“I stand by my actions.”

That’s the position of new BBC content chief Kate Phillips , who was asked why more was not done to tackle allegations about Gregg Wallace years before he was fired from MasterChef .

Phillips, who replaced Charlotte Moore as the BBC’s chief content officer this summer, received a written complaint about Wallace in 2017, according to a Sunday Times report.

Celebrity MasterChef contestant Aasmah Mir told the BBC that Wallace’s behavior was “unacceptable and cannot continue” after accusing the presenter of making sexist remarks.

After an investigation by law firm Lewis Silkin concluded this year, Wallace apologized for using “inappropriate language” between 2005 and 2018, but denied more serious allegations.

“I dealt with it straight away,” Phillips sa

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