Gregg Wallace’s take on How to Win Friends and Influence People went for ‘middle-class women of a certain age’, and the internet grabbed the popcorn

You can’t have missed the news that a series of allegations of inappropriate behaviour have led to MasterChef judge Gregg Wallace stepping back from that role, pending the results of an investigation.

In what experts are describing in technical terms as ‘a sh*tshow’ Greggg has laid his woes at the feet of ‘middle-class women of a certain age’, despite reports that the allegations come from 13 women across a wide age-range, referencing five different shows.

Here’s the statement he posted on Instagram.

Thoughts and prayers are with Gregggg Wallace’s PR team at this difficult time.

Here’s how Bluesky users responded.

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