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Former Celebrity MasterChef contestant Arlene Phillips, 81, weighs in on Gregg Wallace fiasco as he blames 'middle-class women of a certain age' for his woes


Arlene Phillips weighed in on the Gregg Wallace fiasco as she made an appearance at The Devil Wears Prada: The Musical premiere on Sunday night.

Radio presenter Julie Hartley-Brewer wrote: 'Spare a thought for Gregg Wallace's PR agent waking up this morning,' with a meme of Chandler from Friends shouting 'What did you just do?' Four-times married Wallace has stepped back as a judge while show chiefs investigate claims from 13 people including Newsnight host Kirsty Wark, 69. Taking his top off in front of a female worker saying he wanted to 'give her a fashion show' Telling a junior female colleague he was not wearing any boxer shorts under his jeans' Allegedly entering the studio naked with his genitals covered with a sock and doing a 'silly dance' Mimicking a sex act close to a member of production staff He told 'disgusting sex-related jokes', including one while tasting a contestant's unusual dish She says that on two occasions Wallace relayed stories and jokes of a 'sexualised nature' in front of contestants on Celebrity MasterChef and crew and that she felt they were 'really, really in the wrong place'.

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