LBC callers divided over MasterChef star’s N-word allegation
July 18, 2025
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as posted by the channelSacked MasterChef host John Torode used ‘the worst racial slur there is’ amid ‘all sorts of complaints’ against him.
On his podcast The Rest is Entertainment, Richard Osman said Banijay UK, the producers of MasterChef, gave Torode a second chance if he took a year off the show, which he refused.
It comes after a racism allegation against him was upheld in a report, led by law firm Lewis Silkin, which also substantiated 45 out of the 83 allegations made against Gregg Wallace.
Speaking on the podcast, Osman said: “On this particular occasion, it’s not ‘woke gone mad’. You know, he used, I think, probably the worst racial slur there is. And they found it to be substantively true."
In an explosive post on Instagram, Torode reiterated he had "no recollection" of making a racist comment.
The former TV host is now planning to take action and is speaking with an employment lawyer to "clear his name", The Mirror reported.
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