Author Marisa Mackle has said MasterChef host Gregg Wallace ruined her 40th birthday with a two-hour long, foul-mouthed talk about sex while in a five-star restaurant
A best-selling author has claimed under-fire controversial MasterChef star Gregg Wallace ruined her birthday with foul-mouthed sex talk for up to TWO HOURS.
She went on to claim: "We went in, there was only one other table, and there were two men and two women and, you know, they just seemed like they were just like normal couples having a good time and laughing. I don't mind people being loud and laughing, but the next minute, I was like, hearing all this really vulgar stuff about this man. I didn't know who he was. It was just this loud English accent talking about sex positions, you know, a favourite sex position.
"You know, he didn't care that other people were around trying to enjoy their night. And the thing is, I just think somebody who behaves like that in public, they're going to behave like that everywhere.” Today, having played down the levels of complaints against him over the weekend, he formally apologised. He had previously claimed complaints about his behaviour came from "a handful of middle-class women of a certain age".
It follows a backlash to the comments made over the weekend, with Downing Street saying his response to the accusations was "inappropriate and misogynistic". The 60-year-old faces allegations from 13 people across a range of shows over a 17-year period, as reported by BBC News on Thursday, with many others sharing their experiences in recent days.
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