Better late than never. But when pressure comes from the Prime Minister’s office, options are less.

‘MasterChef’ presenter in the UK, Gregg Wallace, has apologised for suggesting allegations against him came from “a handful of middle-class women of a certain age”.

According to a  BBC report yesterday, Wallace in a video posted on his Instagram story said, “I want to apologise for any offence that I caused with my post yesterday, and any upset I may have caused to a lot of people.” (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgkxy2g7py2o)

“I wasn’t in a good head space when I posted it. I’ve been under a huge amount of stress, a lot of emotion, I felt very alone, under siege, yesterday, when I posted it.

“It’s obvious to me I need to take some time out while this investigation is under way. I hope you understand and I do hope that you will accept this apology.”

Wallace’s apology came after an earlier video, uploaded on Sunday, in which he said there had been “13 complaints” from “over 4,000 contestants” he had worked with in 20 years on the BBC show ‘MasterChef’.

The BBC report said that Wallace had suggested allegations that he had behaved inappropriately came from “a handful of middle-class women of a certain age”.

A BBC investigation heard from 13 people spanning a range of ages, who worked across five different shows.

Earlier on Monday, a Downing Street spokesman described Wallace’s comments as “inappropriate and misogynistic”.