Outrage has intensified
How sad, it turns out that calling women too posh and too old doesn’t make people think you’re a good bloke despite the sexual harassment.
Outrage over Gregg Wallace’s alleged conduct has intensified after he dismissed his accusers as “middle-class women of a certain age”, following revelations that the BBC received multiple complaints about him over a period of 12 years.
The corporation and other broadcasters are facing growing questions about how the MasterChef presenter was allowed to remain on screen despite a series of allegations of inappropriate behaviour dating back to at least 2012.
It’s a real puzzler. Could it be because there are lots of people – well, lots of men anyway – who love brash aggressive over-confident men who bully women?
Vera Baird KC, the former victims’ commissioner for England and Wales, accused the BBC of being “in the dark ages” for “tolerating” allegedly sexually inappropriate conduct by its male stars.
“It is shocking that repeatedly we see this kind of behaviour being tolerated by the BBC who do seem to disregard the obligations they have to protect people who go on television,” Baird told the Guardian.
No it’s not, because nobody minds it except women, and women don’t matter.
Unless they’re trans women of course. Trans women matter infinitely, but just plain women, no.
Baird, a former senior government minister and barrister, described Wallace’s remarks as “typical behaviour of a sexually predatory male. As soon as he’s criticised for his conduct, he demeans the people who are criticising him, demeans the woman – implying that they’re all delicate flowers, middle class, and all of a certain age.”
Baird described the allegations as “grossly unprofessional” but said she was offended by Wallace’s remarks because “working-class women don’t want men taking their clothes off and talking about sex in front of them either”.
Gregg Wallace should say he’s just realized he’s actually a trans woman. All this would disappear in a heartbeat.
Is this about the “tarts” thing? That would probably be fine in a Carry On film where everyone’s in on the joke but said on live tv it has to be up there with J.D. Vance visiting a donut shop* as one of the cringe events of 2024.
*Or doughnut shop as I desperately want to say.
I don’t know, what is the “tarts” thing?
Two (young) women had made jam tarts and he made some remark along the lines of “a lovely pair of tarts, something, something” said in a sleazy rather than joking manner. It was the sort of unpleasant remark that gets passed off as “banter”.
Sorry this is the only working link I could find:
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/tv/gregg-wallace-says-ill-munch-34214321
Ah, no, it’s about a different bit of sleaze.
https://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/2024/no-you-are-3/
A Different Bit of Sleaze would make an excellent title for his biopic. (For far too many famous men, I’m afraid. I think Gaiman is the current frontrunner but Brand can’t be far behind followed by too many to name.)
Ok this comes with a massive “it might not be true” disclaimer, partly because I don’t know wnere I saw it, and partly because I know next to nothing about the reliability of the source, which I think was a site called popbitch. As far as I can tell, it deals in in celebrity gossip, provided by anonymous showbiz insiders (did I say, massive disclaimer?)
Anyway. some of the thing he comes out with really are foul. There was a “what’s the difference between jam and jelly? You can’t jelly your cock up your girlfriend’s arse!” And after tasting something ” You know what this reminds me of? My Aunt’s cunt”.
Which is some way from a Carry On style nudge-wink “lovely pair of tarts” vibe. (Which also gets old pretty quickly)