Gregg Wallace thinks he would have “probably hit the bottle” if he had not taken care of himself amid his MasterChef scandal.
The previous host of the BBC One cookery present was sacked by the BBC on July 14 – the day a report by the unbiased regulation agency Lewis Silkin, on behalf of MasterChef’s manufacturing firm Banijay UK, into Gregg’s alleged inappropriate behaviour, substantiated 45 out of 83 allegations, together with claims of inappropriate sexual language, humour, and one alleged incident of “unwelcome bodily contact” by Gregg, 60.
After the company mentioned it had “no plans to work” with the star once more, Gregg insisted to The Solar newspaper on July 25 that he’s “not a groper, a intercourse pest or a flasher”.
In the course of the scandal, Gregg determined to “train higher” and get “higher diet”, and he thinks this has helped him survive the ordeal.
Talking in a video of him in Canary Wharf, London, which he posted to his Instagram account on Tuesday (29.07.25), Gregg admitted: “Good morning. It is virtually 6am. Solar’s developing over Canary Wharf. My mate Danny, he is acquired health studios down right here, so I’ve come down right here to coach with him.
“Look, it has been a troublesome few months, and I decided when all this began to essentially try to take care of myself bodily.
“So, I train higher than I ever did earlier than. I acquired higher diet than I ever did earlier than, and I do not know what I’d have completed with out that. Presumably hit the bottle. I do not know. However right here I’m in in all probability the perfect bodily situation I’ve ever been.”
In his first interview because the launch of the Lewis Silkin report into his alleged inappropriate behaviour, Gregg informed The Solar newspaper that his actions had been “perceived incorrectly”.
He mentioned: “I’m not saying I’m not responsible of stuff, however a lot has been perceived incorrectly. Issues that basically harm me and harm my household.
“Individuals suppose I’ve been taking my trousers down and exposing myself – I’m not a flasher.
“Individuals suppose I’m a intercourse pest. I’m not. I’m not sexist or a misogynist or any of it. There by no means have been any allegations of sexual harassment.”
The Lewis Silkin report additionally upheld an allegation of an “extraordinarily offensive racist time period getting used within the office”, with Gregg’s former MasterChef co-star John Torode, 60, later figuring out himself as the person alleged to have used racist language in 2018 or 2019, “for the sake of transparency” in an Instagram publish.
On July 15, the company introduced that John’s contract wouldn’t be renewed.
John denied utilizing a racist phrase and mentioned he has “no recollection” of utilizing racist language.
Gregg informed The Solar: “He’s not a racist.”
The BBC just lately confirmed will probably be airing the final sequence of the crisis-hit MasterChef that was introduced by Gregg and John – and was filmed in 2024 – following “cautious consideration and session with the contestants”.
To respect the cooks who gave “a lot to the method”, it would broadcast from August 6 on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
