Gregg Wallace is facing a second misconduct investigation after further allegations emerged about his alleged sexist, lewd and racist behaviour on television productions.
The MasterChef host “stepped away” from the programme on Thursday after at least 20 people came forward with claims about his repeated use of sexually inappropriate language.
The BBC will now face increased scrutiny about how it has dealt with the former greengrocer after it emerged that bosses were made aware about his behaviour eight years ago.
Ulrika Jonsson, right, recalled how a fellow contestant became “really distressed” and walked off set after a joke about rape made by Wallace while filming Celebrity MasterChef in 2017
Wallace, who has been a constant fixture on the BBC for almost two decades, was the subject of a complaint in 2017 after making a joke about rape while filming Celebrity MasterChef.
He was further scrutinised in 2018 for allegedly making “inappropriate sexual