LISA Faulkner has been seen for the first time since furious Gregg Wallace unfollowed her and husband John Torode on social media.
John, 59, has remained silent since a series of allegations were made against his MasterChef co-host Gregg last week.
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Lisa’s husband John Gregg co-hosts the popular cooking show Credit: Peter Jordan
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Lisa Faulkner pictured in North London on MondayCredit: Peter Jordan
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John and Gregg at The Childline Ball 2019. Credit: Avalon.red
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Wallace, Faulkner and Torode at the opening of ‘Masterchef Live’ in 2010. Credit: Rex
She was seen wheeling a recycling bin before stepping out this morning in a pair of UGG boots.
Gregg is understood to have been left angry at John’s failure to speak out in his own defence.
He has since unfollowed John and Lisa on Instagram in a public show of anger.
A source said: “Gregg is absolutely furious and is convinced he has done nothing wrong.
“Seeing John silent in the middle of all this made him very angry. Gregg and John have been colleagues for almost two decades and although they are not the closest of friends, Gregg feels that John might have something to say.
“He has now deleted them from his Instagram account and unfollowed them both.
“Gregg may seem insignificant, but he’s furious about how this all played out.”
The pair have hosted MasterChef together since 2005, and John was best man at Gregg’s wedding in 2016.
But the following year he distanced himself from Gregg, revealing: “It’s funny, we were never friends.”
It comes after a number of TV stars, including Sir Rod Stewart, Kirsty Wark and Ulrika Jonsson, made the bombastic claims.
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Ratni Gregg is facing an investigation over alleged sexual comments made to 13 BBC colleagues.
He stepped down from the popular cooking show while the investigation is ongoing.
But Gregg came under fire for a bizarre Instagram video posted on Sunday morning in which he blamed “middle-class women of a certain age” for the complaints.
He apologized in the following video on Monday.
Gregg said: “I want to apologize for any offense I caused with my post yesterday and for any upset I may have caused many people.
“I wasn’t in a good place when I announced it. I was under a lot of stress, a lot of emotions.”
In a post this afternoon, he added: “I felt very lonely and under siege yesterday when I posted it.
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Lisa went shopping today Credit: BackGrid
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Gregg is said to be furious with Lisa and John Zasluga’s hsuband: BackGrid
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The couple have hosted MasterChef since 2005. Credit: Enterprise
“It’s obvious to me that I need to take some time off while this investigation is ongoing.
“I hope you understand and I hope you accept this apology.”
The apology came after he was widely mocked for the initial video.
Location Location Location host Kirsty Allsopp and JK Rowling were among the prominent figures to call out his comments.
Gregg Wallace’s career so far
Gregg Wallace has been a familiar face on TV for years thanks to his role as a judge on MasterChef – but let’s take a closer look at his career so far…
- In 1989 he started George Allan’s Greengrocers, which grew to a turnover of £7.5m.
- Gregg’s experience in the world of fruit and vegetables led him to co-host BBC Radio 4’s Veg Talk with Charlie Hicks for seven years.
- He then became the first host of Saturday Kitchen in 2002, a role he held for a year before being replaced by Antony Worrall Thompson in 2003.
- At the same time, Gregg presented a number of food-related TV specials, including Veg Out for the Discovery Channel.
- Gregg landed his most notable TV role as co-host and judge on the BBC’s cooking competition show MasterChef in 2005. He stars alongside John Torode.
- In 2010, Gregg realized another lifelong dream of opening a restaurant. He opened the company Wallace & Co. in Putney.
- Then in 2012 he opened Gregg’s Bar & Grill in a joint venture with the Bermondsey Square Hotel.
- Gregg then landed a guest appearance on the BBC, presenting the documentary Supermarket Secrets in August 2013.
- Unfortunately, times were hard for Gregg, and in the same month it was announced that one of his companies, West Veg Limited, had failed, owing more than £500,000.
- In 2014, both of his restaurants went bust and Wallace & Co owed suppliers £150,000.
- However, his TV career continued to thrive, and in 2015 he became a regular host of the award-winning food documentary series Eat Well for Less? Gregg hosted the show for eight years before he left.
- Gregg then made Telly history again when he revived the BBC’s historical game series Time Commanders.
- More recently, the celebrity chef has presented a number of travel programs such as Big Weekends with Gregg Wallace, South Africa with Gregg Wallace and food mockumentary Gregg Wallace: Britain’s Meat Miracle.
The Sun has learned that at least 13 people complained about Gregg’s behavior while working with him between 2005 and 2022.
The BBC said: “We take any issues that come to us seriously and have robust processes in place to deal with them.
“We have always been clear that any behavior that falls below the standards expected by the BBC will not be tolerated.
“When an individual is hired directly by an outside production company, we share any complaints or concerns with that company.”
The spokesman added: “We will always support them when we reach out to them.
“It would be inappropriate for us to comment on anything that could be part of or otherwise affect Banijay’s ongoing investigation.”
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Gregg took to Instagram to apologize after blaming complaints about him on “middle class women of a certain age” Credit: Enterprise
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Gregg has stepped down from MasterChef pending an investigationCredit: Pixel8000
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