Gregg Wallace has revealed his pride in an update on his autistic son Sid’s communication progress.
The Masterchef star shared a sweet video of her four-year-old son counting to ten with his grandmother on Monday.
Captioning the clip ‘Sid & Nonna’ and tagging UK national charity Ambitious About Autism, the video showed Sid sitting on his grandmother’s lap and counting as they clapped together.
At the end of the clip, Gregg and other family members could be heard cheering as the clip sparked a wave of comments from the TV star’s supportive fans.
Gregg Wallace has revealed his pride in an update on his autistic son Sid’s communication progress.
In 2022, Gregg and his wife Anne-Marie Sterpini, 37, known as Anna, revealed that their son had been diagnosed with autism and global developmental delay.
On Mother’s Day in March, Gregg revealed that Sid had spoken his first words when he shared a video of his son reciting numbers from a Montessori sensory board and wrote: ‘Sid is counting! Those are his first words!
In 2022, Gregg and his wife Anne-Marie Sterpini, 37, known as Anna, revealed that their son had been diagnosed with autism and global developmental delay.
In January, the TV star gave an update on his condition, writing, “He’s not talking and still in diapers, but communication is improving,” making his milestone count an incredible feat for the family.
Anna also shared the first footage of the count on Instagram, along with the caption: “Best Mother’s Day gift I could ever have.” This little guy has made me the happiest I could ever be. I’m very proud of him. This is Sid and his voice.
The family’s exciting update comes after Gregg responded to “unfair” backlash over his Saturday regimen, where he said he “wouldn’t have chosen” to have his son.
In February, she lifted the lid on her typical weekend routine and opened up about her 5 stone weight loss and gym regime for The Telegraph’s My Saturday column.
However, Gregg became emotional during an Instagram live shortly after the post due to the backlash, saying the comments had been “cruel”, “disgusting” and “unfair”.
The Masterchef star shared a sweet video of his son telling his grandmother and captioned the clip ‘Sid & Nonna’ while tagging the charity Ambitious About Autism.
On Mother’s Day in March, Gregg revealed that Sid had spoken his first words when she shared a video of her son reciting numbers from a Montessori sensory board and wrote: ‘Sid is counting! Those are his first words!
Anna also shared the images on Instagram, along with the caption: “Best Mother’s Day gift I could ever have.” This little guy has made me the happiest I could ever be. I’m very proud of him. This is Sid and his voice.
In January, the TV star gave an update on his condition, writing, “He’s not talking and still in diapers, but communication is improving.”
He said, ‘There’s only two things I want to address here with Sid. People said, “So you spend an hour and a half with your son, but then you spend two hours on your computer.” No, I’m with my son at home all the time…
“I just didn’t write ‘I was tickled with Sid, playing in the living room’; you’re not logging every minute of the day.” I just registered the blocks. So, that didn’t mean that was all I saw of him that day.
Gregg added: “If you live in a house with someone, you interact with them all the time.” Not only that: this is a snapshot of a Saturday. I hope that makes sense to everyone.
And the other thing too, and I’m almost going to cry about this, is that people say Sid is unwanted. It took us two years to conceive with Sid. Two years.’
The family’s exciting update comes after Gregg responded to “unfair” backlash over his Saturday regimen, where he said he “wouldn’t have chosen” to have his son.
The television personality explained that his wife Anna, who is 22 years his junior, wanted a family, however, he said at the time that he would not have chosen to have children at her age before meeting her.
Gregg was already a single father with two children whom he raised alone, and confessed that he and Anna almost underwent fertility treatment before she became pregnant with Sid.
He concluded that the comments had been “cruel”, “disgusting” and “unfair” and that the interview was “innocent”, while reminding fans that everyone is human and that he was “deeply saddened”.