Gregg Wallace's wife Anne-Marie is standing by his side amid a string of damning allegations.
The MasterChef star has stepped away from presenting the BBC cooking show while complaints made by individuals about historical allegations of misconduct are externally reviewed by production company Banijay UK, including claims he touched a woman's bottom and pressed his crotch against another while filming a show.
On Wednesday, ghostwriter Shannon Kyle made fresh claims of harassment on BBC Newsnight, alleging Wallace touched her bottom during a TV appearance and rubbed her thigh every time he changed gears in his sports car. Wallace's lawyers have since denied that he "engaged in any such behaviour". He also denies previous allegations.
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Getty Images)Earlier this week, Gregg's fourth wife, who he calls Anna, was papped defiantly wearing her wedding ring. The couple, who have a 22-year age gap, have been married since August 2016 when they tied the knot in a star-studded ceremony at Hever Castle.
But before they committed to each other, Gregg and Anna discussed starting a family. In an interview with the Daily Mail in 2020, Gregg revealed what he agreed: "I said: 'Yes, I'm willing to have a baby with you, but a couple of provisos... I'm not willing to swap my fun, sexy girlfriend for an exhausted mum. We make enough money, I'd like you to get help in the house'."
He went on: "Anna said, 'What about my mum?' That was perfect," Gregg explained. The couple welcomed their son Sid four years ago and Anna's Italian parents, Rina and Massimo, moved into his £1million Kent mansion to help care for him. Now, Gregg's in-laws share the housework and even sleep with Sid for half the week to give them a break.
While it's an unusual set-up, Gregg does have a close bond with his mother-in-law Rina because they're very close in age. "I love Rina - we have such a giggle. We are roughly the same age," he told The Sun. "Me and Rina remember the same TV shows and sing the same 1970s pop songs. Anna doesn't know what we are talking about. We were singing Boney M at breakfast this morning and Anna has no idea."
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Instagram)As well as Sid, Gregg has two children, Libby and Tom, with his second wife, former pastry chef Denise, whom he was married to between 1999 and 2004. Before that, he tied the knot with his first wife, Christine, in 1991 - but their marriage only lasted six weeks. Gregg was also married to Heidi Brown between 2011 and 2012.
Since getting married a fourth time, Gregg says Anna has changed his life and helped him to lose five stone. Appearing on Good Morning Britain in January this year, he said: "That young woman has revolutionised my life, there's a 22-year age gap, we have been together 10 years and have a son, Sid, and I want to be there for them."
The presenter previously shared how he met Anna on Twitter when she asked him if rhubarb went well with duck. Gregg told HELLO! Magazine: "I just looked at Anna's photo and thought, 'Wow, she's pretty'. So yes, rhubarb, which was considered an aphrodisiac in medieval times, brought us together."
However, Anna wasn't certain that he was the real deal until they met up for the first time in person. "She came down to London to have dinner with me, and she said it wasn't until we got to the restaurant, that she was comfortable it was really me and not an impostor," Gregg told Lorraine on her ITV show.
Gregg has described Anna as his 'dream girl' and called her 'beautiful inside and out'. He told HELLO!: "Meeting Anna has brought me what I think I've always been searching for – that big, warm family dynamic and there's real strength in that. I'm very conscious of people thinking I just do this willy-nilly. But we haven't rushed into this."
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