Gregg Wallace bizarrely engaged in some early morning squats outside the gym on Monday amid his continued promotion of his personal training business following his MasterChef sacking.
The presenter, 60, was recently dismissed from the cooking show after more than 40 complaints against him were upheld following a BBC investigation.
And following his admission that his TV career is now ‘done’, Gregg proved to be his own best advert as he showcased his fitness skills at 5.50am.
Donning a black zip-up sweater, black shorts and white trainers, Gregg looked on fine form as he warmed up by his car ahead of heading into his own training session.
He later took to his Instagram stories to share a video of himself doing more squats, with the former greengrocer demonstrating his strength by clutching a heavy dumbbell as well.
In recent days, Gregg has continued to promote his healthy eating website Gregg Wallace.Health and his personal training services after previously admitting he’s ‘done’ with TV amid his sacking.
Gregg Wallace bizarrely engaged in some early morning squats outside the gym on Monday amid his continued promotion of his personal training business following his MasterChef sacking
The presenter, 60, was recently dismissed from the cooking show after more than 40 complaints against him were upheld following a BBC investigation
Gregg recently embarked on a role as a personal trainer and has actively promoted his business following his MasterChef departure
On Monday morning, he also posted a clip of himself drumming up business for his services, with Gregg offering ‘1 to 1 coaching’ for ‘£200 a month.’
Meanwhile, Gregg also shared a response from a Welfare Rights Adviser defending him after she’d reached out to him to see if the Disability Advice and Welfare Network (DAWN) could help him better understand his autism.
Gregg had been criticised by disability charities after blaming his inappropriate behaviour on his autism.
While Gregg also blamed the BBC for not providing enough support for him amid his condition during his 20 years working for the corporation.
Several organisations have rejected claims that the former BBC presenter’s misconduct, which included an allegation that he exposed himself while not wearing any underwear, was partly due to his condition.
Supporters of the 60-year-old said his autism caused an ‘inability to wear underwear because of his autistic hypersensitivity to labels and tight clothing’ and also meant he had an ‘oddity of filters and boundaries’, The Times reported.
Taking to his Instagram on Sunday, Gregg shared a message from charity boss Annie Sands, in which she hit back at criticism her organisation had faced for supporting Gregg.
She wrote: ‘We understand that recent discussions involving DAWN and Gregg Wallace have sparked public interest. However, many of the criticisms directed at us are based on assumptions rather than facts. Those commenting are not privy to the full context of our engagement with Gregg or the broader work we do.
Following his admission that his TV career is now ‘done’, Gregg proved to be his own best advert as he showcased his fitness skills at 5.50am
Donning a black zip-up sweater, black shorts and white trainers, Gregg looked on fine form as he warmed up by his car ahead of heading into his own training session
He later took to his Instagram stories to share a video of himself doing more squats, with the former greengrocer demonstrating his strength by clutching a heavy dumbbell as well
In recent days, Gregg has continued to promote his healthy eating website Gregg Wallace.Health and his personal training services after previously admitting he’s ‘done’ with TV amid his sacking
On Monday morning, he also posted a clip of himself drumming up business for his services, with Gregg offering ‘1 to 1 coaching’ for ‘£200 a month’
‘DAWN exists to support neurodiverse individuals, and we do so without prejudice or selective advocacy. Gregg Wallace, like many others we support, has found our guidance valuable-especially as a parent of an autistic child. Our role has been to help him better understand the implications of his diagnosis and how it affects communication and perception.
‘People should never feel afraid to disclose their autism diagnosis. Doing so opens the door to reasonable adjustments in the workplace and other settings, which are essential for inclusion. Refusing support based on circumstance would be discriminatory and contrary to our values. @greggawallace.’
Though Gregg didn’t write a caption alongside Annie’s message. the post was still met with a plethora of comments supporting him.
Gregg previously insisted he is ‘not trying to play the victim’ and claimed his autism diagnosis was partly responsible for some of his alleged behaviour as it means he struggles ‘to read people’ and can be perceived as ‘odd’ at times.
He also again defended allegations – which he claims have been ‘sexualised’ – that he would not wear underwear while working on the cooking show, saying it was due to his ‘hypersensitivity’ as a result of the condition.
Gregg stepped down from the hit BBC cooking show after complaints were made about his behaviour and following a report into his conduct, in which 45 of 83 complaints were upheld. In total, 41 people complained.
The review concluded that the ‘majority of the substantiated allegations against Wallace related to inappropriate sexual language and humour’.
It added that ‘a smaller number of allegations of other inappropriate language and being in a state of undress were also substantiated’, with ‘one incident of unwelcome physical contact’ also substantiated.
Meanwhile, Gregg also shared a response from a Welfare Rights Adviser defending him after she’d reached out to him to see if the Disability Advice and Welfare Network (DAWN) could help him better understand his autism
Gregg has previously said he felt the BBC failed to provide enough support for his condition during his 20 years working on MasterChef
The Masterchef presenter hit out at bosses in a scathing post over his sacking, and is now reportedly considering taking the BBC to a tribunal (pictured with co-host John Torode)
The ex Eat Well for Less? presenter told the Sun that while he didn’t deny being guilty of some of the claims, he believed things had been ‘perceived incorrectly’.
Gregg claimed that he had worked with around 4,000 people, meaning that just 0.5% of those he has worked with ‘found fault with me’.
He said his actions were the result of learned behaviour and workplace culture and claimed that his recent autism diagnosis also played a role.
‘I know I am odd. I know I struggle to read people. I know people find me weird. Autism is a disability, a registered disability,’ he said.
Gregg has previously said he felt the BBC failed to provide enough support for his condition during his 20 years working on MasterChef.
‘My neurodiversity, now formally diagnosed as autism, was suspected and discussed by colleagues across countless seasons of MasterChef,’ he said.
‘Yet nothing was done to investigate my disability or protect me from what I now realise was a dangerous environment for over 20 years.’
