Gregg Wallace : Another report

A bit disappointing that John Torode hasn't ever taken issue with him, after all he must have known. Good for his wife for saying something recently.

Masterchef has been good for Torode - he had a restaurant closure on his hands and is considered something of a "lightweight" in the industry - he's dined off the tails of Masterchef for 20 odd years, so I suppose it profited him not to say anything.

Mind you, I suppose you could say that about anyone who worked with Wallace.

Makes you wonder who will be exposed next.

Unfortunate last sentence ferry23

I get you MissInterpreted, we are all different & react differently to awful situations, not everyone is a big-mouthed twit like my goodself. 😙

sodapop

Unfortunate last sentence ferry23

Lol - missed that sodapop.

Either way it won't be good news!

Mind you, I suppose you could say that about anyone who worked with Wallace

Apparently, Monica Galetti is standing by him.

MissAdventure

I consider myself outspoken, but people "in charge" reduce me to a child again.
"Thank you, thanks so much for treating me badly/not doing what you promised/treating me like a bimbo" and a whole host of other situations.

Exactly this!

I always used to feel this and there is a reason why,it is due how previous generations behaved.

My late mother (horrible woman) once told me off for not wanting to sit on “Uncle Franks” knee, he used to sit me on his knee and tickle me until I cried and he got an erection.

When I told my mother I didn’t like it I was told I was an unpleasant drama queen.

I hated going to a Church group with a dodgy leader, I was told again I was being silly.
He was an apparently a good Catholic who did a lot for the Church!

We have to trust our children’s/grandchildren’s gut feelings, they are more than likely correct.

merlotgran

^Mind you, I suppose you could say that about anyone who worked with Wallace^

Apparently, Monica Galetti is standing by him.

On God help him then, she is such a charmless individual!
I cannot watch Masterchef anymore if that awful, cold person is a judge! I don't understand why she has a role in this programme?
As soon as she appears I turn -over! 🤔

When I was a young woman, in the early 60s, I worked in an office with eight other men and one lady older than me. I am told I was a very attractive woman indeed I did a bit of modelling for a well known store in Liverpool from time to time Not on one occasion in the years I worked was I harassed by any of the men, neither were any sexual comments made. Why have attitudes changed?

I never watched Masterchef because of GW. Always thought he was slimy. Huge regard for Kirsty Wark. Not a moment too soon imho.

Monica left Masterchef two years ago Ilovedogs.

I think my ‘standing by’ comment might be an exaggeration as all she has done is put a ‘like’ on Gregg’s Facebook post thanking his supporters. 🤔

Social media does seem to have a lot of sway though.

My late husband, every time Greg Wallace came on Masterchef….
What’s a fruit and veg seller with a market stall know about professional chefs and cooking lol l can still hear him now every time Greg comes on TV, bless him (my late husband not Greg Wallace)

My dearly beloved and I are delighted to see the back of him, especially on Masterchef where he is so loud. He can’t even hold a fork properly when tasting the contestants’ efforts! I’m sure Marcus and Monica must be very happy!!!

When I first started watching Masterchef I quite liked the presenters but after a few seasons of it, Gregg did start to get on my nerves. I eventually stopped watching it altogether because of him. I then watched a few episodes of In The Factory but him presenting it got on my nerves too. I found him ridiculous at times and just wished he’d shut up! In The Factory was a very interesting programme but I couldn’t watch it because of him. I hope he gets what he deserves!

I've never liked him. I always find that manic, wild eyed grin very creepy.

We might all be jumping to conclusions! Simply because we dont like the cut of his jib?
I know that I've been guilty of this crime before! 🤔

Ilovedogs22

We might all be jumping to conclusions! Simply because we dont like the cut of his jib?
I know that I've been guilty of this crime before! 🤔

I for one am not 😡 I was told the details from the woman herself.

Yes heard about his comments to rod stewarts wife.

I read this morning that a lot of the production team on these TV programmes are free lancers and probably scared of losing their jobs and finding themselves becoming blacklisted. I doubt if anyone on this thread would be vociferous in those circumstances especially if the bosses were in awe of the "celebrity" and didn't want to rock the boat. I love Rod Stewart's description of GW. I doubt if either of the Stewarts wanted the aggro of a court case if the offending bit of the programme was taken out. And apparently GW was spoken to by HR after the Kirsty complaint.

