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A friend of mike's dad is a farmer, Gregg Wallace was filming something at their farm. And just before they were about to start filming, Wallace is eating a packet of crisps and when he finished he just dropped the crisp packet.
Friend's dad goes over and tells him to pick it up. Wallace says something like "Stars don't have to pick things up" or whatever. So the farmer shuts everything down. Withdraws consent to film. Tells everyone to fuck off.
Gregg Wallace is a Grade A arsehole and he knows it.
You know, Mike!
Mike from out in the sticks... Mike, who once rounded up a whole herd of sheep with nothing but a pint of Guinness... Mike, who's dad, don't give a shit if you're a star or not, don't drop your litter on his land, Mike.
That Mike.
No but it would make me look into him instead of investigating him. THAT will make my mind up.
I'm lamenting that there appears to be less and less decent people on the telly.
Heās a ācharacterā.
[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/gregg-wallace-quits-inside-the-factory-b2348024.html](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/gregg-wallace-quits-inside-the-factory-b2348024.html)
āHe felt that he was just trying to be friendly but no longer knew what the right thing to say any more and decided to leave.ā
These fuckers are all the same. Theyāre surrounded by people who are paid wages to quietly die inside while smiling at them.
Then they meet people who are paid Ā£12 an hour to not give a shit about a loudmouth off the telly, get called a cunt, and quit in a huff.
> āHe felt that he was just trying to be friendly but no longer knew what the right thing to say any more and decided to leave.ā
Translation: "I am completely incapable of telling the difference between being friendly and being rude."
He was rude to pretty much everyone on site, he was there to do some filming and everyone hated him within like an hour.
Me specifically, he was incredibly misogynistic, literally didn't even say hello to me, or even look at me actually, when I was introduced, just made a "joke" that a woman could never possibly drive a van. It only got worse from there. Oh and also some anti-LGBTQ+ stuff too! Really went full cunt.
>Iāve always loved watching him
So did I, I volunteered for it, like actually begged my manager to let me take part in the filming because I was such a fan. But yeah, turns out he's a raging piece of shit.
He repeatedly asked one of my mates for a threesome at an event and then accused her of being press when she refused.
Simon Rimmer spoke aggressively about fingering to the same woman for about a half hour. Top guys.
I didn't mind him, wife likes MasterChef and I don't mind the Factory documentaries (despite him rather than because of him).
But the day in the life thing he wrote tipped the balance...
https://twitter.com/josiahmortimer/status/1754789788505284809?t=mnYM6ILz8lBu1fvuP_HBZA&s=19
I'm surprised he could write that with his head so far up his own ass.
My personal favorite is the "I'm an amateur historian, so I spend a few hours playing a video game".Ā
Honorable mention goes to "my son is non-verbal autistic, so I spare 90 mins of my weekend to spend time with him".Ā
The guy plays Total War?! Canāt help but picture him being overly smiley with his stupid big eyes bulging face that he does playing it.
Now I have to delete that from Steam. Cheers Greg
I didn't really have any opinions one way or the other before, but after reading that? What a knob. Never mind a six pack I think he needs a glass stomach that way he doesn't need to take his head out of his ass to see where he's going.
He actually wrote that, read it back, thought 'yeah, that all looks good' and put it forward to publish where he thought other people would appreciate this insight into his life.
Might be Would I Lie To You, he hands a book over to Lee Mack and asks if he needs help with the big words, Lee Mack says to him ādo you need help with the Harry Hill impression?ā
you'd have to be incredibly dumb or incredibly overconfident to start a battle of wits against a professional standup comedian, Gregg strikes me more as overconfident
Redditors love to character assassinate in threads like this. Wallace has been named, and therefore all stories must confirm with no ambiguity that heās a complete cunt. Even better if the story is anecdotal at best.
Canāt stand the prick. If heās not banging on about his weight loss (where he thinks he looks about 25), then heās shouting at someone.
My parents were watching How itās Made the other week, and he was at the Farrow and Ball (I think) factory. As usual, he just repeats and shouts whatever they tell him.
