Sex slimeball Gregg Wallace sacked now blaming his “disability” for his behaviour

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Just read that GW has been sacked from Masterchef and that 50 more reports of his disgusting perving have been received.
He has clearly learnt nothing after the backlash following his previous social media rant about “ middle class women of a certain age” and now claims his newly diagnosed “disability” of autism made him do it.
He even tries to make himself the victim as apparently he wasn’t protected.
As someone with autism myself his attempt to use this as a defence makes me want to shove his buttery biscuit base where the sun doesn’t shine.
AIBU to think he is toast and good riddance?

I'm not sure how that works. If he can't control what he does or doesn't know it's wrong, why isn't he exposing himself in public?

Funny there aren’t loads of autistic females out there abusing and harassing men in the workplace. I wonder why? 🤔

I think you misunderstand me. I was meaning that in my observation there tends to be a higher correlation of autistic individuals. Who have a co-condition of Learning Disabilities that struggle with the connection of their negative behaviours impacting upon others. This is due to a learning disability, the brain does not necessarily function or mature in the same way that an autistic individual without learning difficulties. Therefore this group often have higher needs in all aspects of their education, health and social welfare.

I am autistic, I struggle with social communication processing. However I do not agree it is a disorder it is a difference. Yes, I missed the handbook that was provided to non-autistic individuals. I could read the handbook and try to learn by rote, however it does not come naturally to me and makes me think of ABA which I do not agree it. I am polite and well mannered though even if it means I can be overly formal. Which I prefer to be an egocentric demanding excuse ridden individual such as Greg Wallace. I own my mistakes and try to understand them.

I thought autism was supposed to make social relationships that much more difficult yet somehow he's had plenty of wives, even before he got famous. Funny how it's only allegedly affecting him in one area which happens to be not knowing what constitutes acceptable behaviour?

Makes a change from shamed celebs pretending to be bipolar, I suppose.

Is Stephen Fry autistic yet, or do we need to wait for him to write another book for that to come out?

He's gross! I remember saying to my mum, many years ago, that he was a sleazeball! I think it was when he first appeared on the BBC, was it the original Saturday Kitchen? Anyway, he was all over the female guests, constantly trotting out sexual innuendos and all over them like a rash. Yet when he had male guests on, they hardly got the time of day!
I've never liked him since then and he truly spoilt Masterchef for me.
It's about time he was fully called out and cancelled. Couldn't happen to a nicer arsehole!!! Hope his ugly face never graces our screens again. You reap what you sow GregG!

It's absolutely true that some autistic/neurodivergent people can struggle with boundaries and may be overly familiar, such as hugging when it's inappropriate. Jokes that are ill-conceived or don't land well can be another problem.

However, Gregg clearly has capacity and is well aware of social norms, on the whole. For example, he knows that it's not OK to answer the door wearing just a towel, and then to drop the aforementioned towel while alone with his female ghost writer...

He may well be autistic, especially as his child is. But there's nothing about his behaviours that suggest a naivete or lack of social awareness. In fact, it's quite the reverse; he seems to be manipulative and somewhat predatory, sexually intimidating women. None of that has anything to do with neurodivergence. He's just your common garden lecherous creep.

I also hate that he's given the whole "autism is a crock of shit" crowd yet more ammunition to fling at us. There's plenty of shitty comments on this thread, and MN allow a thread series which is purely to discuss what shitty people autistic folk are. This claim from Gregg will just back up all of that nonsense.

Gregg's shitty behaviour and lack of ownership is just going to mean more accusations and disbelief flung in our direction. Cheers Gregg. Slow clap. We all think you're an utter fucking bellend who can't keep his sleazy hands to himself.

Hasn't he had a "heart attack" now? I wouldn't wish that on anyone but somehow I'm not convinced.....

I get what you’re saying but he’s been married so many times it’s obvious he’s not been good at his relationships, been able to sustain them.

