John Torode’s wife reveals ‘Gregg Wallace told rude joke after rude joke’ to MasterChef crew

Gregg Wallace reportedly told several rude jokes on MasterChef, with John Torode’s wife revealing that she ‘didn’t want to hear them’.

The 59-year-old judge denied allegations of inappropriate comments he was accused of making to a female member of staff at the BBC, after reports claimed he was ‘boasting about his sex life’.

It was also reported that Gregg saw the comments as ‘just banter’, however he has now insisted that the comments ‘were found to be not sexual’ after a BBC investigation.

Lisa Faulkner, who is married to Gregg’s co-star John, 59, has now claimed the TV presenter ‘repeatedly told rude jokes’.

Speaking at Cheltenham Literary Festival, the 52-year-old said, according to The Sun: ‘Gregg was telling – I’m probably not allowed to say this… Gregg just told rude joke after rude joke to the crew.’

Lisa had been talking about her time on Celebrity MasterChef in 2010, when she met her now-husband.

She went on: ‘You’re just sitting there and if you’re on the front bench just chopping away thinking, “I’ve got ten minutes left,” and he’s saying, “So this girl walked into a bar…”

‘And I’m going, “Please I don’t want to hear this joke”.’

‘It’s changed quite a lot really,’ John, who was on stage with Lisa to promote their new book, added.

This comes after Gregg denied anything sexual happened during his appearance on gameshow Impossible Celebrities in 2018, after being accused of taking his top off in front of a BBC employee.

Gregg took to Instagram to address the accusations in a video that has now been deleted, saying: ‘With reference to what’s in the newspapers, these allegations were investigated by the BBC six years ago – and my comments were found to be not sexual. I repeat not sexual. Thank you.

‘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 anyone or hitting on anyone, and that is important to me, and I say this for my wife Anna, who I have been true to and madly in love with since the day I met her.

‘I don’t want anyone to misunderstand this and make it look like I was flirting with somebody. Nobody accused me of that and I never have.’

In another clip on his social media, he said: ‘The story that is hitting the newspapers, this was investigated promptly when it happened six years ago by the BBC.

‘And the outcome of that was that I hadn’t said anything sexual, I need to repeat this again, I didn’t say anything sexual.

‘Despite what the newspapers are suggesting, nobody six years ago accused me of flirting with anybody or hitting on anybody, and the reason I say this is because of my wife Anna.

‘I have always been true to my wife Anna and never flirted or hit on anybody in the 12 years that I met her and fell in love with her.

‘It’s important that, so people don’t misunderstand that I am true to my wife.’

A source had previously claimed: ‘There are questions to be asked about the decision to allow Gregg to continue on MasterChef despite these previous incidents.

‘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.’

The insider continued to The Sun: ‘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 said to be ‘mortified’ and told BBC bosses ‘what had happened’.

Greggwas ordered to change his behaviour, it’s claimed, after the BBC ‘took immediate action’.

‘He made it clear that he didn’t mean anything by what he said,’ it’s reported.

A statement from the BBC reads, according to the publication: ‘Whilst we do not comment on individuals, if issues are raised they are dealt with swiftly and appropriately at the time.

‘We do not tolerate any form of inappropriate behaviour and have robust processes in place.’

Last year, Gregg stepped back from presenting Inside The Factory, after he was accused of making derogatory banter’ towards female staff.

He later claimed the reports weren’t ‘accurate’ and that ‘there was an argument’, and ‘an issue’ that he didn’t want to discuss, and said it was ‘a good time to give something up’ because he wanted to spend more time with his four-year-old son.