'Little chance' of Gregg Wallace returning to the BBC as MasterChef star 'prepares to blame autism' for alleged inappropriate behaviour

There is 'little chance' of Gregg Wallace returning to the BBC as the TV star prepares to blame 'autism' for his alleged inappropriate behaviour. MailOnline revealed last week that although Wallace has never been 'formally diagnosed', his close friends believe he displays 'all classic symptoms' of autism including an inability to judge social situations and having a 'lighter filter on the subject of sex'. Wallace last week faced accusations of inappropriate behaviour from 13 people, including Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark, over a 17-year period across five shows from 2005 to 2022. Wallace seen with Ms Sterpini at the wedding of Lisa Faulkner and John Torode in Banbury, Oxfordshire, in October 2019 A friend said of Wallace : 'Gregg carries many of the autistic symptoms, the people who know him best have been saying it for years' The latest allegations include one woman who said Wallace groped her, another who claims he pressed his crotch against her while filming BBC show Eat Well For Less and a third who alleged he flashed her in his dressing room.