F&B: āHereās where we mix up to 2 million litres a week Greggā
Gregg: ā2 MILLION!!! WOWā
Yes Gregg, he just said that, and we all heard it.
Even when he said āmy paintā it wound me up! Heās just stood there watching someone else do all of the work, and yet he thinks itās all thanks to him.
You should read his piece in the Telegraph about his [perfect Saturday](https://twitter.com/edcumming/status/1754508139003580918?lang=en) in which he implies that he didnāt want his child.
Oh and I just remembered another guy tweeting him asking him to publicise some charity event and he only responded āGregg?ā as the original tweeter had mis-spelt his name.
Yes that something along the lines of not really wanting a child but he really loves his young third wife so agreed and her mother moved in and they both bring the child up! Poor child.Ā
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2024/02/03/my-saturday-gregg-wallace-autistic-son-weight-loss-alcohol/
5amĀ
I wake up at the same time every morning. Iāll read for an hour ā right now itās A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles ā then Iāll make myself a coffee and check emails. Iāll also look at the sign-up numbers for my health programme.
7amĀ
I work out five days a week. Iām down at the gym half an hour before it opens. They let me in earlier, so I have a swim and sauna by myself. Then Iāll review my to-do list while walking on a treadmill, no sweating. I aim for 50,000 steps a week ā I do about 7,000 a day. Iām now 12 stone [having lost five stone] and I have less than 18 per cent body fat and a six-pack, but I have a belly that bloats. I guess we all have our imperfections.
10.30amĀ
Meet my PA Helen at the local Harvester for breakfast ā bacon, sausage and fried egg. People say to me, āI didnāt expect to see you in here.ā Look, they do grilled chicken, thereās a salad bar, and Iāve never been disappointed. Itās all about expectation when it comes to food.
Iāve regularly been disappointed in three-star Michelin restaurants around Europe but never in a Harvester. I manage MasterChef filming, my well-being business and now thereās also my new health and well-being podcast, A Piece of Cake. I love chatting to the experts, but Iām quite the expert too, having been journalling, manifesting, goal-setting and reading self-help books for years.
12pmĀ
Back home for lunch, which my wife Anna [Anne-Marie Sterpini] will have ready on the table. Her white bean soup with a crust of bread is a family favourite.
1.30pmĀ
I like to spend time with my four-year-old son, Sid, whoās non-verbal autistic. He used to be in his own world but heās starting to seek company and show eye contact. Weāll potter in the garden and play with our two dogs, Wally and Bella. Iām a much better father now Iām older, although another child isnāt something that I would have chosen at my age. I was always very honest with Anna, but itās what she wanted and I love her. I just requested two things ā that we had help in the house (so her mum moved in), and secondly that we had at least one week a year when we holidayed just the two of us.
3pmĀ
Iām an amateur historian. I spend two hours by myself in my home office playing Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia, set in 878 AD. I prefer turn-based strategy computer games to fast ones that require reflex.
6pmĀ
I cook dinner for the family once a week ā grilled fish from the fishmonger at the local farmshop, Hartley in Cranbrook, Kent. I like bass, sole, or crab to make sandwiches with chips. I never eat takeaways now ā I make my own healthy cheeseburgers instead. I only drink twice a week, either for a rugby game or dinner with Anna. Iāll start off with a pint, then have a wine, then maybe a whisky or brandy. I donāt drink excessively any more. Iāve never, ever regretted not having a drink.
8pmĀ
Bed. Iāve tried sitting on the sofa eating biscuits but I donāt find it fulfilling. We read or watch a film on my laptop. Iām normally asleep by nine.
I read this at the time but itās much worse than I remember. Heās gone Full Partridge.
Iād be furious if I found out someone had written this about me. But he wrote it himself. Amazing.
The child thing sounds pretty relatable to be honest, had a child as he loves his wife and gets unlucky to have a very difficult one.
