Rod Stewart issues furious rant at ‘tubby bully’ Gregg Wallace as he accuses him of ‘humiliating’ wife Penny Lancaster when she appeared on Celebrity MasterChef – after host steps down amid misconduct probe
Sir Rod Stewart delivered an angry tirade against Gregg Wallace on Thursday, calling him a ‘fat, bald, ill-mannered bully’ for ‘humiliating’ his wife Penny Lancaster when she appeared on Celebrity MasterChef, after the star stepped down from the BBC show.
BBC presenter Gregg, 60, quit MasterChef after 13 people, including Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark, accused him of ‘wrong’ and inappropriate ‘sexualised’ behavior during filming, it was revealed today.
Rod, whose wife Penny appeared on the show in August 2021, wrote: “So Greg Wallace gets fired from Master Chef.
“Good riddance Wallace… You humiliated my wife when she was on the show, but you cut that bit out, didn’t you?
“You’re a fat, bald, ill-mannered bully.
‘Karma got you. Lord Rod Stewart’
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Sir Rod Stewart delivered an angry tirade against Gregg Wallace on Thursday, calling him a ‘fat, bald, ill-mannered bully’ for ‘humiliating’ his wife Penny Lancaster when she appeared on Celebrity MasterChef, after the star stepped down from the BBC show
Gregg is accused of taking off his top in front of a female employee who said he wanted to give her a fashion show and talk to others about his sex life.
On one occasion he allegedly told a female junior colleague that he was not wearing boxer shorts under his jeans.
The BBC has revealed that 13 people, including Kirsty Wark, complained about his behavior while working with him on five shows over a 17-year period, from 2005 to 2022.
Ms Walk claims Wallace told stories and jokes of a ‘sexualised nature’ in front of contestants and crew on two occasions during the filming of Celebrity MasterChef in 2011. She said his jokes and comments were ‘really, very out of place’ .
‘There were two occasions in particular where he used sexualised language in front of a number of people and it wasn’t as if anyone was concerned about it. It was completely one-way traffic. But I think it made people feel uncomfortable and something that I really didn’t expect would happen,” she said.
Today, Scottish broadcaster Aasmah Mir shared a photo of himself during the 2017 Celebrity MasterChef series with the cryptic message: ‘Always keep your receipts’. It is not yet known whether she has also complained.
The BBC claims Wallace walked away from MasterChef today after BBC News sent a letter to his agent on Tuesday detailing allegations made by 13 people and giving him the right of reply. They say he was warned after a complaint was filed in 2018, but new historical claims emerged in the summer of 2024.