Topic: Chef left 'crying' over Wallace comment
Anonymous A started this discussion 1 year ago #121,969
A former MasterChef contestant has told Sky News that Gregg Wallace made innuendos "constantly" during filming and was heard by crew members - and that one sexually inappropriate comment left her in tears.
Jackie Kearney, who is now a chef and recipe book author, finished fourth in the BBC cooking show in 2011, and later returned as a guest judge.
During her time on the show, Kearney said the presenter would make "sexual innuendos about women when they weren't in earshot", as well as in front of them.
She said: "There were several times that he would comment on my legs, or comment on the skirts I was wearing... he made a comment once: 'If I'd known you had legs like that, maybe you'd have made it further'."
In 2015, Kearney published the first in a series of books about vegan food. Following the publication of her second in 2017, she returned to MasterChef as a guest judge and said she wanted to give Wallace and his co-presenter John Torode a copy.
"I was feeling really proud of it," she said. "John as ever was a complete gentleman." Wallace was "in the middle of filming", she said, in the studio having his make-up retouched when she approached him.
"There was crew everywhere and he was mic'ed up," she said. "I came into the studio and was like, 'Hi Gregg, I've got something for you!' And he said, 'Oh, is it a present for my cock?'"
Kearney said she was so shocked that she stopped still.
"I felt like I wanted the ground to swallow me up. The humiliation and embarrassment... but it wasn't just about what he said. I felt so humiliated, I felt so stupid."
She said she walked away "as quickly as possible", went to the toilets and cried.
"The tears were about feeling humiliated, feeling small, feeling made to feel 'less than'. I also went around that day hating what I was wearing because he'd already commented on my legs earlier that day."
She said there was "no way" other people did not hear Wallace's "innuendos constantly throughout filming" and that it was put down to "lad culture" and "banter - but if it's just banter and it's fun, then why am I crying in the toilet?"
Jackie Kearney, who is now a chef and recipe book author, finished fourth in the BBC cooking show in 2011, and later returned as a guest judge.
During her time on the show, Kearney said the presenter would make "sexual innuendos about women when they weren't in earshot", as well as in front of them.
She said: "There were several times that he would comment on my legs, or comment on the skirts I was wearing... he made a comment once: 'If I'd known you had legs like that, maybe you'd have made it further'."
In 2015, Kearney published the first in a series of books about vegan food. Following the publication of her second in 2017, she returned to MasterChef as a guest judge and said she wanted to give Wallace and his co-presenter John Torode a copy.
"I was feeling really proud of it," she said. "John as ever was a complete gentleman." Wallace was "in the middle of filming", she said, in the studio having his make-up retouched when she approached him.
"There was crew everywhere and he was mic'ed up," she said. "I came into the studio and was like, 'Hi Gregg, I've got something for you!' And he said, 'Oh, is it a present for my cock?'"
Kearney said she was so shocked that she stopped still.
"I felt like I wanted the ground to swallow me up. The humiliation and embarrassment... but it wasn't just about what he said. I felt so humiliated, I felt so stupid."
She said she walked away "as quickly as possible", went to the toilets and cried.
"The tears were about feeling humiliated, feeling small, feeling made to feel 'less than'. I also went around that day hating what I was wearing because he'd already commented on my legs earlier that day."
She said there was "no way" other people did not hear Wallace's "innuendos constantly throughout filming" and that it was put down to "lad culture" and "banter - but if it's just banter and it's fun, then why am I crying in the toilet?"
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 8 minutes later[^] [v] #1,332,039
Sounds like she just hoping to make some cash with some made up lies.
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 13 minutes later, 21 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,332,043
I can say it was a surreal experience, I was the butt of the sexual jokes for a gaggle of crass old ladies at one job I had when I was a lad. I was there to take my $8/hour and go home to my shitty leaky trailer, not deal with that too. I can only imagine for the lady folk what it's like. And no I didn't break off any old biddy ass.
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 2 minutes later, 23 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,332,045
She should have said "yes" and shown a knife then cut his dick off tbh.
boof joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 1 hour later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,332,051
'Hi Gregg, I've got something for you!' And he said, 'Oh, is it a present for my cock?'
that's a good line though
that's a good line though
