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Sample penny lancaster Considered an “incredible” comment made by greg wallace After master Chef The scam came to light.
total in july 45 of the 83 charges against Wallace This was confirmed, including an allegation of “undesirable physical contact” during his tenure on the show.
When the scandal first broke, Wallace Allegations claimed to have been made By “middle-class women of a certain age” – a comment for which he apologized.
Lancaster, Joe Was left “humiliated” by Wallace But celebrity masterchef In 2021, he reflected on the comment in a new interview, saying: “What he said is unbelievable, isn’t it? I mean, talk about stabbing yourself in the foot! Was!” He His return?
“It shows he’s been getting away with it for so long, he doesn’t see what he’s done wrong.”
Lancaster’s experience with the host was revealed by her husband, rod StewartWho wrote after Wallace’s departure from the show: “When my wife was on the celebrity version of the show, you insulted her, but you got her off a bit, didn’t you?
54 year old model told Wire “No one stepped in to help” after feeling insulted by the host. According to Lancaster, 61-year-old Wallace took a fake orchid from her table mat and when she asked him to return it, she dropped it on the floor, forcing her to bend down to pick it up.
“It was as if it was all in my imagination!” He said. “In a professional environment like this, when it’s your duty to take care of people and it goes wrong, that’s when you really start scratching your head. Are you not going to do something?”
Following the report’s findings, Patrick Holland, chief executive master Chef Production company Banijay UK said, “It is clear that the escalation processes were not as robust as they should have been”, adding: “We are extremely sorry to those who have been affected by this behavior and felt unable to speak up at the time or that their complaint was not adequately resolved.”
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When the allegations against Wallace first surfaced, Lancaster’s musician husband called Wallace master Chef A post shared while the model was on jury duty hosted a “tubby, bald-headed, bad-mannered scoundrel”.
She remembered, “I didn’t notice it until I went on the drive home.” “There were all these messages: ‘Did you see what your husband wrote?’ ‘How good is your husband?’ I was like: ‘Oh my God, what has he done?'”
She said her initial reaction was thinking “Oh Jesus”, but she realized she had thought: “This is what my wife went through; she can’t say anything, but I can’t keep my mouth shut.”
Lancaster admitted that she wished Stewart had informed her earlier so she could have prepared herself.
“Because, of course, then my agent was on the phone, wanting my version of the story. I said I wouldn’t do it. But I talked to the investigation team and did it that way.”
After an investigation into Wallace’s behavior upheld 45 of 83 complaints against the host, the BBC apologized to “everyone affected” by his behavior and said there were “missed opportunities” to address his conduct.
The corporation said: “We accept that more could have been done and should have been done sooner. This behavior falls short of the BBC’s values and our expectations of anyone who works with or for us.
master ChefProduction company Banijay, which conducted the report with law firm Lewis Silkin, said her return to the cookery show was “untenable”.
host Faced several allegations, including claims that he made inappropriate sexual jokes, asked for the phone numbers of female production staff, and behaved unprofessionally with female colleagues on the set. But he denied the allegations He added: “He is deeply sorry for any inconvenience caused.”,
Of the 83 allegations, the “vast majority (94 percent)” related to conduct allegedly occurring between 2005 and 2018. Only one was confirmed after that time period.