Another one promoted above his ability because he was a cockney character. I think these men believe themselves to be invincible. So glad these creeps are being called out. Remember having to put up with sexist comments in my early twenties when I worked for a big company in London in 1970s. Women didn’t speak out then because men ruled roost and the fall out would be on the woman. It was expected that you accepted it and kept quiet.

If he’s so ghastly why is the programme so popular. Wallace has admittedly become a little up his own rear end but I always felt it was a good blend of personalities.

"Upskirting What the hell is that all about. ???" I was a comely young woman in the 1970s and men trying to look up your mini-skirt when they sat opposite on you on the train was a common thing. They just didn't have mobiles/cameras then to record what they saw - which was actually not very much when you compare it to what's on tv quite legally these days. I think it's partly those double standards which lie at the heart of the current debate about men's behaviour. I'll be shouted down for this but I do think women have to accept a certain amount of responsibility for the way they're perceived. (This is a general comment, by the way, not an opinion on the Gregg Wallace case, about which I know zilch except that some women have pointed a finger at him.) In the 70s I wore see-through blouses, mini-skirts, hot-pants, jumpsuits split from neck to navel, etc, and yet I got indignant if a man treated me like a cheap & easy conquest! Girls work very hard at achieving their overall "look", all the while paying scant regard to what kinds of male reaction that "look" can inspire. We can't make ourselves look like hot stuff and at the same time expect every man on earth to know that we aren't up for casual grabs. We can't effectively argue that "men ought to behave better" when we present an image which encourages some of them to behave in a less than gentlemanly manner. You don't have to dress like a nun, you just have to refrain from exposing your bits and wiggling your rear end as you teeter along on "f-me" heels. I heard a comedian talking about girls who go "out on the razz" at weekends dressed like ladies of the night. "It must be really annoying for the real street-walkers, trying to make a living when there are so many girls out doing it for nothing," was one of his lines, followed by, "Of course, it's hard for the men, too, not knowing which are which." He gave me food for thought, anyway, as does the current media trend for showcasing women dressed (or should I say undressed) in a certain suggestive way. And no, I've never been an admirer of Mary Whitehouse, if that's what you're thinking!

MillieBoris

If he’s so ghastly why is the programme so popular. Wallace has admittedly become a little up his own rear end but I always felt it was a good blend of personalities.

I can only assume that your perv/ creep detector is defective.
I’d get it checked if I were you.

GW is yet another reason why I seldom watch BBC tv. He was always an instant turn off. I’m very glad he’s gone.
I worked in a brewery office in the 60s. Add together the entitled and largely substandard ‘management’, the old boys club, the travellers coming back drunk from their hard -drinking days, it was sometimes a very unpleasant place for a teenager to work.
If we had complained, we would have been sacked. There were no women in any authority.
There was a pension scheme, I was told no women at all were allowed to join it although several were very long term members of staff. We forget how much things have improved, but sadly there are still entitled dinosaurs who think they can get away with anything.

I think many of us know why many women didn't make a big fuss, it wouldn't be the men that got into bother it would always come down to victim blaming
GW I'd just typical of many men of his age, and older ( and am sure younger), the difference with him is that somehow getting onto TV and being treated as a celebrity has shown him that he can behave as badly as possible and nothing will happen.
We had to put up with so much for heavens sake and sometimes we had to put up with sexist bullying etc just to keep the job.
I know some who did speak up and it got them nowhere. If it did go to court women were dissected, how their behaviour ( which was usually just behaving like a female) led the man on or their clothing was to blame or anything else that could be used against them. The stress of such cross examination I can well believe put people off taking things further

I know of a young woman who recently went for a drink with a man she met at work.

It turned into quite a fun, drunken night, and they really seemed as if they may well be seeing each other again, and building a relationship.

He walked her to her apartment block, insisted on coming in, and raped her.

The case has just been dropped due to lack of evidence, but it has had a terrible effect on her, her confidence, her whole life.