2018 Wallace officially warned about his conduct on Impossible Celebrities.
2022 Dawn Elrick complaint on behalf of a number of production staff who were told they had to waive their anonymity and report individually
2023 Nestlé bans Inside The Factory from their premises due to Wallace's behaviour
2023 Wallace does controversial C4 hoax programme about 'genetically engineered human meat'
2024 Everything comes out publicly.
Today Wallace posts a picture of a gingerbreadman in cream... (Doesn't suggest he feels remorse) He's also like a comment which reads:
"Isn't it a double standard to drool over Nigella Lawson, who has built a career on licking a spoon seductively, while flinching at Gregg's 'sexist' banter."
He really doesn't get it does he?

There's also various popbitch articles that I don't have dates for, but which actually name him, suggesting they were happy for him to go legal on them...

This looks like ANOTHER car crash for the BBC.

This is an insane timeline, wow

What gets to me is the entitlement to NEVER think he has to change his ways. I mean, you can tell when people just don't like you even when they're behaving professionally

He's just got no shame or remorse for anything

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I saw that, and he put his fork in his pie or something (not a euphemism, even though greg would find a way to make it one)

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