Penny Lancaster has hit out at Gregg Wallace again amid a probe into the Celebrity MasterChef host’s alleged s3xual misconduct. 

In November, Penny’s husband Sir Rod Stewart issued a furious rant at Wallace calling him a ‘tubby, bald-headed, ill-mannered bully’ for ‘humiliating’ his wife when she appeared on Celebrity MasterChef in 2021.

Lancaster later confessed that she had no clue her husband would be speaking out about the row and admitted it gave her the courage to open up.

Speaking at the time, she explained: ‘It is that bravery of “Maybe I am the only one? Maybe I won’t be taken seriously?” Then suddenly you have the backing and support of other people and you feel like you are going to be listened to.’

Now, emboldened in her claims, Lancaster has hit out again, dubbing Wallace a ‘bad apple’ with a ‘bad core’.

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Penny Lancaster (pictured last month) has hit out at Gregg Wallace again amid a probe into the Celebrity MasterChef host’s alleged s3xual misconduct

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Now, emboldened in her claims, Lancaster has hit out again, dubbing Wallace a ‘bad apple’ with a ‘bad core’

Asked if her experience had put her off doing any more reality TV, Lancaster told MailOnline: ‘Not at all. The majority of the time, there are a lot of safeguarding put in place.

‘I have the most incredible time on Loose Women – I always do, and I feel very supported, and on Strictly Come Dancing, I had a fantastic time there.

‘Sometimes it’s just a bad apple, and that bad core needs to be removed.’

MailOnline has contacted Wallace’s representatives for comment.

Fans of the show will remember Lancaster leaving Celebrity MasterChef in tears in 2021 after Wallace told her off with the ‘serious’ delay of her food and then refused to eat it.

After she was eliminated from the show, she shared a cryptic post on Instagram hinting at ‘a person’s behaviour’.

She wrote on Instagram at the time: ‘When you finally learn that a person’s behaviour has more to do with their own struggle than it ever did with you, you learn grace.’

Following Wallace’s departure from the show, Stewart issued a furious rant, saying: ‘So Greg [sic] Wallace gets fired from Master Chef.’

‘Good riddance Wallace… You humiliated my wife when she was on the show, but you had that bit cut out didn’t you?’

‘You’re a tubby, bald-headed, ill-mannered bully. Karma got ya. Sir Rod Stewart.’

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Penny’s husband Sir Rod Stewart previously issued a furious rant at Gregg calling him a ‘tubby, bald-headed, ill-mannered bully’ for ‘humiliating’ his wife on the show

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Fans of the show will remember Penny (pictured) leaving Celebrity MasterChef in tears in 2021 after Gregg told her off with the ‘serious’ delay of her food and then refused to eat it

Lancaster’s comments come after Wallace launched a new project – unveiling a range of ‘healthy’ frozen microwave meals in a new career move as he continues to work after being replaced by Grace Dent on MasterChef.

Wallace announced the new move via his health and fitness firm as he advertised the £8 a dish products, revealing he’d been taking advantage of having ‘some time at home’.

He said of the venture: ‘I have been working for quite a while now on frozen ready meals from the GreggWallace.health range of recipes.

‘Let’s see how we get on. I have managed to have some time at home and did some cooking. It’s a habit I want to get back in to – cooking for the family once a week is something that I really enjoy.’

He added: ‘All our meals are frozen and shipped via DPD AM Delivery Service. They will arrive frozen or within the correct temperatures to transfer straight into your freezer unless otherwise stated in product descriptions.’

Single meals are £8 or buyers can purchase eight for £60.

Wallace is currently under investigation by the BBC amid a raft of allegations about his misconduct.

He was initially bullish in the face of the allegations, taking to Instagram to say they mostly came from ‘middle class women of a certain age’.

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Shamed MasterChef star Gregg Wallace has launched a new project after he left the BBC show amid a probe into alleged s3xual misconduct – flogging £8 ready meals

He went on to ask: ‘Can you imagine how many women on MasterChef have made s3xual remarks or s3xual innuendo?’

Since then, several high-profile names – including TV presenter Ulrika Jonsson as well as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer – have condemned his remarks in public statements.

The former greengrocer later apologised for the controversial comments which caused a PR storm.

The under-fire presenter said of his middle class women slur: ‘I wasn’t in a good headspace when I posted it. I’ve been under a huge amount of stress, a lot of emotion.’

Among those to come forward with allegations against Wallace is a woman called Lisa, not her real name, who worked on BBC show Eat Well for Less in 2015.

She told the BBC Wallace ‘touched her inappropriately’ when they were filming in a supermarket.

‘He brushed past me at the checkout, and touched my bum with his waist and p3nis and laughed and said “oooh you liked that didn’t you,”‘ she alleged.

‘It was the way he reacted, other people would’ve said “oh I’m sorry can I squeeze by’ which would’ve been ok.”‘

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Food critic Grace Dent, 51, (pictured with John Torode) is set to replace Wallace on MasterChef while the investigation into his behaviour takes place

Lisa also claims that she felt she had to continue working but was ‘not ok about it’, describing it as ‘slimy and disgusting’. She claims she raised it with a senior colleague but that nothing was ever done.

Banijay say they have no record of this incident being raised at RDF Television, which produced Eat Well For Less.

A second woman claims that she came across Wallace while working at an event in 2022.

The woman, known only as Sarah, claims that Wallace asked her to take him to the car park at the end of the event.

‘As we walked down, he started putting his arm around me, saying “go on, hold my hand, don’t you want to stand next to me,”‘ she told the BBC.

Other claims include talking about his s3x life on set, asking for women’s numbers and repeatedly questioning a gay woman about the ‘logistics’ of dating other women.

Wallace’s lawyers said ‘it is entirely false that he engages in behaviour of a s3xually harassing nature’.

Food critic Grace Dent, 51, is set to replace Wallace on MasterChef while the investigation into his behaviour takes place.

Dent will judge the upcoming 20th series of Celebrity MasterChef, having appeared regularly as a guest and then even a contestant on MasterChef: Battle Of The Critics in 2022.