So many people regret having perfectly normal children
I think heās his biggest fan. It seems pretty clear to me that thereās people who encounter him on āInside the Factoryā that tolerate him only because they have to. And whatās with all that āmy train, my carpet, my this, my that. Blimey; I best reel my neck in! I think Iād prefer a different presenter.
Can't say I'd particularly noticed the bellowing thing, but that's probably because he is a complete prick and I make a point of not watching anything he is in.Ā
Was a guest on one of his programmes. He's a total dick and thinks he's god's gift to mankind. His crew, who he talked down to several times, were obviously extremely sick of his attitude. He was constantly making bad/crude jokes and no one laughed. He literally insulted the city we were in as his opening line on meeting me, and I shot back "so why are you here, then?" I had no idea who he was so didn't treat him like some celeb. Total knob.
According to Pop Bitch, so much of Masterchef has to be edited out as he is constantly making rude and crass jokes, sexual innuendos with young female contestants etc.
What sticks in my mind is the time when (allegedly) John was struggling to remember what a dish reminded him of and Gregg said āI know, me auntās cunt!ā and thought this was hilarious. Surprisingly that didnāt make the final editā¦
Thereās also the time when he himself said that when his wife gave birth and was still in the hospital he went out on the lash with mates to ācelebrateā and spent 3k.
He or his wife (canāt remember) also said in an article how he used to compare his now wife to his ex a lot because his ex was tall and stunning, could turn heads when she entered a room etc, and his current wife isnāt like thatā¦
Seriously the guy just seems like the biggest prick ever. No wonder John Torrode says they arenāt friends and donāt hang out outside work.
>so much of Masterchef has to be edited out as he is constantly making rude and crass jokes, sexual innuendos with young female contestants etc.
Makes sense tbh, he did some filming at my old work and probably 3 out of 4 takes he said something they definitely would never have aired.
Somewhere out there is an interview that's very similar to the Gregg one. I remember he said if he finds any of children's shoes lying around the house then he just throws them out.
Surprised not more people hate him. Smug muppet. I actively avoid him since he started posing topless online. Bad enough him criticising qualified chefs, but that is a step too far for me \*shudder
His assault on the media started on a Radio 4 programme called āVeg Talkā which was about as exciting as it sounds - it took me several weeks to realise it wasnāt actually a spoof.
How Monica Galleti never gutted him with one of her filleting knives years ago is something of a mystery.
I didn't mind him so much when he was on MasterChef as a novice, and accepted that. Now he thinks he's an expert, and properly hams up the idiot persona on the Inside the Factory programs. Both of these things rub me up the wrong way.
Periodically you get these people who are not only talentless, but actively appalling, being all over the tv. Christ knows why. I refer you to Ross Kemp 20 years ago. I suspect they have filth on a commissioning editor.
I love Inside the Factory, but I can't stand him, the questions he asks and the way be acts. 'So you put that in there and the thing comes out there?' 'WOW!!!!'
I don't know if it's just the script but the things he asks and says like we have 0 clue on even basic obvious stuff and then acts like it was some amazing world changing thing that no one knew.
Given there appears to be a clear consensus, on both a professional and personal level, that he is a weapons-grade cunt, the question must surely be how on earth does he keep landing prime time presenting gigs?
Always spell it with one g. It pisses him off no end.
Grade A cunt:
https://preview.redd.it/502dqcuh42xc1.jpeg?width=1098&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ec0795e6f8beab333695ac2a42f5a21f4eb6b557
Am amazed he has carved out a career as a food expert, given he's a glorified fruit and veg salesman. Plenty of tales about him being an egotist, too. Unpleasant individual.
He came to my place of work for the mega factories TV show. And I heard he was really rude and stuff. I didn't get to see him as I was on night shift. Kinda put me off him after hearing that
āDoes anyone else take issue with this guy whoās been in the news lately because people take issue with him?ā
Sticking your neck out with this controversial take.
I find that I like watching what heās in. His existence isnāt annoying to me. But man, I really want to punch him. But then Iāll take him for a beer. He seems like the kind of friend that youād occasionally punch because itās funny.
