Another BBC Presenter in Trouble, Gregg Wallace

[Countdown]

Looking at him you wouldn't have thought that he was the pervy type.................

[Southerner]

Countdown said:

Looking at him you wouldn't have thought that he was the pervy type.................

I mean, you might suggest that he isn’t any more “pervy” than your average market trader in their 50s/60s might be, which is sort of what he is. It’s just the ability to filter it accordingly having got a job in telly that seems to be his issue.

I’m not condoning his behaviour, but he isn’t Savile. His ‘common man’ routine is his entire act, but it seems rather than being an “act” it’s just who he is, including the cringeworthy “banter” bit.

[bitchstewie]

The list of allegations doesn't read well does it.

'Rigorous' law firm to lead Wallace probe - MasterChef producers

[XCP]

He really is a sad muppet.

[CallThatMusic]

Alex Z said:

CallThatMusic said:

I have no time for this guy and avoid any programme he is on.
What I think is curious is his apparent interest in the logistics of lesbian sex.
Where was he expecting the conversation to go….

I didn’t like his “shout questions and pretend to be surprised by answers” shtick on most of the shows he did, so found him easy to avoid.

As for the mechanics of lesbian sex, I don’t think it’s that surprising that straight men are interested, but if there is one thing the internet is good for, it’s videos that will make it all clear. Asking actual lesbians you don’t know about it just comes across as really creepy.

Mechanics is not logistics.
I think he wanted to hear about sheds and lorries.
I think that’s logistics rather than lesbian sex but I’m not qualified to talk about either.

[Regbuser]

I'm more intrigued by:

That dish tastes like my aunt's vagina

[andyA700]

bhstewie said:

The list of allegations doesn't read well does it.

'Rigorous' law firm to lead Wallace probe - MasterChef producers

It certainly doesn't. If I had done that at any firm I worked at in the last thirty years, it would have been instant dismissal.

[bitchstewie]

andyA700 said:

It certainly doesn't. If I had done that at any firm I worked at in the last thirty years, it would have been instant dismissal.

It's what I find so strange with some of the comments.

I kind of get it if people haven't read the allegations but to have read them and still think it's banter or been overdone or whatever?

Behave.

[chrispmartha]

Regbuser said:

I'm more intrigued by:

That dish tastes like my aunt's vagina

I read he used ‘see you next tuesday’

[mac96]

Southerner said:

Countdown said:

Looking at him you wouldn't have thought that he was the pervy type.................

I mean, you might suggest that he isn’t any more “pervy” than your average market trader in their 50s/60s might be, which is sort of what he is. It’s just the ability to filter it accordingly having got a job in telly that seems to be his issue.

I’m not condoning his behaviour, but he isn’t Savile. His ‘common man’ routine is his entire act, but it seems rather than being an “act” it’s just who he is, including the cringeworthy “banter” bit.

I don't really see his background as an excuse. It's a bit insulting to market traders. I worked with a guy who started out as one, but moved himself into an office based profession. He had absolutely no trouble behaving appropriately for his environment. Wallace should be doing the same!

[hidetheelephants]

theboss said:

Mastodon2 said:

Biker 1 said:

Telegraph article earlier was a little more graphic than 'inappropriate jokes'. If any of the more lurid details are true, why didn't the other presenters & production crew step up to the plate?

For those of us who aren't subscribers of the Telegraph, what is he alleged to have said or done?

The DT article I read earlier mentioned that when an Asian contestant was leaving the set he was making kung-fu noises and quoted as saying “me so horny”, “me love you long time” and “me sucky sucky”.

Maybe he’s just a big Stanley Kubrick fan a real life Roger Mellie.

Given his stty behaviour why did the BBC repeatedly recommission programmes with him as a presenter? As others have said he's hardly irreplaceable.

[PRO5T]

There's nothing more certain than there'll be more coming out as time moves on. If it's true he's been employing the services of prostitutes there'll be plenty of stories lined up to be sold at the very least.

