The late Sean Lock’s comments criticising Gregg Wallace has resurfaced after the MasterChef presenter was accused of misconduct last week.
On Thursday (November 28), it was announced that the presenter was stepping down from MasterChef after a series of complaints were made to the BBC.
The allegations included a pattern of inappropriate sexual comments and actions made by Wallace to 13 people who worked with him over a period of 17 years, with the corporation passing the allegations onto Wallace’s representatives shortly before they were made public.
Wallace’s lawyers said it is entirely false that he engages in behaviour of a sexually harassing nature, while the presenter himself posted a video on social media dismissing the accusers as “middle-class women of a certain age”.
A day later, more women came forward with further allegations, with one claiming that Wallace regularly talked inappropriately about sex, domination and spanking while working on the Channel 5 show Gregg Wallace’s Big Weekends in 2019.
It later emerged that the BBC had received a letter in 2022 that accused Wallace of inappropriate behaviour.
Following the news, users quickly began sharing Lock’s comments on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown about whether Wallace should be seen as a national treasure.
Sean Lock knew that Gregg Wallace was a wrong un. pic.twitter.com/CNYqdwTqGi
— BladeoftheSun (@BladeoftheS) December 1, 2024
“I like him because he wears a hair net even though he’s bald,” said Lock, holding a photo of Wallace. “He goes to a crisp factory and puts on a hair net. Is he worried some baldness will get in the crisps?
“I like him because he’s got no sense of irony or humour. He’s very close to getting through but… I’ve met him.”
Lock died in 2021 at the age of 58 following a long battle with cancer.
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