Sir Rod Stewart has called Gregg Wallace a ‘ill-mannered bully’ in a rant about presenter who quit MasterChef earlier today.

It was announced the 60-year-old was leaving the BBC show earlier today after allegations of misconduct came to light.

He faces allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct from 13 people on various shows across 17 years, including former Newsnight host Kirsty Wark, who alleged he told jokes of a “sexualised nature” when she was competing on Celebrity MasterChef in 2011.

Now Stewart has accused him of bullying his wife Penny Lancaster when she appeared on the show in 2021.

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The singer took to Instagram to share his views on Wallace’s departure from the show and called him a ‘tubby, bald-headed, ill-mannered bully’ and claimed he had the bits of the show where he ‘humiliated’ his wife cut out.

He said: “So Greg Wallace gets fired from Master Chef. 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.”

BBC News said it had been told of other allegations, including the presenter “talking openly about his sex life, taking his top off in front of a female worker saying he wanted to ‘give her a fashion show’, and telling a junior female colleague he was not wearing any boxer shorts under his jeans”.

The TV star’s lawyers say “it is entirely false that he engages in behaviour of a sexually harassing nature”, BBC News reported.

A statement said: “This week the BBC received complaints from individuals in relation to historical allegations of misconduct while working with presenter Gregg Wallace on one of our shows.

“Whilst these complainants have not raised the allegations directly with our show producers or parent company Banijay UK, we feel that it is appropriate to conduct an immediate, external review to fully and impartially investigate.

“While this review is under way, Gregg Wallace will be stepping away from his role on MasterChef and is committed to fully co-operating throughout the process.

“Banijay UK’s duty of care to staff is always a priority and our expectations regarding behaviour are made clear to both cast and crew on all productions, with multiple ways of raising concerns, including anonymously, clearly promoted on set.

“Whilst these are historical allegations, incidences brought to our attention where these expectations are not met are thoroughly investigated and addressed appropriately.”