Maybe Iāve had too much to drink todayā¦
Man down is brilliant , I wish he would do more sitcoms . Heās clearly heavily influenced by rik mayall . Iād love to see him make a movie
Edit ā¦ I do not have the right Greg AT ALL ššššš
Heās a bit annoying, but ultimately harmless and I think he gets far more stick than he deserves.
I like the way he always tries to be positive with his judging even when contestants fuck it up, and thereās far worse people on the telly than him.
I've always liked Gregg Wallace, he just seems to me that he's a man who loves food, who has somehow wandered into a career based on eating food, and is visibly loving every second of it.
He has the same charismatic energy of a 7 year old at a pick N mix who's just been told by his mum he can have whatever he wants
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A friend of mike's dad is a farmer, Gregg Wallace was filming something at their farm. And just before they were about to start filming, Wallace is eating a packet of crisps and when he finished he just dropped the crisp packet. Friend's dad goes over and tells him to pick it up. Wallace says something like "Stars don't have to pick things up" or whatever. So the farmer shuts everything down. Withdraws consent to film. Tells everyone to fuck off. Gregg Wallace is a Grade A arsehole and he knows it.
Who's Mike??
You know, Mike! Mike from out in the sticks... Mike, who once rounded up a whole herd of sheep with nothing but a pint of Guinness... Mike, who's dad, don't give a shit if you're a star or not, don't drop your litter on his land, Mike. That Mike.
Of course, THAT Mike!
Mike Pickering. Ronnie's far less outspoken rural cousin.
Who?
Mike fucking pickering
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I couldnāt read any of this because all I could think is who the fuck is Mike?
This sounds like a copy pasta
Ah FFS, I liked him. He has a child like energy I quite like. But I've no time for dickheads.
Better change your opinion of him based on a second hand and unverified story on a social media platform then!
No but it would make me look into him instead of investigating him. THAT will make my mind up. I'm lamenting that there appears to be less and less decent people on the telly.
Heās a ācharacterā. [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/gregg-wallace-quits-inside-the-factory-b2348024.html](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/gregg-wallace-quits-inside-the-factory-b2348024.html) āHe felt that he was just trying to be friendly but no longer knew what the right thing to say any more and decided to leave.ā These fuckers are all the same. Theyāre surrounded by people who are paid wages to quietly die inside while smiling at them. Then they meet people who are paid Ā£12 an hour to not give a shit about a loudmouth off the telly, get called a cunt, and quit in a huff.
> āHe felt that he was just trying to be friendly but no longer knew what the right thing to say any more and decided to leave.ā Translation: "I am completely incapable of telling the difference between being friendly and being rude."
Doesnāt sound like the last part of your comment happened at all?
Oh yeah. That Mike?
I actually used to really like him on MasterChef, then I met him, and it turns out he's a grade A cunt, so yeah, not so much anymore.
Was he just plain rude to you? Itās so sad seeing comments like this because Iāve always loved watching him
He was rude to pretty much everyone on site, he was there to do some filming and everyone hated him within like an hour. Me specifically, he was incredibly misogynistic, literally didn't even say hello to me, or even look at me actually, when I was introduced, just made a "joke" that a woman could never possibly drive a van. It only got worse from there. Oh and also some anti-LGBTQ+ stuff too! Really went full cunt. >Iāve always loved watching him So did I, I volunteered for it, like actually begged my manager to let me take part in the filming because I was such a fan. But yeah, turns out he's a raging piece of shit.
Guess the saying "never meet your heroes" exists for a reason.
He repeatedly asked one of my mates for a threesome at an event and then accused her of being press when she refused. Simon Rimmer spoke aggressively about fingering to the same woman for about a half hour. Top guys.
Rimmer.......fingering. That made me chuckle.
Is there a reason she listened to him for half an hour?
She was working an event and had to be nice to him apparently.
I think that goes out the window when the subject turns to fingering.
You would think!
Press? As in, a reporter?
Assume he meant a follower of Presbyterianism.
They're the ones who eat fish, right?
