When it emerged last year that Wallace had been dropped from the programme after facing multiple allegations of misconduct<\/a>, Stewart claimed in a viral post that the host \u201chumiliated\u201d his wife when she appeared on the celebrity edition of the BBC cookery show, calling him a \u201ctubby, bald-headed, ill-mannered bully\u201d.<\/p>\n Speaking to The Sun<\/a> in a new interview, just weeks after a report upheld 45 allegations of misconduct<\/a> against him between 2005 and 2018, Wallace said his interaction with Lancaster was \u201ca disagreement over whether an orchid should stay in a bowl of soup\u201d.<\/p>\n Wallace, 60, said the musician\u2019s comments had upset him, adding: \u201cI\u2019m actually a Rod Stewart fan. I\u2019ve been to see him twice. So that hurt me.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSomebody like that carries a lot of weight. But there was no bullying and no harassing.\u201d<\/p>\n In his full post, Stewart, 80, wrote at the time: \u201cSo Gregg Wallace gets fired from Masterchef. Good riddance Wallace. You humiliated my wife when she was on the celebrity version of the show, but you had that bit cut out didn\u2019t you? You\u2019re a tubby, bald-headed, ill-mannered bully. Karma got ya. Sir Rod Stewart.\u201d<\/p>\n Wallace has faced multiple claims that he made inappropriate sexual jokes, asked for the phone numbers of female production staff, and behaved unprofessionally around female colleagues on set.<\/p>\n On 14 July, Wallace said he was \u201cdeeply sorry\u201d after a report \u2013 conducted by MasterChef\u2019s production company Banijay UK \u2013 upheld more than half of the 83 allegations against Wallace, including one of unwelcome physical contact and several citing inappropriate sexual language and being in a state of undress. Seventy-eight witnesses provided evidence.<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Gregg Wallace has said he was \u2018hurt\u2019 by Rod Stewart\u2019s claims that his wife was bullied by the \u2018MasterChef\u2019 judge (Getty Images)<\/p>\n He denied the allegations, and last week vowed to \u201cnot go quietly\u201d after being dropped by the broadcaster, who said his MasterChef return is \u201cuntenable\u201d.<\/p>\n It was announced the next day that Torode, his co-host of 20 years, had also been sacked <\/a>from the long-running cookery show after an allegation of racist language was substantiated during the investigation into Wallace\u2019s behaviour. Torode said he had \u201cno recollection\u201d <\/a>of the alleged remark.<\/p>\n Speaking about the allegations against his former co-star Torode, Wallace told The Sun that there was \u201cno way that man is a racist\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve known John for 30 years and he is not a racist,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd as evidence of that, I\u2019ll show you the incredible diversity of the people that he has championed, MasterChef winners, over the years. There is no way that man is a racist.\u201d<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n This month, a report upheld 45 allegations of misconduct against Gregg Wallace (PA Archive)<\/p>\n \u201cAnd my sympathies go out to John because I don\u2019t want anybody to go through what I\u2019ve been through.\u201d<\/p>\n Following the investigation, Wallace unfollowed John and his wife Lisa Faulkner on social media. Wallace has now said that he and Torode are not close, saying: \u201cWe never really did get on that well. We\u2019re two very, very different characters. But we made bloody good telly together for 20 years.\u201d<\/p>\n Wallace added that the complaints against him have seen him bracketed alongside names such as sex offender Jimmy Savile. <\/p>\n \u201cThat is just so, so horrific,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n He continued: \u201cI\u2019m not saying I\u2019m not guilty of stuff, but so much has been perceived incorrectly. Things that really hurt me and hurt my family.\u201d<\/p>\n Elsewhere in the interview, Wallace denied particular claims against him, saying: \u201cI\u2019m not a groper. People think I\u2019ve been taking my trousers down and exposing myself \u2013 I am not a flasher. People think I\u2019m a sex pest. I am not. I am not sexist or a misogynist, or any of it. 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