“It’s happened to me my whole life”: Gregg Wallace opens up about being judged on his accent when he says he drinks fine wine and reads history books as one would expect of “noble” people
Gregg Wallace has openly opted to be judged on his accent, noting that sometimes people can expect him to be “safe” based on the way he speaks.
The Masterchef star and former greengrocer, 58, was born in Peckham, south London, and has since built a hugely successful career, with the star now living in a £1million farmhouse in Kent with his wife Anna and son Sid .
Speaking candidly on That Gaby Roslin Podcast, which airs Monday, Gregg shared how people have formed opinions about him throughout his life, explaining that he actually drinks fine wine and reads history books, which he thinks “chic accents” are expected of people.
His say: Gregg Wallace has openly opted to be judged on his accent, noting that sometimes people can expect him to be “safe” based on the way he speaks
Gregg opened up to host Gaby, 58, about how he thinks he’s perceived because of his accent, explaining: “I think people judge you by your accent. I’m convinced that it is, sitting at home with a good glass of wine and reading history books, which is what you would expect from people with a distinguished accent.
“I think that’s how people judge you. I did a factory show and I spoke to two of the marketing girls who were incredibly smart smart turned on ladies and we were talking families and stuff and exchanging photos and one of them saw a picture of my Anna and said ‘ Is that your wife?”
“I said ‘yes’ show me more so she said ‘wow she’s way more stylish than I expected'”. This has happened to me all my life, I think people expect you to be a certain way.
Chat: Gregg opened up about how people formed opinions about him “all his life” and said he actually drinks good wine and reads history books, which he thinks is expected of people with a “classy accent”.
Gregg continued, “It happens a lot. I kind of feel like posh people, middle class people I think, were told that if they worked really hard at school, they wouldn’t have to mess with people like me, maybe I’m wrong.”
Meanwhile, Gregg Gabby explained how he defines success and admitted he doesn’t feel entirely “safe” despite his successful television career.
He explained: “I don’t feel safe yet. I’ve been to a therapist about this, and she said you climbed the mountain way higher than you should, so you look at the starting point and you think, “Oh, that’s a long way to fall”.
Happy; The Masterchef star and former greengrocer, 58, was born in Peckham, south London, and has since built a hugely successful career, with the star now dating his wife Anna and son Sid (pictured with wife Anna in Kent) in a 1 -Million pound farmhouse in Kent live 2019)
Frank: That happens often. I kind of feel like for posh people, middle class people, I think they were told that if they worked really hard at school, they didn’t need to hang out with people like me.
‘But there’s no way you can go back to being that homeless kid at fifteen, it can’t happen to you now. The worst that can happen is you fall 6 feet down onto the ledge.
“It’s fear, that’s what drives me. I don’t feel safe, not at the moment.’
He continued: “I’ve set a sum of money, we’re probably safe now. it’s money
“As a youngster I didn’t have any and I felt that poverty very strongly and I was embarrassed a couple of times and that’s a driving force to want to achieve something, but not to have Ferraris and yachts and helicopters and private planes can, I don’t want that. What I want is to feel complete and absolutely safe.”
TV star: Meanwhile, Gregg Gabby opened up on how he defines success and admitted he doesn’t feel entirely ‘safe’ despite his successful TV career (pictured with co-star John Torode)