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Kirstie Allsopp reveals she felt a 'fool and embarrassed' after Gregg Wallace 'boasted about sex act' as she hits back at glamour model Leilani Dowding after facing backlash for her claims

After making the accusations, Allsopp faced a backlash from Leilani Dowding who asked why she didn't 'quit there and then' if she felt 'uncomfortable'.

Using the hashtag #MiddleClassWomanOfaCertainAge, Allsopp said: 'Within 1hr of meeting Gregg Wallace he told me of a sex act that he and his partner at the time enjoyed 'every morning', she'd just left the room, we were filming a pilot. Because you feel, in no particular order, embarrassed, a prude, shocked, waiting for a male colleague to call him out, not wanting to “rock the boat”, thinking it’s better to plough on with the day, assuming you misheard/misunderstood or just don’t get the joke.' On Sunday, she told the Mail: ‘TV has a sexism, racism and classism issue, but there is no consistent HR a lot of time –those you can directly complain to have a vested interest to not rock the boat.

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