nevergoagain
Well-known member
Disagree, he's finished now whatever happens. I should have the choice to watch it or not as should you. What a waste of money if we just bin off the series and what a shame for the contestants.
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[TV] Greg Wallace
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schmunk
Why oh why oh why?
No need to bin it off. Powerful modern AI tools can be used to seamlessly replace The Cockney Bantmeister with a subtly updated presenter:
nicko31
Well-known member
The financial case is irrelevant.
Poor judgement from management with multiple allegations now in the public domain. I'm back fan of the Beeb but they are damaging the brand.
nevergoagain
Well-known member
Irrelevant to you, but you don't speak for everyone. What about the contestants who now have potential future opportunities for career paths up in the air, that's not their fault.
How they deal with the issue itself is what will determine the brand reputation but let's remember that this wasn't directly the beeb but via Banijay who are investigating. Banning episodes and taking down repeats of other series he has made is just pandering in my opinion
METALMICKY
Well-known member
- Jan 30, 2004
- 6,940
Pulling the shows now achieves nothing. To suggest that had they showed them somehow vindicates his behaviour is a bit of a stretch.
Just maybe the BBC should have taken action when they were originally hearing rumblings about him.
Just maybe the BBC should have taken action when they were originally hearing rumblings about him.
nicko31
Well-known member
Dumped as Ambassador for Ambitious About Autism...
www.times-series.co.uk
And now pulled from the Christmas schedules....
www.theguardian.com
We've heard enough
Greg Wallace dropped by autism charity 'in light of recent allegations'
Masterchef presenter Greg Wallace has been dropped as ambassador of Muswell Hill's Ambitious About Autism charity as allegations of inappropriate…
www.times-series.co.uk
And now pulled from the Christmas schedules....
BBC pulls two MasterChef Christmas specials amid Gregg Wallace scandal
Change in festive schedule comes after Wallace stepped away from hosting cookery show amid allegations about his behaviour
www.theguardian.com
We've heard enough
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Clive Walker
Stand Or Fall
still don;t fully understand what he's supposed to have done wrong?
NorthstandRacoon
Well-known member
My 2p worth, whole thing is absolutely absurd, yes, it is a little weird what he said and did, and yes, he should probably have gone a while ago as it isn’t acceptable doing that at work, however, was it really that bad?! probably not. It just feels like yet another which hunt and for once, I feel sorry for the hunted. ALOT of people banter this way, and most aren’t really fussed by it. It might not be entirely acceptable now, but that’s because people are wet flannels today.
We are coming to a point where you really cannot laugh and joke anymore.
If they didn’t like it, then just say, if they felt intimidated, then is that really him or should there be better safeguards?
We are coming to a point where you really cannot laugh and joke anymore.
If they didn’t like it, then just say, if they felt intimidated, then is that really him or should there be better safeguards?
Clive Walker
Stand Or Fall
what did he do and say?
NorthstandRacoon
Well-known member
Just made some odd comments and paraded with his top off, whilst strange, it’s not really anything to ruin anyones life by.
Alot worse people around.
We're really not.
clapham_gull
Legacy Fan
- Aug 20, 2003
- 25,969
It's reported as being a lot worse than "odd" comments.
Gregg Wallace comment left me crying with humiliation, former MasterChef contestant claims
Jackie Kearney appeared on MasterChef in 2011 and later returned as a guest judge. She says Gregg Wallace made sexual innuendos "constantly" - and that crew members would have heard him. Warning - this story includes offensive comments of a sexual nature.
I'm not sure "ruin anyone's life" is a benchmark is it ?
nicko31
Well-known member
I'd imagine its quite hard to move on from that....It's reported as being a lot worse than "odd" comments.
Gregg Wallace comment left me crying with humiliation, former MasterChef contestant claims
Jackie Kearney appeared on MasterChef in 2011 and later returned as a guest judge. She says Gregg Wallace made sexual innuendos "constantly" - and that crew members would have heard him. Warning - this story includes offensive comments of a sexual nature.news.sky.com
I'm not sure "ruin anyone's life" is a benchmark is it ?
mejonaNO12 aka riskit
Well-known member
The first special contained celebs previously on celeb MasterChef. This won't show them in a different light.
The second special contained dancers from strictly.
You can sleep easy tonight
The Clamp
Well-known member
I’m not sure I understand this sentence.
You’re saying if someone is going around being sexually inappropriate, it’s not their fault, there should just be be better safeguards?
Because that’s how it reads.
Besides that, would you be comfortable with your daughter getting into a lift and have a 55 yr old man begin telling her how he licked his wife’s fanny out before breakfast this morning?
You’d be okay with that? If your daughter or wife came home from work, upset because that had happened you are seriously telling me your response would be “blimey love, we can’t even have a laugh and a joke anymore”?
Hmmm.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
He made some odd comments! Ok. Maybe read up on the things he did say. There are 300 posts in this thread, and on one of them there is a list of the allegations. Do some reading and stop trying to pass it off as lads banter to appear cool.
To help, it's on post 181
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Birdie Boy
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- Jun 17, 2011
- 4,448
Definitely but at the time everyone said he meant nothing by it and it was just his way.... I never met him so no idea
The Clamp
Well-known member
Are you sure?
jamie-oh
Active member
'was it really that bad'
It might not be from your point of view, as i'm presuming you're male and probably much less likely to hear this kind of hilarious banter, plus be significantly less likely to be intimidated by it.
But if you're a woman, and he's going round with his top off, his first comment to you (in a supposedly professional environment!) is about sexual acts, and he's the 'star' so already holds a lot of the power in a room, i'm sure its a pretty uncomfortable situation. Without even considering the frankly disgusting amounts of women who have suffered sexual violence at some point or another in their lives.
He's a bully, he's intimidating people, and he's using the 'i was just having a laugh' as an immediate defence.
It might not be from your point of view, as i'm presuming you're male and probably much less likely to hear this kind of hilarious banter, plus be significantly less likely to be intimidated by it.
But if you're a woman, and he's going round with his top off, his first comment to you (in a supposedly professional environment!) is about sexual acts, and he's the 'star' so already holds a lot of the power in a room, i'm sure its a pretty uncomfortable situation. Without even considering the frankly disgusting amounts of women who have suffered sexual violence at some point or another in their lives.
He's a bully, he's intimidating people, and he's using the 'i was just having a laugh' as an immediate defence.
Deportivo Seagull
I should coco
That is just .. weird.