Gregg Wallace, the co-host of MasterChef, is angry at John Torode for not supporting him during accusations of inappropriate behavior. The tension has led Wallace to unfollow Torode on social media, reflecting a significant rift in their long-standing professional relationship.
The pair seem to have endured an on-off friendship over the last 20 years . READ MORE: Gregg Wallace is said to be 'furious' with John Torode - his MasterChef co-host of almost 20 years - after he failed to publicly support him over allegations of sexually inappropriate behaviour.
In October John's wife Lisa Faulkner said of her time on MasterChef: 'Greg just told rude joke after rude joke to the crew. You're just sitting there and if you're on the front bench just chopping away thinking, 'I've got ten minutes left,' and he's saying, 'So this girl walked into a bar...
Wallace had said: 'I've been doing MasterChef for 20 years, amateur, celebrity and professional MasterChef, and I think, in that time, I have worked with over 4,000 contestants of all different ages, all different backgrounds, all walks of life. Speaking this afternoon the Prime Minister's official spokesman said: 'Clearly the comments that we've seen from the individual over the weekend were completely inappropriate, misogynistic'.
As Gregg takes his leave from the cooking show, many fans have been left wondering who will replace him in MasterChef. And their relationship will surely have been made even more difficult after John's wife Lisa Faulkner claimed Gregg made 'rude joke after rude joke' while MasterChef was being filmed.
Having attended Gregg's fourth wedding to Anne Marie, 37, as his best man just a year earlier in 2016, just a year later John said they'd 'never actually been friends'. He continued: 'If we go away to somewhere like South Africa, we do things separately... If we do go out for a drink, I'll invariably be at one end of a big old table and he'll be at the other.'
And when the two do come together, things don't always play out as smoothly as they appear on camera, as John previously admitted to booze fuelled spats with his cohost in the past. Gregg and John are pictured at MasterChef Live in 2009 During the interview, the pair were asked what the most thoughtful thing had done for each other was, to which Gregg said his co-host has supported him with his mental health.
In 2017, The pair gave the impression of a long and close friendship, with each reciting each other's habits, such as Greg's early morning rises to workout and enjoy a hotel breakfast, and John's blasé attitude to flying Gregg told The Radio Times: 'As far as I know, nobody's written a bestselling pamphlet on how to be a successful TV couple, which is what we are.
Gregg added: 'I just constantly crack jokes. When John does it can be hilarious, because he's normally in serious chef and judge mode. But I'm funnier.' 'What's great about having a partnership is that if one of you is a bit off, a bit down, the other one naturally steps up, so I rely on John a lot.'
Since the allegations made against Gregg, his TV aide has failed to address the ongoing dispute and axing of his cohost from the show. Already recorded episodes of MasterChef: The Professionals, which is currently on BBC One and featuring Wallace, will transmit as planned into December.
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