Penny Lancaster put on a very Christmassy spectacle on Wednesday night, when she took her brother to the Only Fools And Horses Musical gala night at London’s Eventim Apollo.
The model, 53, dressed for the season in a red sequin midi skirt and matching sparkly gold high heels.
She added a matching bright red sweater encrusted with gemstones at the collar and layered it on top of a white button-down shirt underneath.
Penny bundled up from the cold in a white trench coat and carried a gold tote bag as she snuggled up to her rarely seen brother Oliver outside the theatre.
The presenter was cheerful at the gala, a week after she broke her silence about the investigation into Gregg Wallace for a series of allegations of misconduct.
Appearing on Loose Women on Thursday, Penny addressed the claims for the first time after her husband Rod Stewart criticized Gregg, following his exit from MasterChef.
Penny Lancaster put on a very Christmassy spectacle on Wednesday night, when she took her brother to the Only Fools And Horses Musical gala night at London’s Eventim Apollo.
The model, 53, dressed for the season in a red sequin midi skirt and matching sparkly gold high heels.
She added a matching bright red sweater encrusted with gemstones at the collar and layered it on top of a white button-down shirt underneath.
The presenter, 60, walked away from MasterChef after 13 people, including Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark, accused him of “incorrect” and inappropriate “sexualised” behavior during filming.
Penny said she had been a “victim and witness” of Gregg’s bullying on the set of the BBC show in 2021 and claimed he had “intimidated and caused distress to a lot of people”.
She said: “I was definitely a witness and victim of some of Gregg Wallace’s bullying and harassment behaviour. And sadly many members of the production team witnessed it as well.
“I really feel like he used his position of power to intimidate and cause distress to a lot of people on set.
“And it’s really unfortunate that someone like him is allowed to get away with it while others stand by and allow it to happen at the same time.” And it’s obvious that a lot of people have come forward.’
Following the news that Gregg had left MasterChef, Penny’s husband Rod launched a furious rant against the presenter on Instagram.
She branded him a ‘chubby, bald, ill-mannered bully’ for ‘humiliating’ his wife when she appeared on Celebrity MasterChef in 2021.
Explaining the decision behind Rod’s angry post, Penny said: “My husband, when he heard people talking about the disturbing behaviours, couldn’t contain himself.
Penny, bundled up from the cold in a white trench coat and gold clutch, seemed cheerful a week after breaking her silence on the investigation of Gregg Wallace into a series of misconduct allegations.
Appearing on Loose Women on Thursday, Penny addressed the claims for the first time after her husband Rod Stewart criticized Gregg, following his exit from MasterChef.
The presenter, 60, walked away from MasterChef after 13 people, including Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark, accused him of “incorrect” and inappropriate “sexualised” behavior during filming.
“The protective husband thought, ‘I’m not going to stay silent, I need to say something,’ because he realized how upset she was at that moment.”
She added that she didn’t find out about her husband’s Instagram rant until later, saying: “I was actually on jury duty and you have to turn off your phones completely, so I was off the grid for a period of time.” .
‘And when I turned my phone back on I got a message from a friend saying, “OMG, how amazing was that message your husband sent!” And I said, “What message? What has he done?”
However, Penny confessed that she also felt ‘vindicated’ upon seeing other people come forward with their claims, explaining: ‘I was shocked and then I thought about all the repercussions of it all.
‘Then a day or two later I felt a bit justified that something had been published. Going back to that whole MeToo thing, it’s shocking to think how many women suffer at the hands of men in powerful positions who are too afraid to speak up and don’t feel at the time that they’re going to be supported or heard.
“So sometimes it can take a few years for someone to mention something and that gives other victims and people who have suffered the confidence to come forward.”
Penny was left in tears during her appearance on the show after Gregg scolded her for being “severely” late with her meal and then refused to eat it.
The moment Gregg refused to eat Penny’s tartar sauce, criticizing her for using “whole eggs instead of yolks”, resurfaced after her husband Rod branded him a “chubby bully”.
Penny said she had been a “victim and witness” of Gregg’s bullying on the set of the BBC show in 2021 (pictured) and claimed he had “intimidated and caused distress to a lot of people”.
Following the news that Gregg had quit MasterChef, Penny’s husband Rod furiously ranted at the presenter on Instagram (pictured with Penny in November 2023).
She branded him a ‘chubby, bald, rude bully’ for ‘humiliating’ his wife when she appeared on Celebrity MasterChef in 2021.
Gregg also berated Penny, who is a volunteer special police constable, for being late to serve her food to the critics in the quarter-finals, leaving her in tears.
Gregg has walked away from MasterChef amid allegations of ‘sexualised’ behavior during filming of the hit BBC show.
Following the announcement, Sir Rod wrote: ‘Good riddance Wallace… You humiliated my wife when she was on the show but they cut that part out didn’t they? You’re a chubby, bald, rude bully. Karma got you.
The BBC has revealed that 13 people have complained about his conduct while working with him over a 17-year period on five programmes, from 2005 to 2022.
Kirsty alleges Gregg told stories and jokes of a “sexualized nature” in front of contestants and crew while filming Celebrity MasterChef in 2011 on two occasions, adding that his jokes and comments were “really, really misplaced.”
“There were two times in particular where he used sexualized language in front of multiple people and it wasn’t like anyone was engaging in it. It was completely one-way traffic. But I think people felt uncomfortable and it was something that they really didn’t I expected it to happen,’ he said.
The BBC and MasterChef producer Banijay declined to comment.
In a resurfaced clip from Penny’s time on the show, the former model was humiliated when her fried calamari and homemade tartar sauce went wrong, and the judges refused to try what was called a “raw egg and oil batter.”
Penny said she didn’t find out about her husband’s Instagram rant until later, but confessed she felt “vindicated” watching other people come forward with their claims.
Following Penny’s eviction from the kitchen in 2021, she shared a cryptic post on Instagram hinting at “a person’s behavior.”
She wrote on Instagram: “When you finally learn that a person’s behavior has more to do with their own struggle than with you, you learn grace.”
The BBC claims Gregg walked away from MasterChef after BBC News sent a letter to his agent on Tuesday, setting out allegations from 13 people and giving him the right to reply.
They say he was warned after a complaint was made in 2018, but during the summer of 2024 new historic claims emerged.
Gregg is “committed to cooperating fully throughout the process,” said the show’s producer, Banijay UK.
The chef has since thanked people for their support following allegations he imitated a sex act and entered the MasterChef studio “completely naked” apart from a “sock covering his penis.”
Gregg is accused of imitating a sex act in front of a member of the show’s production staff who was kneeling to clean his pants during filming, according to the lurid and so far unfounded allegations.
The shopkeeper-turned-presenter is also accused of making “disgusting sex-related jokes,” including one about a “aunt” while sampling a contestant’s dish during the show.