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Titanic

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Wallace issues an apology for the "middle-class women of a certain age" comment.

www.bbc.co.uk

Gregg Wallace apologises for 'middle-class women' comment

It follows him suggesting claims against him came from a handful of "middle-class women of a certain age".
www.bbc.co.uk

MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace has apologised for suggesting allegations against him came from a handful of "middle-class women of a certain age".

"I want to apologise for any offence that I caused with my post yesterday, and any upset I may have caused to a lot of people," he said in a video posted on Instagram.

"I wasn't in a good head space when I posted it. I've been under a huge amount of stress, a lot of emotion, I felt very alone, under seige, yesterday, when I posted it.

"It's obvious to me I need to take some time out while this investigation is under way. I hope you understand and I do hope that you will accept this apology."
 




The Antikythera Mechanism

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To be fair, No. 10's spokesperson has been asked to comment by a journalist and that's all they've done. Yet the twist on it that the media give is that No. 10 have gone out of their way to comment.

At the moment the media have their knives out for the government.
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Titanic said:
Wallace issues an apology for the "middle-class women of a certain age" comment.

www.bbc.co.uk

Gregg Wallace apologises for 'middle-class women' comment

It follows him suggesting claims against him came from a handful of "middle-class women of a certain age".
www.bbc.co.uk

MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace has apologised for suggesting allegations against him came from a handful of "middle-class women of a certain age".

"I want to apologise for any offence that I caused with my post yesterday, and any upset I may have caused to a lot of people," he said in a video posted on Instagram.

"I wasn't in a good head space when I posted it. I've been under a huge amount of stress, a lot of emotion, I felt very alone, under seige, yesterday, when I posted it.

"It's obvious to me I need to take some time out while this investigation is under way. I hope you understand and I do hope that you will accept this apology."
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If I was one of the people he was referring to in the original video, I'd tell him to take his apology and shove it up his buttery biscuit base. There's no way he means a word of that – it's merely the beginning of damage limitation for him acting – or continuing to act – like a berk.
 


Right Brain Ronnie

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Jeremy vine had such a one sided debate on this, he literally had his own trial on his show, suggesting he was guilty, I started to side with Greg as Vine was using his bias so heavily.
Vine is finished and sits a long side linker now, it's time to move them a long.
 


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Right Brain Ronnie said:
Jeremy vine had such a one sided debate on this, he literally had his own trial on his show, suggesting he was guilty, I started to side with Greg as Vine was using his bias so heavily.
Vine is finished and sits a long side linker now, it's time to move them a long.
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Well I, for one am shocked. SHOCKED, I tell you!

:lolol:
 




Eric the meek

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Titanic said:
Wallace issues an apology for the "middle-class women of a certain age" comment.

www.bbc.co.uk

Gregg Wallace apologises for 'middle-class women' comment

It follows him suggesting claims against him came from a handful of "middle-class women of a certain age".
www.bbc.co.uk

MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace has apologised for suggesting allegations against him came from a handful of "middle-class women of a certain age".

"I want to apologise for any offence that I caused with my post yesterday, and any upset I may have caused to a lot of people," he said in a video posted on Instagram.

"I wasn't in a good head space when I posted it. I've been under a huge amount of stress, a lot of emotion, I felt very alone, under seige, yesterday, when I posted it.

"It's obvious to me I need to take some time out while this investigation is under way. I hope you understand and I do hope that you will accept this apology."
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Also in the apology article:

'Wallace's apology came after an earlier video, uploaded on Sunday, in which he said there had been "13 complaints" from "over 4,000 contestants" he had worked with in 20 years on the BBC show MasterChef.'

This begs the question, 'how many complaints from 4000 contestants in 20 years' does he think is acceptable? He obviously thinks a mere 13 complaints is entirely reasonable. What number of complaints would there have to be to register on the Gregg Wallace dial as a bit iffy? 20? 30? 50?
 


schmunk

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Eric the meek said:
Also in the apology article:

'Wallace's apology came after an earlier video, uploaded on Sunday, in which he said there had been "13 complaints" from "over 4,000 contestants" he had worked with in 20 years on the BBC show MasterChef.'

This begs the question, 'how many complaints from 4000 contestants in 20 years' does he think is acceptable? He obviously thinks a mere 13 complaints is entirely reasonable. What number of complaints would there have to be to register on the Gregg Wallace dial as a bit iffy? 20? 30? 50?
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Indeed, "I've met thousands and thousands of people over the last 20 years, and I've only brutally murdered 13 of them" would not form part of a winning trial defence...
 


























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Middle class woman of a certain age here.

Some pretty simple points I'd like to raise here, largely for the "it's only banter" brigade.

(1) Nobody is suggesting- so far- that GW's alleged behaviour is criminal. But just because it doesn't cross the sort of threshold that Savile or Edwards' actions did, doesn't mean we shouldn't act on it. It's still likely misconduct under the HR policy of pretty much any company or organisation out there. Should he be prosecuted? Or course not, at least as far as we know currently. But that doesn't mean it's acceptable for his colleagues to have to put up with it.

(2) Which leads me to the "Can't a bloke make a joke any more?" thing, more commonly known as the Richard Keys Defence. The answer is yes, of course you can. But like anything, the key here is to KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE. It's one thing to make the sort of comments he's supposedly been making within a circle of your close friends, who you know are likely to appreciate them (or at least will openly tell you to f*** off if they don't). It's another thing entirely to do it in front of work colleagues, show guests and others, whom you don't know in the slightest, who may be junior to you in status, or feel intimidated by your position, or feel unable to push back for fear of being singled out for being frigid and humourless (which is a common occurrence for women who speak out against jokes they don't find funny, chaps). It's demeaning and uncomfortable for women who've worked bloody hard to get to their professional positions to be singled out with comments about their tits that men in equivalent roles would never be subjected to, or to feel like some sleazebag 30 years older than them is eyeing them up while they work.

(3) "It's only a misplaced comment"- it may well be, viewed in isolation, but if it's happening ALL THE TIME as part of his office banter routine, it gets tiresome and draining for the recipients. You don't want to be the one to stick your head above the parapet and complain for fear of it affecting your position (especially applicable for the more junior staff mentioned in these reports), or of being branded miserable harridans, as per previous). From the number of people coming forward, it sounds rather like this sort of behaviour was entirely normal for GW, that his everyday office routine consisted of making smutty remarks to show everyone what an absolute BLOKE he is. Sometimes it's not the act itself but the frequency of its occurring that's the problem. Anyone can f*** up: it's how you respond to that which is the issue. Apologise, learn, move on: no problem. Carry on making comments about wanting to smash it and you show yourself up as an ignorant, entitled idiot.

(4) "Why didn't they complain at the time/ why are they all crawling out of the woodwork now?". See previous points- perceived status of GW versus their own, fear of losing their own much cherished positions in the very competitive TV industry, concern about being labelled a delicate, over-sensitive woman who goes running to HR at every opportunity (you only have to see the reactions of the GB News brigade to this episode to understand why women often don't feel comfortable flagging up shit behaviour by certain men). Fear of not being believed often leads people to stay quiet about inappropriate or downright criminal actions. Once one person steps forward, it gives others courage to put their hands up, realising they might finally be listened to.



Anyway: evidently his agent has now got back from holiday, judging by his latest statement. That must have been a fun day in the office :lol:
 


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