Disgraced Gregg Wallace cashing in by selling £40 | UK News

Gregg Wallace could have been booted off the BBC, but the disgraced TV presenter has discovered a new approach to money in — and it’s proving profitable. The former MasterChef host is now incomes hundreds filming personalised Valentine’s Day messages for followers, despite being axed after a damning investigation into his behaviour. Wallace, 61, is charging £40 a pop on fan video platform Cameo — and insiders say he’s on course to pull in around £20,000 a month.

That places him on monitor for an estimated £240,000 a 12 months, more than half of his outdated £400,000 BBC wage. Wallace is at present the fourth busiest celeb on the platform and guarantees a speedy turnaround, pledging to ship videos within seven hours. Plugging the service on Instagram, he told followers the messages might be “sincere, heartfelt, cheeky or funny”. He added: “Have you forgotten Valentine’s Day? Don’t worry. My average turnaround is seven hours so you’ve still got time – guys, we’ve got this.”

But not everybody was impressed. One follower questioned the transfer, writing: “Do you not think that’s weird after what’s been said about you in recent times?”

Wallace hit back bluntly, replying: “None of it is true.” Another steered he was opening himself up to ridicule. The former greengrocer shrugged it off, responding: “Oh that’s okay. It’s working.”

Wallace was sacked from MasterChef last 12 months after an in depth probe upheld claims he used “inappropriate inappropriate language and humour” while working on the show.

Complaints spanned practically twenty years and included allegations from celeb contestants.

He had beforehand sparked outrage by dismissing critics as “a handful of middle-class women of a certain age” — feedback that only intensified the backlash.

A subsequent report upheld 45 of the 83 allegations made against Wallace between 2005 and 2024, including one declare of “unwelcome physical contact”.

The investigation, performed by a manufacturing company on behalf of MasterChef and Eat Well For Less, also discovered two other people have been dealing with contemporary probes.

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In response, the BBC confirmed it will “never work” with Wallace again, stating that a return to MasterChef can be “untenable” amid doubts he may “change his behaviour”.

The company said it takes the findings “very seriously” and is prioritising additional allegations upheld against other people. A closing choice on whether or not the most latest sequence of MasterChef will air has yet to be made, leaving the future of the show hanging in the steadiness.

Last 12 months, a BBC News investigation revealed allegations from 13 people who labored with Wallace across a vary of programmes, including former Newsnight host Kirsty Wark.

A complete of 45 out of the 83 allegations made against the presenter during his time on MasterChef have been substantiated, including one allegation of “unwelcome physical contact”.

The report, performed by a manufacturing company on behalf of MasterChef and Eat Well For Less, also discovered two other people had allegations made against them.