Gregg Wallace says allegations against him come from ‘middle-class women of a certain age’

Gregg Wallace responded to the mounting allegations against him in a defiant video posted online, saying the allegations came from “middle-class women of a certain age.”

Wallace, who has he backed off from presenting BBC cooking show Masterchef, after allegations he made sexual comments towards staff and celebrity guests on a series of programs over 17 years, says he has worked with more than 4,000 contestants over the years “of all different ages, backgrounds and social backgrounds. “.

“Apparently now, I’m reading in the paper, there were 13 complaints in that time,” Wallace says in the video, posted on Instagram.

“I can see the complaints coming from a handful of middle-class women of a certain age, just from Celebrity Masterchef. It’s not right.”

In a second video, he says: “In 20 years, over 20 years of television, how many female Masterchef contestants have made sexual remarks or sexual innuendos, can you imagine?”

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