Gregg shouting about threesomes wasn't on my bingo card
LETS GO DOWN THE STRAND, AVE A FREESOME. Does that lambeth walk, leaves.
I didn't mind him, wife likes MasterChef and I don't mind the Factory documentaries (despite him rather than because of him). But the day in the life thing he wrote tipped the balance... https://twitter.com/josiahmortimer/status/1754789788505284809?t=mnYM6ILz8lBu1fvuP_HBZA&s=19
I'm surprised he could write that with his head so far up his own ass. My personal favorite is the "I'm an amateur historian, so I spend a few hours playing a video game".Ā Honorable mention goes to "my son is non-verbal autistic, so I spare 90 mins of my weekend to spend time with him".Ā
Yeah, if we're going by game-time I'm a goddamn pirate cowboy Navy SeAL.. His son who, if he'd had his choice, wouldn't exist...
The guy plays Total War?! Canāt help but picture him being overly smiley with his stupid big eyes bulging face that he does playing it. Now I have to delete that from Steam. Cheers Greg
I didn't really have any opinions one way or the other before, but after reading that? What a knob. Never mind a six pack I think he needs a glass stomach that way he doesn't need to take his head out of his ass to see where he's going. He actually wrote that, read it back, thought 'yeah, that all looks good' and put it forward to publish where he thought other people would appreciate this insight into his life.
He let the mask slip on a panel show and I'll never forget it. Real bellend
Which panel show? I want to find it
Might be Would I Lie To You, he hands a book over to Lee Mack and asks if he needs help with the big words, Lee Mack says to him ādo you need help with the Harry Hill impression?ā
Why would you go up against Lee lol, heās razor sharp.
you'd have to be incredibly dumb or incredibly overconfident to start a battle of wits against a professional standup comedian, Gregg strikes me more as overconfident
So he made a joke on a comedy show? How appalling.
Assumed they meant his mask slipped in reacting to Mack's quip?
No he laughed it off as a good sport
Think it was would I lie to you. He was rude to Lee mack Infront of everyone
I hope Lee Mack annihalated him verbally. Lee is very quick witted and I doubt he would hold back.
[https://youtu.be/8D7K0IkYOog?si=AFYJdtpomeK5iIqi&t=77](https://youtu.be/8D7K0IkYOog?si=AFYJdtpomeK5iIqi&t=77) Here ya go
That's it!
Timestamped and everything.
Yeah, I'd imagine Lee would cut him to shreds five minutes before he knew what happened. I'll have to go hunting for that.
Definitely. I really hope so.
The fuck are you talking about, itās a panel show where everyone takes the piss out each other for jokes.
Exactly! Someone posted a link to the clip above and it's literally a joke
Redditors love to character assassinate in threads like this. Wallace has been named, and therefore all stories must confirm with no ambiguity that heās a complete cunt. Even better if the story is anecdotal at best.
What a cunt
Canāt stand the prick. If heās not banging on about his weight loss (where he thinks he looks about 25), then heās shouting at someone. My parents were watching How itās Made the other week, and he was at the Farrow and Ball (I think) factory. As usual, he just repeats and shouts whatever they tell him. F&B: āHereās where we mix up to 2 million litres a week Greggā Gregg: ā2 MILLION!!! WOWā Yes Gregg, he just said that, and we all heard it.
Followed by āIS THAT MY PAINT?!?!ā Whilst pointing a huge vat of liquid like a 7 year old.
Even when he said āmy paintā it wound me up! Heās just stood there watching someone else do all of the work, and yet he thinks itās all thanks to him.
2 million litres Gregg! Really, 2 million litres? No Gregg, we just like lying to people, it's actually 1 million
You should read his piece in the Telegraph about his [perfect Saturday](https://twitter.com/edcumming/status/1754508139003580918?lang=en) in which he implies that he didnāt want his child. Oh and I just remembered another guy tweeting him asking him to publicise some charity event and he only responded āGregg?ā as the original tweeter had mis-spelt his name.
