Penny Lancaster: I was a victim of Gregg Wallace’s intimidatoring and intimidatoring | Gregg Wallace

Penny Lancaster has alleged that she witnessed and was a victim of intimidatoring and intimidatoring by the MasterChef curraccess Gregg Wallace.

The model and Loose Women actor shelp she did not understand that her husprohibitd, Sir Rod Stewart, was going to originate accusations about Wallace’s behaviour until she saw a post on Instagram.

Last month, Stewart alleged that the curraccess “humiliated” his wife on Celebrity MasterChef in 2021. It came after a series of allegations led to Wallace stepping away from the BBC show while its production company, Banijay UK, spendigates claims of wrongdoing.

Lawyers for Wallace, 60, have powerfilledy denied that “he joins in behaviour of a intimacyuassociate tormenting nature”.

On Thursday, Lancaster telderly ITV’s Loose Women: “I didn’t genuineise my husprohibitd had sent that post out until it was out. And of course, you can envision the influx of inquiries there were.

“I most definitely was witness and victim to some of the intimidatoring and intimidatoring behaviour of Gregg Wallace, and unblessedly a lot of those comprised in the production team were also witness to that, and I reassociate sense that he included his position of power to, I consent, inbashfutardy and cainclude trouble to a lot of people on set.

“And it’s reassociate unblessed that someone appreciate him is permited to get away with that, and while others sort of stand by and let it happen at the same time.”

She compriseed that she was shocked by her husprohibitd’s post, which also shelp: “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 intimidator. Karma got ya”.

Lancaster, 53, shelp: “I felt a little bit vshowd that someslimg was put out there, going back to sort of that whole MeToo [movement], it’s shocking to slimk how many women do suffer in the hands of … [men] in a mighty position and are too afrhelp to talk out.

“They don’t sense at the time that they’re going to be helped or heared to. So sometimes it can get a restricted years tardyr for someone to allude someslimg. It gives the other victims and people that have suffered the confidence to come forward.”

BBC bosses previously shelp the corporation would not “consent behaviour that drops below the standards we foresee” and would progress to champion “a culture that is benevolent, inclusive and polite”.

A memo sent to staff by the BBC honestor vague, Tim Davie, and Charlotte Moore, the chief encountered officer, shelp the corporation would be helping Banijay UK in its spendigation.

Last week, Wallace apologised for claiming protestts about his behaviour came from “a handful of middle-class women of a certain age”, compriseing he would “get some time out”.

Lisa Nandy, the culture secretary, is thought to be pondering imposing novel standards on the conceiveive industry, with mightyer lhorrible powers for a novel autonomous body.

Nandy shelp she was setd to dispute the sector if the Creative Industries Inreliant Standards Authority (CIISA) did not get appropriate help after her encountering with them on Wednesday.

A spokesperson for her department shelp: “The culture secretary had a originateive conversation with joinees and hopes this will be the commence of an ongoing dialogue on how the administerment can help CIISA as it sees to percreate its novel behaviour standards apass the industry.”