The TV presenter is 'committed to fully co-operating' with an external review
Gregg Wallace has been accused of making 'lesbian jokes' and 'highly inappropriate' comments in the latest of a string of complaints made against the TV presenter by people who claim they previously worked with him.
READ MORE: 'Self-serving coward's' first account to police after death of young mum in his bed caught on body cam footage A Channel 5 spokesperson said: “We take any allegations of this nature extremely seriously. We have asked the production company to look into these historical claims. The health and wellbeing of everyone involved in our productions is very important to us and we want all of our productions to be safe and secure places for people to work.”
She also told the outlet that after he went to his car to sort his parking ticket, he allegedly replied: “You can come to my car, but can you handle the fact everyone will think you just got off with a celebrity?” On Thursday, BBC News reported that the 60-year-old faces allegations from 13 people across a range of shows over a 17-year period including former Newsnight host Kirsty Wark. The TV star’s lawyers say “it is entirely false that he engages in behaviour of a sexually harassing nature”, BBC News reported. A statement from Banijay UK on Thursday said Wallace is “committed to fully co-operating” with an external review.
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