UK Presenter Backlash Reveals Perils Of The Tell-All Magazine Feature By Celebrities Who Overshare
deadline.comBritish TV presenter Gregg Wallace usually enjoys calm Saturdays, we are told, but he has had a less serene week, trading brickbats with the UK press, in a debacle that has highlighted the perils of the apparent “tell-all” celebrity magazine feature.
This began seven days ago, when Wallace – a familiar face on TV screens as the longtime presenter of Masterchef and a catalog of other food-related shows – was featured in The Telegraph’s regular ‘My Saturday’ slot, detailing his usual routine on the first day of each weekend.
The backlash was swift, with journalists picking up on Wallace’s various revelations, after he gave details of his home life including the time he spent with his son (commenters said not enough), time on his computer game (too much, apparently) and the fact that he hadn’t wanted his youngest child, so he cut a deal whereby the pair went on holiday alone once a year.
The Guardian’s Michael Hogan called it “hilariously bananas” asking what was the best bit: “Is it when he makes it crystal clear he didn’t want his youngest child and only relented so his fourth wife, Anne-Marie Sterpini, would keep him in his favourite white-bean soup?
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