The BBC is officially pulling the MasterChef Christmas specials following allegations of misconduct made against presenter Gregg Wallace.
The festive episodes will no longer be shown The BBC is officially pulling the MasterChef Christmas specials following historical allegations of misconduct made against presenter Gregg Wallace . Following the news that Wallace, 60, had ‘stepped away’ from the cooking series, an episode of the Professionals spin-off still aired on Monday night. However, it’s now been confirmed that the festive instalments that were due to air later this month will no longer be broadcast.
On Monday, Wallace posted a video on Instagram in which he explained that he was going to be taking a ‘time out’, having shared multiple posts on social media since the historical allegations of misconduct came to light. Wallace has co-hosted MasterChef since 2005 Wallace apologised for ‘any offence’ and ‘any upset’ that he might have caused, having claimed in a previous video that the complaints being made against him were ‘coming from a handful of middle-class women of a certain age’.
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