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Gregg Wallace ‘deeply saddened’ and ‘almost in tears’ as he shuts down ‘cruel and unfair’ comments about son Sid

He insists he does spend more time with Sid than playing computer games

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Gregg Wallace – whose show, Inside the Factory, is on tonight (July 10) – recently shared his sadness over the “cruel and unfair” comments about his son Sid following his recent column.

Dad-of-three Gregg, 59, shares his youngest child Sid – born in 2019 – with wife Anne-Marie. The MasterChef star stepped back from Inside The Factory after seven years to spend more time at home with their four-year-old, who is non-verbal and still in nappies.

However, after a column went viral earlier this year, Gregg was forced to speak out over “bad dad” accusations and “cruel” comments about his son.

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Gregg caused a fuss with his comments from a column (Credit: BBC)

Gregg Wallace slammed by fans as ‘not caring’ about son

In February, Gregg wrote a piece about his Saturday routine for The Telegraph which went viral – with people accusing him of “not caring” for his son.

He listed things like working out and eating but he also appeared to suggest he only spends 90 minutes with son Sid – before playing video games for hours. Gregg also ruffled a few feathers after confessing: “I’m a much better father now I’m older, although another child isn’t something that I would have chosen at my age.

“I was always very honest with Anna, but it’s what she wanted and I love her. I just requested two things – that we had help in the house (so her mum moved in), and secondly that we had at least one week a year when we holidayed just the two of us.”

Gregg shares Sid with wife Anne-Marie (Credit: Splash News)

‘That is a snapshot of one Saturday’

Following the uproar, MasterChef star Gregg spoke out over the “cruel, nasty and unfair” comments.

During an Instagram Live, he said: “There are just two things I want to address here with Sid. People said: ‘So you spend an an hour and a half with your son, but then spend two hours on your computer. 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. So it didn’t mean that’s all I saw 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.”

‘I’m almost going to cry over this’ says Gregg Wallace

Gregg went on: “I hope that makes sense to everybody. 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.”

The celebrity chef then went on to say he was “deeply saddened” by the reaction by the column. He branded it as “innocent”.

Read more: Every obstacle Gregg Wallace and his wife have faced in their 11-year relationship – from hysterectomy ordeal to non-verbal son

Inside the Factory airs on July 10 from 9pm on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.

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Joey Crutchley
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