Gregg Wallace has discovered a stunning new strategy to make critical cash.
The previous MasterChef host is now incomes hundreds filming personalised Valentine’s Day messages (Picture: ITV)
Gregg Wallace might have been booted off the BBC, however the disgraced TV presenter has discovered a brand new strategy to money in — and it’s proving profitable. The previous MasterChef host is now incomes hundreds filming personalised Valentine’s Day messages for followers, regardless of being axed after a damning investigation into his behaviour. Wallace, 61, is charging £40 a pop on fan video platform Cameo — and insiders say he’s on track to tug in round £20,000 a month.
That places him on observe for an estimated £240,000 a yr, greater than half of his outdated £400,000 BBC wage. Wallace is at present the fourth busiest superstar on the platform and guarantees a fast turnaround, pledging to ship movies inside seven hours. Plugging the service on Instagram, he informed followers the messages could possibly be “honest, heartfelt, cheeky or humorous”. He added: “Have you ever forgotten Valentine’s Day? Don’t fear. My common turnaround is seven hours so that you’ve nonetheless acquired time – guys, we’ve acquired this.”
Wallace, 61, is charging £40 a pop on fan video platform Cameo (Picture: TikTok)
However not everybody was impressed. One follower questioned the transfer, writing: “Do you not suppose that’s bizarre after what’s been stated about you in current occasions?”
Wallace hit again bluntly, replying: “None of it’s true.” One other urged he was opening himself as much as ridicule. The previous greengrocer shrugged it off, responding: “Oh that’s okay. It’s working.”
Wallace was sacked from MasterChef final yr after an intensive probe upheld claims he used “inappropriate sexual language and humour” whereas engaged on the present.
Complaints spanned almost twenty years and included allegations from superstar contestants.
He had beforehand sparked outrage by dismissing critics as “a handful of middle-class girls of a sure age” — feedback that solely intensified the backlash.
A subsequent report upheld 45 of the 83 allegations made in opposition to Wallace between 2005 and 2024, together with one declare of “unwelcome bodily contact”.
The investigation, performed by a manufacturing firm on behalf of MasterChef and Eat Properly For Much less, additionally discovered two different people had been going through recent probes.
The report, performed by a manufacturing firm on behalf of MasterChef and Eat Properly For Much less, additionally discovered two different individuals had allegations made in opposition to them.
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