The BBC reduces links with the Masterchef Gregg Wallace host after the sexual misconduct report

The BBC said on Monday that it would no longer work with Masterchef The host Gregg Wallace after a report found that dozens of allegations of misconduct formulated against the presenter Hit Cooking Show were confirmed.

The report, directed by a law firm, said that 45 of the 83 allegations formulated against Wallace during his stay on the program between 2005 and 2018 were supported. He said the majority of allegations linked to “sexual language and inappropriate humor”, with an undesirable physical contact incident.

Wallace, 60, has moved away from the accommodation of the successful reality TV show BBC, which is made by an independent production company last year, while a survey was launched in allegations made by several women according to which he had made inappropriate sexual comments and behaved inappropriately over 17 years.

The BBC has undergone pressure on how it manages the allegations of sexual misconduct and how Wallace had continued to face some of its most popular shows for so long despite complaints.

The broadcaster published an apology declaration, adding Wallace’s return Masterchef is untenable. “”

“The BBC informed Mr. Wallace that we do not intend to work with him in the future,” he said. “Although the complete extent of these problems was not known at the relevant moment, the opportunities were missed to fight against this behavior, the two production companies executed Masterchef and the BBC. “”

The broadcaster previously said that Wallace had been warned by his employers after a complaint in 2018, and an internal investigation at the time revealed that his behavior was “unacceptable and not professional”.

The last survey revealed that there was little or no official training or clear climbing procedures in place for the staff – many of those who worked on the program were freelancers – leading to the sub -declaration and the normalization of inappropriate behavior.

Wallace strongly denied the assertions. In December, he drew a conspiration of anger after alleging that complaints concerning his behavior came from “a handful of women in the middle class of a certain age”.

In a statement published on his Instagram account last week, he said: “I will not go quietly. I will not be canceled for more convenience. I was tried by the media and I dragged to dry well before the facts were established.”

Masterchef is one of the most popular and popular competition shows in the BBC and has been adapted in other countries, especially Masterchef Australia.