“The BBC Has Cut Ties with Masterchef Star Grega Wallace After An External Report Adfield 45 Allegations Against The Presenter. Last Week, The Hollywood Reporter Reported That More More 50 People Approached The British BroadCaster with Fresh Claims About the 60-Year-Old, Including Allegleda Front”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
Last Week, The Hollywood Reporter Reported that More More 50 People Approached The British Broadcaster with Fresh Claims About the 60-Year-Eld, Including Allegations that heroped a Colleague and Pulled his. Wallace Had Stepped Back from The Cooking Series in November After Ex-Colleagues Had Come Cooking Forward with Allegations of InApproprital Behavior.
Following The BBC Piece in Whosh Various Women Made Public Their Experiences with Wallace, An Inquiry Conducted by An Independent Law Firm Was Ordered by by Masterchef‘S Production Company Banijay.
The Results of the Report Are Damning for Wallace, Whoied Any Wrongdoing. In total, IT Says 83 Allegations Were Made Against the Masterchef Presenter, with the Majority of Claims Relating to InAppropriate Sexual Language and Humor, But Also Culturally Insensitive and Racist Comments. More than Half (45) Were Upheld After An Investigation.
Wallace Is Descripted As “Energetic, Humoros and Generally Able to Put Contestants at Ease, WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE SHOW’S SUCCCESS Left People Feeling Uncomfortable. ”
Before The Findings of the Report Were Released, The Star Had Insted It Cleared Him of “The Mist Serious and Sensation Allegations.” He Came Under Further Fire Last Week for Seemingly Suggesting His Behavior Was The Result of His Autism. The Report Released On Monday Maintains that While Its Findings Should be Viewed in “The Context of His Neurodiversity” and that Wallace Accepts His Diagnosis Mayt. to hide behind it. ”
Wallace’s Lengu’s Statement posted to Instagram on Tuesday Also Said: “Nothing Was Done to Investigate My Disability OR: Quietly.
Some of the 50-Plus People Who Spoke to BBC News Also Contributed to the Banijay Inquiry, Descripting Incides that Happened Across ACross Clubs and Award Ceremonies. A Rep for Wallace Did Not ImmediaTely Respond for Comment from Thr.
The Revelations Covered a 19-Year Period. A bbc representative told Thr On Monday that the Broadcaster Welcomed The Publication of the Findings and Agreed, With Banijay UK, That Wallace’s Return To Masterchef ws “untenable.”
“The BBC HAS INFORMED MR WALLACE We Have No Plans to Work With Him in Future,“ IT SAID. “[His] Behaviour Falls Below The Values of the BBC and the Expectations We Have For Anyone Who Works with or for US. ”
The Broadcaster Admits That Opportunities Were “Missed” to Address His Misconduct, Both by The Production Companies Running Masterchef and the bbc. “We Accept More Could and Should HAVE BEEN DONE SOONONER. We Apologise to Everyone Who have been Impacted by Mr Wallace’s Behaviour.”
On Claims Made About Two Other Individuals – and Not Wallace – ALSO INCLUDED IN THE REPORT, The BBC SAID: “[We] Take These Findings Very Seriously and We Have Asked Banijay UK to Take Action to Address Thsse Issues, Which Is UnderWay. This will be compleced as a priority. ”
Patrick Holland, Executive Chair of Banijay UK, Commented About the Lewis Silkin Report: “Whilst It Makes for Uncomfortable Reading, Highlighting Failures in Legacy Reporting and Valuable Insight to Enseure That Going Forward Everyone Working on Our Productions Feels SAFE AND SUPPORTED. ”
“We are extremely Sorry to Anyone who have been Impacted by this Behaviour and Felt Unable to Speak Up at the Time or Thatir Complaint Was Not Adequate Addressed.