{"id":19483,"date":"2024-11-28T16:59:13","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T16:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=19483"},"modified":"2024-11-28T16:59:13","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T16:59:13","slug":"kirsty-wark-gregg-wallace-used-sexualised-language-and-people-were-uncomfortable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=19483","title":{"rendered":"Kirsty Wark: Gregg Wallace used sexualised language and \u2018people were uncomfortable\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Gregg Wallace is to step away from presenting MasterChef while allegations of historical misconduct by individuals are investigated, the show&#8217;s production company has said.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">It comes after BBC News sent a letter to Wallace\u2019s representatives on Tuesday setting out allegations of inappropriate sexual comments by 13 people who worked with him across a range of shows over a 17-year period.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Broadcaster Kirsty Wark, who was a Celebrity MasterChef contestant in 2011, said he told &#8220;sexualised&#8221; jokes during filming.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Wallace&#8217;s lawyers say it is entirely false that he engages in behaviour of a sexually harassing nature.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Masterchef&#8217;s production company Banijay UK has launched an investigation and said Wallace is co-operating.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\"><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cd7n1e8n721o\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\">Read the full story here.<!-- --><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 20px;\">\n<p><em>Source: <\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/videos\/cx27r57d4pxo\">www.bbc.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gregg Wallace is to step away from presenting MasterChef while allegations of historical misconduct by individuals are investigated, the show&#8217;s production company has said. It comes after BBC News sent a letter to Wallace\u2019s representatives on Tuesday setting out allegations of inappropriate sexual comments by 13 people who worked with him across a range of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19483\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}