Lisa Faulkner looked dejected on Monday as she stepped out in north London amid her husband John Torode’s apparent feud with Gregg Wallace.
Gregg is said to be “furious” with John, his MasterChef co-host of almost 20 years, after he failed to publicly support him over allegations of inappropriate sexual behaviour.
The presenter, 60, has unfollowed John, 59, and his wife Lisa, 52, on Instagram, making his anger quite clear, although Lisa still follows Gregg and the chef’s wife, Anne-Marie Sterpini , follow the couple.
And it seems the stress of the situation could be getting to Lisa, as she looked quite sad while in the capital this week.
The actress wore a green quilted jacket which she paired with a casual gray sweater and navy blue sweatpants.
Lisa added slouchy tan boots to her look and was carrying a large burgundy purse and clutch.
Lisa Faulkner looked dejected on Monday as she stepped out in north London amid her husband John Torode’s apparent feud with Gregg Wallace.
It seems the stress of the situation could be getting to Lisa, as she looked quite sad while in the capital this week.
The presenter, 60 (left), has unfollowed John, 59, and his wife Lisa, 52, on Instagram, making his anger quite clear, although he still follows Gregg.
The TV personality, who married John in 2019, was seen checking her phone while walking amid Gregg’s social media snub.
Her husband John has not said a word about Gregg’s departure from MasterChef, despite them working together since 2005.
A source said the sun: ‘Gregg is absolutely furious and is convinced he has done nothing wrong.
“Seeing John remain silent in the middle of all this has irritated him greatly. Gregg and John have been colleagues for almost two decades and, although they are not very close friends, Gregg feels that John could say something.
“He has removed them from his Instagram account now and unfollowed them both.”
It came as Sir Keir Starmer said Wallace was “completely inappropriate and misogynistic” for blaming “middle-class women of a certain” age for his downfall on MasterChef amid growing pressure on the BBC to take the show off the air.
Gregg has now apologized for “any offense he has caused” and “any upset he has caused many people.” He blamed his insult to middle-class women for being “under siege’ and not being “in a good frame of mind” on Sunday.
After spending almost two decades presenting Britain’s best-loved cooking show together, the legacy of famed duo Gregg Wallace and John Torode appears to have collapsed in just a matter of months.
Lisa seemed dejected following the drama surrounding her husband and Gregg.
The actress wore a green quilted jacket that she paired with a casual gray sweater and navy blue joggers.
The star went makeup-free while running errands in London
Lisa was lost in her own world during the low-key solo outing.
The TV personality, who married John in 2019, was seen checking her phone while walking amid Gregg’s social media snub.
Anne-Marie continues to follow John and Lisa on social media
A source told MailOnline over the weekend that John may fear the current furore could reflect poorly on him.
In October, John’s wife Lisa said of their time on MasterChef: ‘Greg just told one crude joke after another. You’re just sitting there and if you’re on the front bench just cutting away thinking, “I’ve got ten minutes left,” and he’s like, “So this girl walked into a bar…”
“And I said, ‘Please, I don’t want to hear this joke.’
Lisa, 52, appeared on the series in 2010, where she won the Celebrity MasterChef trophy.
Brookside and Holby City star Lisa told the Cheltenham Literature Festival how she listened to the former greengrocer’s jokes while preparing his dishes.
BBC presenter Gregg quit MasterChef after it was revealed 13 people, including Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark, accused him of “incorrect” and inappropriate “sexualised” behavior during filming.
He is accused of making “inappropriate sexual jokes,” asking for phone numbers of female production staff members, and undressing in front of and standing “too close” to women working on his shows. He allegedly walked naked on set with just a sock on his penis.
The shopkeeper-turned-broadcaster recently posted a series of incendiary videos online in which he responded to critics by saying: “Can you imagine how many women on MasterChef, female contestants, have made sexual comments or advances?”
Gregg is said to be furious with his MasterChef co-host John after he failed to publicly support him.
Since the allegations leveled against Gregg, his television assistant has not addressed the ongoing dispute and has fired his co-host from the show.
Wallace had said: “I’ve been doing MasterChef for 20 years, amateur, celebrity and professional MasterChef, and I think, in that time, I’ve worked with over 4,000 contestants of all ages, from all backgrounds and from all walks of life. life.” .
‘Apparently, from what I read in the paper, during that time there were 13 complaints. I can see the complaints coming from a handful of middle-class women and of a certain age, just from Celebrity MasterChef. This is not right.’
His posts have been branded “shocking” and laced with “thinly veiled misogyny”, and made no mention of sexual allegations made by numerous celebrities, producers and MasterChef contestants on the show he quit last week. There are accusations related to four other shows he worked on.
A source told MailOnline today: “Gregg has gone rogue and ignored all advice.” Another expert said: “He needs to shut up.”