LISA Faulkner has been seen for the first time since a furious Gregg Wallace unfollowed her and husband John Torode on social media.
John, 59, has remained silent since a flurry of allegations were made against his MasterChef co-host Gregg last week.
She was seen wheeling a recycling bin before heading out in a pair of UGG boots this morning.
Gregg is understood to have been left angry at John’s failure to speak out in his defence.
He has since unfollowed John and Lisa on Instagram in a public show of annoyance.
A source said: “Gregg is absolutely furious and is convinced he has done nothing wrong.
“Seeing John keeping quiet amid all of this has irked him hugely. Gregg and John have been colleagues for almost two decades and while they aren’t the closest of friends, Gregg feels John could say something.
“He has deleted them from his Instagram account now and unfollowed both of them.
“It might seem petty from Gregg but he is furious about how this has all played out.”
The pair have hosted MasterChef together since 2005 and John was the best man at Gregg’s wedding in 2016.
But he distanced himself from Gregg the following year and revealed: “It’s funny, we’ve never been friends.”
It comes as a number of TV stars including Sir Rod Stewart, Kirsty Wark and Ulrika Jonsson have made bombshell claims.
Embattled Gregg is facing a probe over alleged sexual comments made to 13 BBC colleagues.
He has stepped down from the popular cooking show while an investigation takes place.
But Gregg was slammed over a bizarre Instagram video posted on Sunday morning in which he blamed “middle-class women of a certain age” for making the complaints.
He apologised in a subsequent video on Monday.
Gregg 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.
“I wasn’t in a good space when I posted it. I’ve been under a huge amount of stress, a lot of emotion.”
In the post this afternoon, he added: “I felt very alone and under siege yesterday when I posted it.
“It is obvious to me I need to take some time out while this investigation is underway.
“I hope you understand and I do hope you will accept this apology.”
The apology came after he was widely derided over the initial video.
Location Location Location host Kirsty Allsopp and JK Rowling were among the high-profile individuals to call out his comments.
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The Sun understands at least 13 individuals have complained about Gregg’s conduct while working with him between 2005 and 2022.
The BBC said: “We take any issues that are raised with us seriously and we have robust processes in place to deal with them.
“We are always clear that any behaviour which falls below the standards expected by the BBC will not be tolerated.
“Where an individual is contracted directly by an external production company we share any complaints or concerns with that company.”
A spokesperson added: “We will always support them when addressing them.
“It would be inappropriate for us to comment on anything that could form part of Banijay’s ongoing investigation or otherwise influence it.”
