Penny Lancaster has spoken out about MasterChef's Gregg Wallace after her husband, Sir Rod Stewart, criticised the host following his departure from the BBC show amid several misconduct allegations for the first time.The model and Loose Women star, 53, said that she did not know her husband Sir Rod was going to make accusations about Wallace’s behaviour until she saw a post on Instagram.Last month, Sir Rod alleged that the presenter “humiliated” his wife on Celebrity MasterChef in 2021, following Wallace stepping away from the BBC programme while the show’s production company Banijay UK investigates claims of misconduct.Lancaster told ITV’s Loose Women: “I didn’t realise my husband had sent that post out until it was out.Wallace denies all the allegations.
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00:00I most definitely was witness and victim to some of the bullying and harassment
00:08behaviour of Greg Wallace and unfortunately a lot of those involved
00:13in the production team were also witness to that and I really feel that he used
00:19his position of power to I believe intimidate and cause distress to a lot
00:31of people on set and it's really unfortunate that someone like him's
00:35allowed to get away with that and while others sort of stand by and let it
00:39happen at the same time. I got a message from a friend saying oh my god how
00:43amazing was that message your husband put out and I'm like what message was he
00:48done and I was I was in shock and then I thought of all the repercussions from
00:54that but at the same time like a day or two afterwards if I felt a little bit
00:59vindicated that something was put out there you know going back to sort of
01:04that whole me too you know it's it's it's shocking to think how many women do
01:10suffer in the hands of women men sorry in a powerful position and are too
01:14afraid to talk out they don't feel at the time that they're going to be
01:18supported or listened to so sometimes it can take a few years later for
01:22someone to mention something and it gives the other victims and people that
01:27have suffered the confidence to come forward.