Fulm Furious Dichiarazione di Gregg Wallace mentre la BBC lo spara da MasterChef

[Should have known someone singing about nutty bases was up to no good](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMg3epr53Ns)

TIL being “rough around the edges” is a synonym for being an insufferable prick.

When this initially came out I was sort of willing to give him the benefit of the doubt that he was just a dinosaur from a different era where this sort of “banter” is normal.

However, after reading the many claims against him today in the BBC article, including many instances of groping, and over how long this has been going on, it’s quite apparent that I was wrong. And he’s just a wrong ‘un, and shouldn’t be working in television.

Probably because he spat the dummy out when put under scrutiny.

It’s Gromit I feel sorry for, how on earth will he be able to hold his head up at the Beagle Club after this ?

Greg Wallace’s statement

>”I have taken the decision to speak out ahead of the publication of the Silkins report – a decision I do not take lightly.

>”But after 21 years of loyal service to the BBC, I cannot sit in silence while my reputation is further damaged to protect others.

>”I have now been cleared by the Silkins report of the most serious and sensational accusations made against me.

>”The most damaging claims (including allegations from public figures which have not been upheld) were found to be baseless after a full and forensic six-month investigation.

>”My decision to go public now is also driven by the fact the BBC News division are intending to platform legally unsafe accusations, including claims which have already been investigated and not upheld by the BBC and found not credible by Silkins.

>”The BBC is no longer providing balanced and impartial public service journalism. It is peddling baseless and sensationalised gossip masquerading as properly corroborated stories.

>”The BBC is choosing to allow BBC News to run with this uncorroborated tittle tattle in an attempt to ‘get ahead of the Silkin’s summary report and derail what has been an extremely thorough process.

>”This feels to me like BBC News is chasing slanderous click-bait rather than delivering impartial journalism.

>”To be clear, the Silkin’s Report exonerates me of all the serious allegations which made headlines last year and finds me primarily guilty of inappropriate language between 2005 and 2018. I recognise that some of my humour and language, at times, was inappropriate. For that, I apologise without reservation.

>”But I was never the caricature now being sold for clicks.

>”I was hired by the BBC and Master Chef as the cheeky greengrocer. A real person with warmth, character, rough edges and all. For over two decades, that authenticity was part of the brand.

>”Now, in a sanitised world, that same personality is seen as a problem. My neurodiversity, now formally diagnosed as autism, was suspected and discussed by colleagues across countless seasons of Master Chef.

>”Yet nothing was done to investigate my disability or protect me from what I now realise was a dangerous environment for over twenty years. That failure is now being quietly buried.

>”Unfortunately, the full report (over 200 pages) will never be seen. Later this week, the BBC will publish a short Executive Summary.

>”What really concerns me about the short summary is others who have been found guilty of serious allegations have been erased from the published version of events. I, and I’m sure the public, would like to know why?

>”I will not go quietly. I will not be cancelled for convenience. I was tried by media and hung out to dry well before the facts were established.

>”The full story of this incredible injustice must be told and it is very much a matter of public interest.

>”Gregg Wallace.”

Why was this guy on so many TV shows, why did the BBC love him so much. I don’t get it . At least TV will be improved with this twat on it.

Perhaps part of the reason they’ve fired him was that every single reaction was “Not surprised, it’ll be better when they get rid of him anyway, annoying gurning twat”

The only way I can see the autism diagnosis being relevant is if he was encouraged to be this lecherous character, all the while commenting that his inappropriate behaviour lacked social nuance leading to speculation about whether he’s autistic, and and then when the tide turned they threw him under the bus.

I remember at school there were a few kids who were so desperate to fit in that they were very easily manipulated. They would act the fool in order to be well liked, when in reality they were being laughed at and were only kept around as a source of entertainment. It happened in male friendship groups, in my experience. Girls were just shunned if they were different. Now I imagine those kids would probably be diagnosed as autistic.

I can see how it might seem like a bit of a stitch up, but he still needs to take responsibility for his behaviour.

Poor Gregg, just as they were going to do the Mr Kipling Cherry Bakewell factory too.
Had all his best work lined up ready.

Chris Evan’s did exactly the same thing and equally, if not more of an insufferable idiot – sexual harassment, inappropriate behaviour, dropping his pants and doing the helicopter in front of woman – never once was he reprimanded. The BBC seem to have double standards

“It’s just banter,” he says with a wink and a cheeky grin while wanking into the salad