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Ulrika Jonsson looks downcast while on a dog walk as she is seen for the first time since accusing Gregg Wallace of making 'rape joke' that 'distressed' Celebrity MasterChef contestant


On Friday the TV presenter, 57, claimed that Gregg cried after being reprimanded for making a 'rape joke' that left a MasterChef contestant 'really distressed' and forced another off set.

He also shared a newspaper column written by William Sitwell, the Daily Telegraph's restaurant critic, which described him as having 'a mouth like (controversial comedian) Bernard Manning – but he's a top bloke'. Lewis Silkin had previously been retained by the production company to investigate allegations made about Russell Brand while he worked on Big Brother spin-off shows that were produced by the firm Endemol Shine, which Banijay purchased in 2020. In a statement to the PA news agency Banijay UK said: 'This week the BBC received complaints from individuals in relation to historical allegations of misconduct while working with presenter Gregg Wallace on one of our shows.

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