I think him being autistic explains some of his behaviour especially lack of social boundaries

I wonder if BBC have published the report

@Guavafish1 I agree with you. I also wonder how much he’s gotten away with over the years in every aspect of his life because of his cockney geezer/cheeky chap type of persona. I’m pretty sure it would have been noticeable he was on the spectrum but society being what it can be, he was probably considered to be Greg, the weirdo/creep who can be a right laugh at times so just ignore him.

Apart from being married multiple times he’s also had quite a few failed businesses and been bankrupt once but the thing that had always interested me was the fact him and John Torode hadn’t even been in each others homes over the years and weren’t friends outside of the studio. Then suddenly one of them was getting married again and the other was his best man - I often wondered if it was something manipulated by the BBC considering I think it was John who was on record as saying ‘we’re not friends’.

@Weepixie I agree, had always thought John Torrode had the measure of him.

Abusive people always play the victim and never take accountability. It's how they become abusive in the first place. Everything is always someone else's fault in their eyes, and their victim "got what they deserved".
Autism has nothing to do with it.

It doesn't. It gets used to explain bad behaviour. We are a ND household and the behaviour sometimes is bad (no perving though!), but it explained why DS was violent as a toddler and child, and why DD would scream blue murder about wearing certain uncomfortable clothes or ds2 wouldn't eat food that had touched other food.

Men used to blame sex addiction. Or drugs.

He seems to be confusing autism with arseholism.

Personally I think he's clutching at straws and his latest about his autism made him do it say's to me he's still not accepting it was his fuck up.
Grade A idiot fucking up a BBC gig.

Completely unsurprised - and also pissed off all to hell. As a pp says, it gives the ‘autism eyerollers’ more ammo to fling. Yes, being ND can explain non-standard behaviours but his history from the outside looks conscious, deliberate and intentional with a strong desire to make women in junior positions, especially, feel the full weight of the power imbalance. I really liked his cheeky chappy charm on my TV screen and was gutted when an old boss told me that he was a right perve, a few years back. This latest move, blaming a neurological condition for his behaviour? Straight out of the responsibility-shy wanker’s playbook.

He needs to go and so does John torode. He worked alongside this bloke for years and never reported anything - he is totally complicit.

Ah so the ignorant anti autism posts start to appear.🙄What bandwagon?

I have autism and grew up in the 70s and 80s. I didn’t just get on with anything. Autism pretty much destroyed my life. Unfortunately we don’t know what we know now and many women and girls like me were just left to struggle without knowledge of their condition.

Diagnoses help hugely for many many reasons. You aren’t autistic so have no idea.

There is no “medically” diagnosed autism. It’s not a disease.

Autistic people do not generally use I am autistic when it suits, most need encouragement to acknowledge it and instead try to hide it with disastrous results. Yes you can use autism to explain and excuse behaviours but obviously not this kind of behaviour which is not characteristic of those with autism any more than it is of those who are NT.

Exactly.
If you've met 1 person with Autism..............You've met 1 person with Autism.
As for Gregggggggggggggg
Good riddance.

Actually there are many behaviours seen in some autistic people that can be excused by their diagnosis. NT will define some of these behaviours eg bluntness, needing to be alone, poor social skills, lack of empathy, too much empathy etc as bad when they’re not, they’re differences and coping mechanisms which can’t just be switched off.

Sexual abuse and harassment however are not such behaviours.

@Fk48fj I don’t think it was an ignorant anti autism post. Just an honest opinion based on the experience of the poster growing up when she did, in the way she did. And it’s not derogatory to say bandwagon, it’s a figure of speech and is a perfect example of what people do, we see it here all the time when armchair psychologists suggest someone may have done something not nice because maybe the person is autistic.

I disagree. It was offensive for all the reasons I listed. Re bandwagon she was inferring those diagnosed with autism that differ to her nephew have jumped on one. Also re armchair psychologists when posters ask for advice and list behaviours that are common in autism autism will be mentioned. 🤷‍♀️All sorts of professionals who aren’t diagnosticians do the same. It’s so not an issue and just an accusation that the anti autism brigade like to hurl. Awareness earlier is far better than later.

If his autism is causing him to drop his pants and put his hand up people's skirts then he needs carers with him and watching him all the time so he can't do these behaviours.