Rod Stewart has slammed Masterchef’s Gregg Wallace after wife Penny Lancaster appeared on the show three years ago (Picture:BBC Picture Archives)
Penny Lancaster was booted out of the Celebrity MasterChef kitchen in 2021 after concerning judges Gregg Wallace and John Torode with her timekeeping.
Three years on her husband, Sir Rod Stewart, has taken aim at Gregg as he steps down from the BBC franchise with producer Banijay launching an investigation into historical allegations of misconduct against him.
In a brutal Instagram post the Glastonbury headliner called the TV presenter a ‘tubby, bald-headed, ill-mannered bully’.
The 79-year-old continued: ‘So Greg Wallace gets fired from Masterchef. Good riddance Wallace…
‘You humiliated my wife when she was on the show but you had that bit cut out didn’t you? You’re a tubby, bald-headed, ill-mannered bully. Karma got ya.’
During the ill-fated episode the former Loose Women panelist, 50, was up against reality star Megan McKenna and TV presenter Melanie Sykes for a spot in the semi-final, but ran well over time when serving up her butternut squash ravioli.
Penny was in tears as sheleft Celebrity MasterChef (Picture: BBC)
Gregg was not happy (Picture: BBC)
Even after receiving high praise from guest judges and Celebrity MasterChef all stars 2011 winner Phil Vickery, 2008 finalist Andi Peters and 2009 Christmas champion Craig Revel-Horwood, Penny was sent packing.
As chaos ensued in the kitchen, Gregg told Penny: ‘Mate, we can’t be 10 minutes late,’ calling her delay ‘serious’.
‘Well, we’re going to have to be otherwise I won’t have a dish,’ she hit back, which was the final straw.
After the drama was done, the model admitted: ‘Everything piled on top of me. I just hope the wait was worth it.’
Rod Stewart had some choice words for Gregg (Picture: Stuart Wallace/Shutterstock)
Penny ran 15 minutes late with her butternut squash ravioli (Picture: BBC)
Before her exit, Penny said she would be ‘quite deflated’ to leave the competition because she was ‘loving this’.
But as John and Gregg confirmed her time was done, with tears in her eyes, she said: ‘It would’ve been incredible to get through to the semi finals but it wasn’t meant to be.’
‘Absolutely no regrets whatsoever,’ she continued. ‘I’ve always loved to eat food, never loved to cook – and now I love both.’
This article was first published on August 21, 2021.
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