'I will not go quietly,' Gregg Wallace says amid reports he's been dropped by the BBC

Former MasterChef big Gregg Wallace has vowed helium volition "not spell quietly", amid reports that helium has been dropped by the BBC.

It comes aft the TV big faced an investigation, committee by MasterChef's accumulation institution Banijay UK, into alleged inappropriate behaviour portion moving for the BBC.

In November, helium stepped backmost from presenting the cooking amusement aft accusations that helium made intersexual comments towards unit and personage guests connected a scope of programmes implicit 17 years.

In a statement, released up of the work of the summary of a study into the claims, the 60-year-old said helium had been "cleared of the astir superior and sensational accusations" made against him.

However, helium said the report, carried retired by instrumentality steadfast Lewis Silkin, had recovered him "primarily blameworthy of inappropriate connection betwixt 2005 and 2018".

In a statement, published connected Instagram, Wallace wrote: "I person taken the determination to talk retired up of the work of the Silkins study - a determination I bash not instrumentality lightly.

"But aft 21 years of loyal work to the BBC, I cannot beryllium successful soundlessness portion my estimation is further damaged to support others.

"I person present been cleared by the Silkins study of the astir superior and sensational accusations made against me.

"The astir damaging claims (including from nationalist figures which person not been upheld) were recovered to beryllium baseless aft a afloat and forensic six-month investigation.

"To beryllium clear, the Silkins Report exonerates maine of each the superior allegations which made headlines past twelvemonth and finds maine chiefly blameworthy of inappropriate connection betwixt 2005 and 2018."

Wallace said helium recognised that "some of my humour and language" was astatine times "inappropriate" and that helium apologised "without reservation".

"But I was ne'er the caricature present being sold for clicks," Wallace, who besides referred to his caller diagnosis of autism, added.

"I was hired by the BBC and MasterChef arsenic the cheeky greengrocer. A existent idiosyncratic with warmth, character, unsmooth edges, and all.

"For implicit 2 decades, that authenticity was portion of the brand. Now, successful a sanitised world, that aforesaid property is seen arsenic a problem."

A spokesperson for the BBC said: "Banijay UK instructed the instrumentality steadfast Lewis Silkin to tally an probe into allegations against Gregg Wallace. We are not going to remark until the probe is implicit and the findings are published."

A Banijay spokesperson told Sky News: "We won't beryllium commenting until our study is published." They person signalled their study volition beryllium published aboriginal this week oregon next.