[Terminator X]

bhstewie said:

andyA700 said:

It certainly doesn't. If I had done that at any firm I worked at in the last thirty years, it would have been instant dismissal.

It's what I find so strange with some of the comments.

I kind of get it if people haven't read the allegations but to have read them and still think it's banter or been overdone or whatever?

Behave.

Whilst it seems the guy is a fool some of the allegations are flimsy ...

"A female worker on the BBC Good Food Show in 2010, who said Wallace stared at her chest"

Also allegations are just that. Some random could make allegations about me but that doesn't make it true.

TX.

[Silvanus]

Terminator X said:

bhstewie said:

andyA700 said:

It certainly doesn't. If I had done that at any firm I worked at in the last thirty years, it would have been instant dismissal.

It's what I find so strange with some of the comments.

I kind of get it if people haven't read the allegations but to have read them and still think it's banter or been overdone or whatever?

Behave.

Whilst it seems the guy is a fool some of the allegations are flimsy ...

"A female worker on the BBC Good Food Show in 2010, who said Wallace stared at her chest"

Also allegations are just that. Some random could make allegations about me but that doesn't make it true.

TX.

Why focus on the flimsy allegations, on there own they don't really register, but combined they fuel the fire. He's a dirty little cretin that should have been off screen years ago. Theres plenty of stuff he's done with witnesses to corroborate the stories. He's no Saville or Edwards, but he deserves to be of air.

[CardinalBlue]

jdw100 said:

darreni said:

chrispmartha said:

Just remembered this masterpiece by Gregg


More Partridge than actual Partridge

He certainly is. What a dick.

Meet my PA at the local Harvester?

This is a satirical piece, surely?

Sadly not - he did a TV interview a few days afterwards defending it.

[Bonefish Blues]

CardinalBlue said:

jdw100 said:

darreni said:

chrispmartha said:

Just remembered this masterpiece by Gregg


More Partridge than actual Partridge

He certainly is. What a dick.

Meet my PA at the local Harvester?

This is a satirical piece, surely?

Sadly not - he did a TV interview a few days afterwards defending it.

Truly astonishing. Nobody would write that. But he did.

[The Gauge]

bhstewie said:

The list of allegations doesn't read well does it.

'Rigorous' law firm to lead Wallace probe - MasterChef producers

I simply don't believe this allegation can be true..

BBC News also heard from a former MasterChef worker who says Wallace showed her topless pictures of himself and asked for massages.

Because if you read that magazine article of his typical Saturday, he clearly has no time for massages as he's playing Total War Saga: Thrones of Britanna all day.

[Jayzee]

We all have some form of autism, in one form or another - low to high. Filters vary… IMO

He is no Epstein or Savile, but instead is someone who lives in a bygone era.

I don’t see a man who is nefarious in Gregg.

[sugerbear]

hidetheelephants said:

theboss said:

Mastodon2 said:

Biker 1 said:

Telegraph article earlier was a little more graphic than 'inappropriate jokes'. If any of the more lurid details are true, why didn't the other presenters & production crew step up to the plate?

For those of us who aren't subscribers of the Telegraph, what is he alleged to have said or done?

The DT article I read earlier mentioned that when an Asian contestant was leaving the set he was making kung-fu noises and quoted as saying “me so horny”, “me love you long time” and “me sucky sucky”.

Maybe he’s just a big Stanley Kubrick fan a real life Roger Mellie.

Given his stty behaviour why did the BBC repeatedly recommission programmes with him as a presenter? As others have said he's hardly irreplaceable.

Because the production company isnt the BBC

[bitchstewie]

Why do people keep mentioning Epstein or Savile and why are people focusing on the stuff like staring at a staff members chest?

Are those two now considered the benchmark before it's considered unacceptable behaviour or something?

Many of the allegations are absolutely vile and just not what you expect in any workplace.