Remember Gregg Wallace’s ‘Day In The Life’ Article? It’s Going Viral Again

But right now, there’s search on Google for a ‘Day in the life’ interview with Greg Wallacethat was published earlier this year, and got the internet talking.

Why was the Greg Wallace 'day in the life' article so controversial?

The article was for the ‘My Saturday’ section of The Telegraph Magazine and ran through Wallace’s hour-by-hour routine, from a 5am wakeup to an 8pm bedtime. He detailed how he is a keen morning gym goer, which has left him with ‘less than 18 per cent body fat and a six-pack,’ before heading to meet his PA for a Harvester breakfast – bacon, sausage and fried egg. He also manages to fit in ‘journaling, manifesting, goal-setting and reading self-help books’ into his routine.

The article quickly went viral thanks to a series of confessions he made. One of these was to do with his family dynamics. When talking about spending time with his son, Sid, who was four at the time, Wallace admitted ‘I'm a much better father now I'm older although another child isn't something I would have chosen at my age. I was always very honest with Anna, but it's what she wanted and I love her.’

He shares Sid with his wife, Anne-Marie Sterpini, who he married in 2016. Wallace also has two children, Libby and Tom, with his second wife, former pastry chef Denise.

He also appeared to suggest that he only spends an hour and a half with his young son each day but spends two hours in his office playing video games. ‘I like to spend time with my four-year-old son, Sid, who’s non-verbal autistic. He used to be in his own world but he’s starting to seek company and show eye contact. We’ll potter in the garden and play with our two dogs, Wally and Bella,’ he told The Telegraph.

At the time, people took to X to share memes about his confession. One showed a young Gary Neville rolling his eyes, accompanied with the text ‘Gregg Wallace when he has to spend 90 minutes with his son on a Saturday.’

Wallace later admitted he had been wounded by the ‘cruel’ online reaction to the article, particularly to his comments related to his family. ‘People said, “So you spend an hour and a half with your son, but then spend two hours on your computer”’ Wallace said on an Instagram live. ‘No. I'm with my son in the house all the time. I just didn't write down, 'Had a tickle with Sid, playing around the living room.' You're not logging every minute of the day. I just logged the blocks.’

He added ‘So it didn't mean that's all I saw [of] him that day. If you're living in a house with someone, you're interacting with them all the time. Not only that - that is a snapshot of one Saturday. And the other thing as well - and I'm almost going to cry over this - people saying that Sid was unwanted. It took us two years to conceive with Sid. Two years.’

He concluded by reminding his followers that everyone is human and that the response had ‘deeply saddened’ him.