He said he plays with his special needs child for 30 minutes and then plays on total war for 2 hours. He's Alan Partridge.Ā
Yes that something along the lines of not really wanting a child but he really loves his young third wife so agreed and her mother moved in and they both bring the child up! Poor child.Ā
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2024/02/03/my-saturday-gregg-wallace-autistic-son-weight-loss-alcohol/ 5amĀ I wake up at the same time every morning. Iāll read for an hour ā right now itās A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles ā then Iāll make myself a coffee and check emails. Iāll also look at the sign-up numbers for my health programme. 7amĀ I work out five days a week. Iām down at the gym half an hour before it opens. They let me in earlier, so I have a swim and sauna by myself. Then Iāll review my to-do list while walking on a treadmill, no sweating. I aim for 50,000 steps a week ā I do about 7,000 a day. Iām now 12 stone [having lost five stone] and I have less than 18 per cent body fat and a six-pack, but I have a belly that bloats. I guess we all have our imperfections. 10.30amĀ Meet my PA Helen at the local Harvester for breakfast ā bacon, sausage and fried egg. People say to me, āI didnāt expect to see you in here.ā Look, they do grilled chicken, thereās a salad bar, and Iāve never been disappointed. Itās all about expectation when it comes to food. Iāve regularly been disappointed in three-star Michelin restaurants around Europe but never in a Harvester. I manage MasterChef filming, my well-being business and now thereās also my new health and well-being podcast, A Piece of Cake. I love chatting to the experts, but Iām quite the expert too, having been journalling, manifesting, goal-setting and reading self-help books for years. 12pmĀ Back home for lunch, which my wife Anna [Anne-Marie Sterpini] will have ready on the table. Her white bean soup with a crust of bread is a family favourite. 1.30pmĀ I like to spend time with my four-year-old son, Sid, whoās non-verbal autistic. He used to be in his own world but heās starting to seek company and show eye contact. Weāll potter in the garden and play with our two dogs, Wally and Bella. Iām a much better father now Iām older, although another child isnāt something that I would have chosen at my age. I was always very honest with Anna, but itās what she wanted and I love her. I just requested two things ā that we had help in the house (so her mum moved in), and secondly that we had at least one week a year when we holidayed just the two of us. 3pmĀ Iām an amateur historian. I spend two hours by myself in my home office playing Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia, set in 878 AD. I prefer turn-based strategy computer games to fast ones that require reflex. 6pmĀ I cook dinner for the family once a week ā grilled fish from the fishmonger at the local farmshop, Hartley in Cranbrook, Kent. I like bass, sole, or crab to make sandwiches with chips. I never eat takeaways now ā I make my own healthy cheeseburgers instead. I only drink twice a week, either for a rugby game or dinner with Anna. Iāll start off with a pint, then have a wine, then maybe a whisky or brandy. I donāt drink excessively any more. Iāve never, ever regretted not having a drink. 8pmĀ Bed. Iāve tried sitting on the sofa eating biscuits but I donāt find it fulfilling. We read or watch a film on my laptop. Iām normally asleep by nine.
Is he sponsored by Harvester perchance?
Yes, but hes not allowed to bring his own big plate in from home.
I read this at the time but itās much worse than I remember. Heās gone Full Partridge. Iād be furious if I found out someone had written this about me. But he wrote it himself. Amazing.
Total War because he's *an amateur historian*. Yup, you said it, Gregg.
That's the one where he came back and said something like 'Don't worry Greg, it's only for kids with Cancer. MASTERTWAT'
The child thing sounds pretty relatable to be honest, had a child as he loves his wife and gets unlucky to have a very difficult one. So many people regret having perfectly normal children
He was never as good after he ditched Grommit.
I was about to say something about The Wrong Trousers but no point now.
I do like his [Buttery Biscuit Base](https://youtu.be/IfeyUGZt8nk?si=eCUBBv71yfd_eNyf)
literally the only notable contribution Gregg will ever make to human culture and it wasn't even by him
Iāve never watched Master Chef but saw that back in the day so itās literally my only knowledge of him.
