Gregg Wallace breaks silence on behind-the-scenes BBC ‘issue’ that saw him quit Inside The Factory

GREGG Wallace has broken his silence on the behind-the-scenes BBC 'issue' that saw him quit Inside The Factory.

Back in March, the Masterchef judge said he had decided to step back from presenting BBC series Inside The Factory to focus on his autistic son, Sid.

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But then in May, it was reported that the real reason Gregg, 58, stood down from his role was because he had 'offended female staff' with 'inappropriate banter' at one of the factories.

Now Gregg has broken his silence on the situation during an appearance on Good Morning Britain.

Speaking to presenters Richard Madeley and Kate Garraway on Tuesday's show, the star said: "I left. I have got a little boy called Sid who at the moment is non-verbal, he is still in nappies.

"He has got learning difficulties, I am an ambassador now for Ambitious about Autism, mum needed help there.

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"There was an argument inside the factory, the reporting isn't accurate. There was an issue, I thought that is the perfect time to come out. Offending people in the factory, no."

He added: "There was an issue, I don't want to discuss what the issue was but I thought that is a good time."

Richard, 67, asked Gregg if the "issue" had made him "look back and go 'oh maybe I shouldn't of said that?'"

But Gregg replied: "No, no. That's completely inaccurate, I didn't challenge it, it's completely inaccurate."

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The alleged incident took place at the Nestlé UK factory in York, and a source told The Times: "He was rude towards staff and continued to talk in a derogatory manner, especially to women."

While the comments were not of a sexual nature, they were deemed "inappropriate", and a complaint was lodged with Voltage TV, the production company that developed the programme.

The source continued: "He was given a talking-to and was appalled that he had caused such offence.

"He felt that he was just trying to be friendly, but no longer knew what the right thing to say was any more and decided to leave."

An insider at Nestle UK added that Gregg had unintentionally upset some of the female workers during the show's latest visit.

They said: "He comes in cracking jokes, but it is from a very different world to our workers."