Paddy McGuinness breaks silence after replacing Gregg Wallace on BBC's Inside The Factory
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Paddy McGuinness broke his silence on replacing Gregg Wallace in the BBC show Inside The Factory. The TV presenter, 51, was announced as Gregg's replacement amid the chef's sexual misconduct scandal. The MasterChef judge, 60, announced he was stepping back from the show after nearly 20 years last week while an investigation into his alleged misconduct is carried out. Grace Dent is replacing Gregg on the show in the meantime.
![[The TV presenter was announced as Gregg's replacement amid the chef's sexual misconduct scandal]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/22/16/93404089-14219003-image-a-39_1734883589245.jpg)
He also quit BBC Two's Inside The Factory after complaints were made over alleged 'inappropriate banter' with female staff members over their weight. Speaking about his thoughts on wearing a hairnet, he joked: 'Actually for me, there’s not much hair to cover. You know, 20 years ago when I had a lovely thick head of hair, then that would have been a thing!.
![[The MasterChef judge, 60, announced he was stepping back from the show after nearly 20 years last week while an investigation into his alleged misconduct is carried out]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/22/16/93404135-14219003-image-a-41_1734883671496.jpg)
Paddy also shared his nervous about working with co-host Cherry Healey for the first time, in an interview with The Sun. Paddy McGuinness, 51, broke his silence on replacing Gregg Wallace in the BBC show Inside The Factory (pictured with co-star Cherry Healey).
![[He also quit BBC Two's Inside The Factory after complaints were made over alleged 'inappropriate banter' with female staff members over their weight]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/05/09/90806569-14160685-Wallace_quit_BBC_show_Inside_The_Factory_in_March_this_year_afte-a-46_1733391614956.jpg)
The TV presenter was announced as Gregg's replacement amid the chef's sexual misconduct scandal. He said: 'That's always the tricky bit, you hope you get on. But I'm telling you now, me and Cherry do so much laughing. 'As soon as I met her, we had the biggest talk and we just got on like that.
![[In the upcoming ninth season, Paddy and Cherry visit a host of new factories that produce some of our favourite foods on a massive scale]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/05/09/92822255-14160685-image-a-47_1733391692596.jpg)
'This is testament to her - when I did my Children in Need challenge, she turned up in Kendal to surprise me - she even brought me up a lasagne she’d made!'. 'I drove in in this big heavy goods vehicle for the first shot. I thought "I got my heavy goods licence doing Top Gear, now I'm driving into the place I used to work at 30-odd years ago, hosting another show for the BBC".
![[Gregg stepped down from the show last year after the allegations in regard to female factory workers at Nestle, where he was filming at the time]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/05/09/90806529-14160685-Wallace_later_appeared_on_GMB_and_revealed_that_there_was_an_iss-a-48_1733391709650.jpg)
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