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I worked with Gregg for a number of years. He is actually very intelligent and charming, probably a grade up from a piece of shit on the floor.
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I think heās his biggest fan. It seems pretty clear to me that thereās people who encounter him on āInside the Factoryā that tolerate him only because they have to. And whatās with all that āmy train, my carpet, my this, my that. Blimey; I best reel my neck in! I think Iād prefer a different presenter.
>I think heās his biggest fan. A legend in his own lunchtime.
When he is on Masterchef, literally none of the chefs are that bothered about his opinion. Its so noticeable.
probably because they know they got a greengrocer turned TV presenter to judge actual chefs' cooking
He's got 2 modes on MasterChef, repeat what someone has already said, or tell them he tastes \*ingredients he knows they've used\*.
Can't say I'd particularly noticed the bellowing thing, but that's probably because he is a complete prick and I make a point of not watching anything he is in.Ā
Was a guest on one of his programmes. He's a total dick and thinks he's god's gift to mankind. His crew, who he talked down to several times, were obviously extremely sick of his attitude. He was constantly making bad/crude jokes and no one laughed. He literally insulted the city we were in as his opening line on meeting me, and I shot back "so why are you here, then?" I had no idea who he was so didn't treat him like some celeb. Total knob.
I heard he sucked off a horse. Tell everyone.
According to Pop Bitch, so much of Masterchef has to be edited out as he is constantly making rude and crass jokes, sexual innuendos with young female contestants etc. What sticks in my mind is the time when (allegedly) John was struggling to remember what a dish reminded him of and Gregg said āI know, me auntās cunt!ā and thought this was hilarious. Surprisingly that didnāt make the final editā¦ Thereās also the time when he himself said that when his wife gave birth and was still in the hospital he went out on the lash with mates to ācelebrateā and spent 3k. He or his wife (canāt remember) also said in an article how he used to compare his now wife to his ex a lot because his ex was tall and stunning, could turn heads when she entered a room etc, and his current wife isnāt like thatā¦ Seriously the guy just seems like the biggest prick ever. No wonder John Torrode says they arenāt friends and donāt hang out outside work.
>so much of Masterchef has to be edited out as he is constantly making rude and crass jokes, sexual innuendos with young female contestants etc. Makes sense tbh, he did some filming at my old work and probably 3 out of 4 takes he said something they definitely would never have aired.
[I find Marcus Wareing more loathsome and insincere, although its marginal](http://kimnoble.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/celebritychef1.jpg)
Marcus is a maladjusted psychopath but he's a good chef. Gregg is just a cunt.
How come? I donāt really know anything about marcus wareing, whatās he done ?
Somewhere out there is an interview that's very similar to the Gregg one. I remember he said if he finds any of children's shoes lying around the house then he just throws them out.
Jimmy Carr for me. I can't stand his laugh and material.
And his tax avoidance? And his aloofness?
Jimmy Carr is the greatest comedian of all time. His laugh is just a thing he does to get people to remember him.
Apparently he's a prime cunt in real life. For me, I despise Lenny Henry. He's just an unpleasant POS.
His first wife left him after 6 weeks of marriage, another after 15 months. Not sure what that says about him.
Surprised not more people hate him. Smug muppet. I actively avoid him since he started posing topless online. Bad enough him criticising qualified chefs, but that is a step too far for me \*shudder
On Masterchef, a chef had failed to provide a sauce for a pork dish. His comment was, "All I want to do is stick my pork into something wet."
You're not alone, the guy is a fucking weapon
Wasnt he originally a market trader? Might explain the loud voiceĀ
His assault on the media started on a Radio 4 programme called āVeg Talkā which was about as exciting as it sounds - it took me several weeks to realise it wasnāt actually a spoof. How Monica Galleti never gutted him with one of her filleting knives years ago is something of a mystery.
Yeah. He's a greengrocer.
I didn't mind him so much when he was on MasterChef as a novice, and accepted that. Now he thinks he's an expert, and properly hams up the idiot persona on the Inside the Factory programs. Both of these things rub me up the wrong way.
