Gregg Wallace breaks silence on allegations with BBC Masterchef future said to be 'in doubt'

Insiders told The Sun newspaper how concerns were raised about his behaviour six years ago at the Beeb.

Gregg Wallace is being probed over making inappropriate sexual comments to a female staffer - leaving his BBC MasterChef future in doubt. Insiders told The Sun newspaper how concerns were raised about his behaviour six years ago at the Beeb.

Wallace, who is one-half of the show's judging duo alongside John Torode, is being probed over inappropriate sexual comments to a female BBC staffer. Bosses rapped Wallace in 2018 for taking off his top and bragging about romps, the Sun newspaper reported.

An insider questioned why the 59-year-old was allowed to stay on the flagship cookery show “despite allegations about his conduct." A source said: “There are questions to be asked about the decision to allow Gregg to continue on MasterChef despite these previous incidents.

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“The BBC say they are keen to clear up issues around workplace culture but have allowed Gregg to remain on a flagship show despite allegations about his conduct.” A source told The Sun last night: “Gregg was accused of making inappropriate comments to a younger, female member of the production team.

“He is said to have been boasting about his sex life with his partner at the time. At one point, Gregg was also accused of taking his top off in front of the woman which felt inappropriate. Gregg appeared to think it was all just banter and is also said to have made some comments in front of the live audience.

“The team working on the show were mortified and told BBC top brass what had happened.” The TV star said: "With reference to what's in the newspapers, these allegations were investigated by the BBC six years ago.

"The allegations were investigations six years ago and my comments were found to be not sexual. I repeat, not sexual. Thank you everybody for your time. I don't want anybody to misunderstand this and make it look like I was flirting with somebody. Nobody accused me of that and I never have."

Gregg continued: "Something else that I feel very strongly about, strong enough to be on here, nobody six years ago or since has accused me of flirting with anybody or hitting on anybody. And that's important to me, and I say this for my wife Anna, who I've been true to and madly in love with since the day I met her."