Gregg Wallace ‘thought about suicide all the time’ after scandal
He denies the allegations.
Gregg Wallace has said he ‘thought about suicide all the time’ after being investigated over misconduct allegations late last year.
The TV presenter, 60, stepped back from the show following a number of complaints and accusations made against him, which he has denied.
Last month, he was seen with his wife Anne-Marie Sterpini for the first time since the scandal, seemingly putting on a united front.
On MasterChef, Wallace was replaced by Chef Anna Haugh after criticism for his statement, which claimed the complaints came from ‘middle-class women of a certain age’.
The allegations led to an external investigation by MasterChef’s production company Banijay UK, which is ongoing.
‘Nobody should be left on their own to face something like this,’ Wallace told the Daily Mail of the backlash. ‘It’s very difficult to explain the pressure unless you’ve been through it. I thought about suicide all the time.’
He worried how his death would impact wife Anne-Marie Sterpini (Picture: REX/Shutterstock)He shared that he thought the impact his death would have on his wife, whether she would get his money, and if his insurance was up to date.
Wallace confessed he believed the situation would be ‘better’ for Sterpini if he ‘wasn’t here’.
The TV presenter addressed controversial social media posts, which even attracted attention from Sir Keir Starmer, who slammed his words as ‘misogynistic’.
He claimed the BBC had not contacted him after the allegations became public, but the online discourse left Wallace wanting to defend himself.
‘I hadn’t slept for four days,’ the former greengrocer continued. ‘The feeling of being under attack, of isolation, of abandonment was overwhelming. News channels were updating hourly with new allegations.’
Reporters appeared outside his home, and the backlash online steadily grew, with celebrities like Sir Rod Stewart weighing in.