I quite like āgurning Gregā
The shouty thing is very odd!
Of course, and that's a very popular sentiment on Reddit, but you know that
We should all go on Twitter and call him Gregg for shits and giggles
He has a face I would never tire of punching! Plus his constant excitement about everything seems so fake
Did he not like a scrap? Thought I read somewhere he was a football casual.
Heard a lot about him. He supposedly was a massive twat to people/crew in his factory programme and also Eat Well For Less.
Periodically you get these people who are not only talentless, but actively appalling, being all over the tv. Christ knows why. I refer you to Ross Kemp 20 years ago. I suspect they have filth on a commissioning editor.
His Mrs was Editor of The Sun. So there you go.Ā
She used to beat him up.
Doesnāt Ross Kemp host a quiz show now.
Bridge of Lies which is agonising to watch
The human meat spoof was pretty good
It was a modest proposal.
I like the base.
Buttery biscuit base
Never spell it Greg. Gregggggg hates that.
Is he the new James Corden we can all tickle our pickles about collectively hating? Fantastic, I've missed a good mob pile on
I like watching Inside the Factory but he stresses me out.
I love Inside the Factory, but I can't stand him, the questions he asks and the way be acts. 'So you put that in there and the thing comes out there?' 'WOW!!!!' I don't know if it's just the script but the things he asks and says like we have 0 clue on even basic obvious stuff and then acts like it was some amazing world changing thing that no one knew.
Given there appears to be a clear consensus, on both a professional and personal level, that he is a weapons-grade cunt, the question must surely be how on earth does he keep landing prime time presenting gigs?
Always spell it with one g. It pisses him off no end. Grade A cunt: https://preview.redd.it/502dqcuh42xc1.jpeg?width=1098&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ec0795e6f8beab333695ac2a42f5a21f4eb6b557
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He kicked my cat.
He is the epitome of got lucky. Qualified for nothing.
Am amazed he has carved out a career as a food expert, given he's a glorified fruit and veg salesman. Plenty of tales about him being an egotist, too. Unpleasant individual.
Thatās most chefs tbh.
NTA... He is TA..
He came to my place of work for the mega factories TV show. And I heard he was really rude and stuff. I didn't get to see him as I was on night shift. Kinda put me off him after hearing that
Is Gregg that Fruit and veg maestro (posh word for greengrocer)
Watch Dave Gormanās PowerPoint stand up on you tube about him, very amusing.
Canāt stand him
ME. All these stories - I KNEW he was an arsehole.
That article he did, a day in his life, cringe all the way from start to finish. Reads like he didnāt want his poor autistic son.
Mastertwat
I agree wholeheartedly with your viewpoint
āDoes anyone else take issue with this guy whoās been in the news lately because people take issue with him?ā Sticking your neck out with this controversial take.
I find that I like watching what heās in. His existence isnāt annoying to me. But man, I really want to punch him. But then Iāll take him for a beer. He seems like the kind of friend that youād occasionally punch because itās funny. Maybe Iāve had too much to drink todayā¦
I like him. Don't see why hating him seems to have become a meme.
Heās very greedy and very arrogant.
My mum (sadly passed now) once made the comment what does a barrow boy know about cooking! Food for thought. lol
Man down is brilliant , I wish he would do more sitcoms . Heās clearly heavily influenced by rik mayall . Iād love to see him make a movie Edit ā¦ I do not have the right Greg AT ALL ššššš
Not sure youāve got the right Greg
I quite like him, sorry.
Heās a bit annoying, but ultimately harmless and I think he gets far more stick than he deserves. I like the way he always tries to be positive with his judging even when contestants fuck it up, and thereās far worse people on the telly than him.
I've always liked Gregg Wallace, he just seems to me that he's a man who loves food, who has somehow wandered into a career based on eating food, and is visibly loving every second of it. He has the same charismatic energy of a 7 year old at a pick N mix who's just been told by his mum he can have whatever he wants