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MasterChef: The Professionals star Monica Galetti revealed she's now cuts ties with her former axed colleagues Gregg Wallace and John Torode.
Gregg, 61, was sacked from by the BBC in July 2025 following a misconduct investigation that upheld 45 of 83 historical workplace complaints against him.
And John, also 61, was sacked that same month after an internal review upheld an allegation that he used an extremely offensive racist term during a 2018 incident on set.
Monica, 51, 'showed support' for Gregg by liking an Instagram of him thanking fans for their well wishes back in November 2024.
Yet during a new interview, Monica said she hasn't had any communication with either Gregg or John in recent times.
She was asked if she wonders if she became hardened to sexist banter after years of working in male dominated kitchens.
MasterChef star Monica Galetti has revealed she's cut ties with axed former colleagues Gregg Wallace and John Torode after 'liking' a supportive Instagram video
John and Gregg are no longer thought to be on speaking terms after they both axed following separate misconduct hearings (pictured together in 2017)
Monica liked this 2024 video of Gregg thanking fans for their spport after he was axed
During an interview with The Times, Monica was asked about 'liking' Gregg's video.
She noticed she looked confused, saying: 'I don't want to discuss Gregg at all.'
They asked her if she is in touch with either Gregg or John after presenting with them for years and she said: 'Not really.'
And the interviewer said 'that is clearly the end of the conversation.'
Monica has presented and judged on MasterChef: The Professionals since 2009.
And she admitted she's had her own struggles with the reactions of TV viewers after her 'direct approach' on screen led to her being dubbed 'Nasty Monica.'
She said: 'I was told "just be yourself", so the way I spoke was someone who's very much just fresh out of the kitchen without any media training at all.
'They didn't prepare you for what comes when you do television back then. You just went and got on with it. Then to find out, "Oh people actually think you're really tough, really mean," it makes you think what? How? I didn't know anything else.
Monica said it was so upsetting she could not watch television at all at first, let alone social media.
She said: 'I remember a couple of nights, I would just crawl into bed with my daughter just to escape that. Then after a couple of years you harden to it.'
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